MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- British Transport Minister Ruth Kelly says her resignation is purely for family reasons and not part of an attempt to bring down Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The British government is said to be pushing ahead with plans for a national road-pricing scheme that includes testing "spy in the sky" technology.

LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- Passengers stopping over in Britain's international airports are costing the government $950 million a year in potential revenue, industry analysts said.

LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Officials in London have informed the British populous that the records of more than 3 million student drivers went missing in Iowa.

LONDON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Adoption agencies run by the Roman Catholic Church in Britain must be willing to consider gay couples as prospective parents starting in 2009, a report said.

LONDON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Leaders of the Anglican Church endorse Roman Catholic adoption agencies in their bid to be exempt from British laws banning discrimination against gays.

LONDON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- British lawmakers are divided over new rights for gays after Prime Minister Tony Blair and a cabinet member blocked the plan following religious protests. Communities and Local Government Secretary Ruth Kelly has delayed introduction of the proposals that

GLASGOW, Scotland, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A British Cabinet minister has condemned the police caution given a Polish soccer player who made the sign of the cross during a game in Glasgow.

LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Britain will bar any person convicted of a child sex offence from working in schools, says Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.