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Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease

LONDON -- Worries about this week's tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appeared to ease Friday with the interest rates charged on British debt...

UK political magazine The Spectator’s new editor is Michael Gove

LONDON -- Michael Gove, who was a longtime U.K. Cabinet minister under successive Conservative Party governments, has been appointed the editor of The Spectator,...

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was trying to bounce back from HP fraud case before being lost at sea

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley...

UK’s new Treasury chief says previous government ‘covered up’ financial turmoil ahead of election

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief is alleging that the previous government covered up the dire state of the nation’s finances,...

Bank of England faces dilemma after potential Taylor Swift upside impact on UK inflation

LONDON -- The Bank of England is facing a dilemma about whether to cut interest rates next month after official figures Wednesday showed inflation...

UK’s new government announces legislation for ‘national renewal’ as Parliament opens with royal pomp

LONDON -- Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its...

Spain beats England 2-1 to win record fourth European Championship title

BERLIN -- Spain is the king of European soccer for a record fourth time. For England, it’s another agonizing near-miss in the team’s decades-long...

Man sentenced to life over plot to kidnap, rape and murder UK TV personality Holly Willoughby

LONDON -- A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, one of Britain’s most...

UK water firms get smaller rate hikes than sought amid struggle to cut pollution, attract investors

LONDON -- British regulators on Thursday slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors...

UK utility giant Thames Water will seek fresh funding to keep business afloat

LONDON -- Thames Water, Britain's largest water company, said Tuesday it's hunting for fresh funding to keep the business afloat, even as the heavily...

Starmer vows ‘government of service’ for national renewal as he takes power after Labour landslide

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal in his first...

Britain’s top players at Wimbledon stick to tennis on UK election day

LONDON -- Some of Britain's top tennis players are avoiding election talk like double-faults at Wimbledon.Polls opened Thursday morning in the U.K.'s first national...

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