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Will Ash-Detection Systems Work on Airplanes?
The low-budget British airline Easyjet has never been afraid to trial the odd thing here and there, but usually it’s amusing ad campaigns. Now they’ve taken it up a notch.
Meet the First Person ‘Infected’ By a Computer Virus
It may sound like something out of the next sci-fi thriller, but it appears humans and computers are now merging after a British scientist became the world’s first person to be infected with a computer virus.
Why the Duchess of York is in a Spot of Bother
Sundays are going to have to be renamed Sting Sundays in the U.K. One of the county’s tabloid newspapers claims to have snared another high-profile casualty: the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson.
British Airways Strike Back On
A strike by British Airways cabin crew is set to start next week after the court of appeal overturned an injunction against the strike.
It’s Official: England Will Win the World Cup!
Are you in utter despair that England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup is in grave danger of falling apart? Here’s something to cheer you up: JP Morgan has crunched the numbers and concluded that England will win this summer’s …
Poll: Men Lie More Than Women (No, Really)
Just where to begin with this? A new poll released in the U.K. by the Science Museum reveals that the average British male tells three lies a day (your British correspondant’s non-fibbing math works out that’s the equivalent of …
The U.K.’s Iraq Inquiry Crosses the Pond
TIME’s London Bureau Chief, Catherine Mayer, on how the U.K.’s Iraq inquiry has crossed the Atlantic.
Quotes: David Miliband Wants to be Labour Leader
“The Blair/Brown era is over.”
–David Miliband, former British Foreign Secretary, announces his candidacy for leadership of the party Monday with a rallying call declaring that the New Labour days of Tony Blair and Gordon …