Brendan Barber, who gets a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, won respect from both sides of industry and all shades of government during his time as leader of the TUC. More »Barber: Honour for union movement
Heavy Metal group Iron Maiden picked up an inspiration award at this year's Kerrang! Awards. More »Iron Maiden Honoured At Kerrang! Awards
The BBC announced on Friday it has suspended its partnership with Turkey's private NTV channel after it pulled a programme on press freedom and the anti-government protests. More »BBC suspends ties with Turkey's NTV over protests coverage
England's Luke Donald and unlikely American Billy Horschel were second-round US Open clubhouse leaders on Friday while Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy grinded to stay in the title hunt. More »Horschel, Donald lead US Open as Tiger, McIlroy hang tough
A mother and her two sons who tried to smuggle £7m of heroin into the UK have been jailed for a total of 32 years following a undercover operation targeting organised crime. More »Merseyside Drug-Dealing Family Members Jailed
A town came to a standstill as hundreds of people paid their respects to a murdered teenager. More »Georgia Williams: Town Stops For Funeral
Britain's Prince Philip is doing "much better", his son Prince Charles said after visiting the 92-year-old in hospital on Friday, one week after he underwent exploratory surgery on his abdomen. More »Britain's Prince Philip doing 'much better': Charles
The Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, shares concerns about the impact of further defence cuts expressed by General Sir Peter Wall, Sky sources say. More »Defence Spending: Support For Cutback Warning
Missing 14-year-old Lorna Vickerage and the man she was believed to be with, John Bush, have been found in London. More »Missing teen Lorna Vickerage found 'safe and well' in London; fraudster John Bush arrested
A teacher was warned by colleagues to keep his distance from a pupil months before he allegedly abducted her, a jury was told. More »Forrest 'Warned To Keep Distance From Pupil'
By John McGarrity LONDON (Reuters) - A British court fined the Sellafield nuclear waste site 700,000 pounds on Friday for the illegal dumping of radioactive material, the latest controversy to assail an industry that will have a toxic legacy lasting thousands of years. Britain's Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said Carlisle Crown Court had imposed the fine on Sellafield Limited for sending several bags of radioactive waste to a general landfill site in Cumbria, rather than to a specialist facility as required by law. ... More »British court imposes heavy fine on nuclear waste plant owners
Britain said Friday it agreed with the United States' assessment that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons and called for a "strong, determined" international response. More »UK agrees with US that Syria regime used chemical weapons
The Duke of Edinburgh is "much better" following his exploratory abdominal operation, the Prince of Wales has said. More »Philip 'much better' following op
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday that Britain has apparently barred US surveillance leaker Edward Snowden from entering the country because it does not want "another Assange" on its hands. More »Assange says Britain blocks Snowden to avoid 'Assange re-run'
Britain's legal fight to deport Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada has cost more than £1.7 million ($2.7 million, two million euros) since 2005, the interior minister said Friday. More »Bid to deport radical cleric costs Britain $2.7m so far
Manchester City on Friday said they had appointed Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini to take over from Roberto Mancini, earmarking him as the man to bring long-term success to the English Premier League club. More »Pellegrini named Manchester City coach - club
The matriarch of a notorious criminal family has been jailed for two years for her part in her two sons' drug dealing operation. More »Matriarch jailed over drug deals
The mother of a 14-year-old girl who was found after going missing with a convicted fraudster has said she is "so happy" her daughter is safe and well. More »Mother 'so happy' after girl found
Andy Murray remains on track for a third Queen's Club title after the world number two booked his semi-final place with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) victory against Germany's Benjamin Becker on Friday. More »Murray downs Becker to make Queen's semis
Owen Coyle was on Friday named as the new manager at English Championship side Wigan Athletic, succeeding Roberto Martinez who left for Everton. More »Coyle replaces Martinez at Wigan
By William Schomberg and Olesya Dmitracova LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker, beaten to the central bank's top job by Mark Carney, will stand down later this year, giving the Canadian an early chance to help reshape the BoE's upper echelons. Tucker, part of the majority of BoE policymakers that opposes further bond buying, had been expected to leave ever since Carney, the former head of Canada's central bank, was named in November as the surprise choice for governor. Carney will replace Mervyn King, who retires from the Bank at the end of this month. ... More »Bank of England's Tucker to leave after losing out to Carney
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BSkyB said on Friday it would give its sports channel subscribers free broadband, fighting back against rival BT which is offering customers a mirror deal of free football with an Internet connection. Sky said it would offer a year's free standard broadband from June 14 to people paying for its Sky Sports service. The offer would be available for a limited period. It also has a deal giving half-price broadband to new customers, whether or not they also subscribe to Sky TV. Subscribers still need to pay 14.50 pounds for line rental a month, Sky said. ... More »Sky offers sports fans free broadband in riposte to BT
Nuclear firm Sellafield has been fined £700,000 and ordered to pay more than £72,000 costs for sending bags of radioactive waste to a landfill site. More »Sellafield fined for waste blunder
Family, friends and teachers attending the funeral of a murdered 17-year-old have paid tribute to the "bright and caring" young woman they knew. More »Mourners remember 'caring' Georgia
David Cameron has said there is credible evidence of "multiple attacks" using chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. More »Assad using chemical weapons: PM