Charles Saatchi accepted a police caution for assaulting his wife Nigella Lawson, the celebrity cook, to stop the incident “hanging over all of us for months”.
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Quinn’s mighty detective
Landing a role in the modern Sherlock Holmes series Elementary was a chance to revisit childhood for Aidan Quinn. The Chicago-born actor, who plays Captain Tommy Gregson in the TV series, says he remembers reading Sherlock Holmes stories as a youngster
Prince Phillip Admitted to the Hospital
The 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Prince Philip,was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland Wednesday after the recurrence of a bladder infection that he first suffered the problem in June, Buckingham Palace said. He has been admitted for “investigation and treatment” and is likely to remain in hospital for […]
At the Polls, Britons Have Bad News for the Coalition
One year ago, British voters made history by forcing rival politicians into the first coalition government since the end of World War II. And they celebrated the first anniversary of that event on Friday by delivering verdicts in a series of elections that could yet tear that same coalition government apart.
Why South Africa is Emerging as a Hot Film Location
The creators of the british comic strip Judge Dredd imagined Mega-City One as a colossal metropolis in the postapocalyptic near future stretching from Boston to Washington, home to 400 million people living in 200-story blocks.
Singer Leona Lewis attacked at bookstore, label says
British singer Leona Lewis was “understandably shaken” after a man attacked her during a book signing in central London Wednesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for her record label said. A 29-year-old man was arrested after he punched Lewis at the Waterstones bookstore in Piccadilly Circus at 4:36 p.m
Sister of American Lockerbie victim visits Gadhafi
Lisa Gibson — who lost her brother in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing — sat down the other day with the man many blame for the notorious attack: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. “I welcomed him to America,” Gibson told CNN
Iraq sends extra police to Syrian border
Iraqi authorities have sent additional national police brigades to the border with Syria amid heightened tensions between the two nations, Ministry of Information officials said Saturday.
Brown: No double-dealing over Lockerbie
There was no "double-dealing," no oil deal and no private assurances to Libya in an effort to secure the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.
Libya marks anniversary of Gadhafi rule
Libyans on Tuesday celebrated Col.