LONDON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Britain's Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, accustomed to mixing with celebrities, mixed it up with Hollywood star Bill Murray over a luxury apartment.

LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- British officials have acknowledged that the cost of putting on the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is going to be far higher than original estimates. The London Development Agency says that massive reconstruction in East London will add more than 1 billio

LONDON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The BBC has revealed a $1.14 billion plan to assist disabled and elderly British citizens switch their TV services to digital technology. Daily Variety reports that by offering funds that will come from the BBC's upcoming TV license fee settlement to aid

LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Britain has bestowed an honorary Order of the British Empire on U.S. writer Bill Bryson for his contribution to literature.

MILAN, Italy, July 7 (UPI) -- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Friday was ordered to stand trial on fraud and other charges involving his family's television network. Judge Fabio Paparella in Milan also ordered 13 other defendants to stand trial, ANSA reported, includin

LONDON, May 17 (UPI) -- A memorial to the victims of London's July 7, 2005, transport bombings will be built in Tavistock Square, British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said.

LONDON, March 17 (UPI) -- More then 17 million homes in the United Kingdom -- nearly 70 percent -- use digital TV, the most of any nation in the world, according to a report by Ofcom.

MILAN, Italy, March 16 (UPI) -- Italian judges said they would wait until June 15 to decide whether to order a trial for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on corruption charges.

MILAN, Italy, March 10 (UPI) -- An Italian judge has been given a 15,000-page dossier in the corruption case against Italy's prime minister and the husband of a British cabinet minister.