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Britain agreed to include Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya because of "overwhelming interests" before an oil deal was sealed, a newspaper reported.

A five-year-old boy from Wiltshire dies in hospital after being shot with an air rifle, police confirm.

Almost all British troops in Iraq are being pulled out because the agreement that allows them to be there expires on Friday, the British Ministry of Defence said Tuesday.

A guardian is appointed to look after the financial interests of Californian octuplets after their mother signs a reality TV deal.

The oldest working television in Britain has been found, and can receive digital signals with the help of a Freeview box.

The world’s oldest man, the 113-year-old World War I British veteran Henry Allingham, died Saturday after spending his final years reminding Britain about the 9 million soldiers killed during the conflict.

“Within a couple of minutes they were asleep, and died within 10 minutes,” Caractacus Downes, the couple’s 41-year-old son, said in the interview after his return to Britain. “They wanted to be next to each other when they died.” He added, “It is a very civilized way to end your life, and I don’t understand why the legal position in this country doesn’t allow it.”

"There will be consequences" if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership.

The announcement by Iranian authorities to put some embassy staff members on trial for spurring on protests against the government could deepen the diplomatic crisis with the European Union.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, battling to avert the collapse of his government, said on Saturday he would stick to his policies, as his Labor Party faced a European election drubbing.