LONDON, July 9 (UPI) -- Rupert Murdoch, owner of Britain's News International, denied his company paid more than $1 million to settle claims of tapping politicians' phones.

, England, June 3 (UPI) -- John Prescott, the outgoing deputy prime minister of Britain, was hospitalized this weekend with what his office called a "suspected chest infection."

LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The White House has shrugged off a report that Deputy British Prime Minister John Prescott bad-mouthed the Bush Mideast peace plan.

LONDON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has denied a newspaper report that he said U.S. President Bush's administration had been "crap" on Middle East.

LONDON, April 30 (UPI) -- The former mistress of British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott says she had no choice but to go public with details of their affair.

LONDON, April 27 (UPI) -- Several members of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government were trying to operate "under the radar" Thursday after a series of scandals and missteps.

BERLIN, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A British official has criticized the United States for not taking action against global warming, which he blamed for causing Hurricane Katrina.

HULL, England, April 26 (UPI) -- Environmental activists climbed onto the British deputy prime minister's roof Tuesday and installed a solar panel.