Estelle Shirbon

UK lawmakers chide police over role in ‘pleb’ scandal

August 24, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers condemned on Sunday the conduct of police officers involved in a bizarre scandal that forced a cabinet minister to resign after being accused of calling...

UK fraud squad fends off court challenge that endangered cases

August 24, 2021 at 8:50 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Serious Fraud Office on Monday beat back a court challenge that endangered cases against prominent defendants, a big relief for the country's prime financial crime-fighting agency...

UK’s Cameron speeds up launch of controversial housing plan

August 24, 2021 at 8:43 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's prime minister launched a critical week for his party's run-up to the 2015 elections by unexpectedly bringing forward the launch of a mortgage guarantee program that...

Planned tax breaks for UK married couples rapped as 1950s throwback

August 24, 2021 at 8:44 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Activists and opponents accused Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron of discriminating against single parents and promoting a fantasy 1950s lifestyle through his plans to give tax breaks...

Monte Paschi seeks to halt Nomura’s London court action

August 24, 2021 at 8:34 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena asked a London court on Monday to stay or dismiss legal action by Japan's Nomura over risky derivatives trades that got...

British soldier fired at twitching bodies in Iraq, ex-private testifies

August 24, 2021 at 7:55 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier saw his platoon sergeant fire automatic rifle rounds into the twitching bodies of two Iraqi gunmen lying on the ground during a battle in...

‘Cash for access’ scandal hits Britain’s parliament

August 24, 2021 at 4:11 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Three members of Britain's upper house of parliament were suspended from their parties on Sunday after media sting operations caught them apparently offering to use their influence...

Man appears in London court over killing of British soldier

August 24, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Adebowale, 22, appeared in a London court on Thursday charged with the killing of a British soldier on a busy London street last week, which the...

Claim Saudi princes laundered Hezbollah money “fanciful”: lawyer

August 24, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an...

Britain denies bail to radical cleric who faces deportation

August 24, 2021 at 3:09 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled...

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