Reuters - Prince Charles, Britain's heir-to-throne, has a woolly idea or two about how vintage clothes, recycling and the fashion industry can help protect the planet.
AFP - The government looked to put recent controversies behind them on Friday as Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague following an aide's resignation over "malicious" rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.
AFP - Dubai-based retail giant Landmark Group has agreed to buy British restaurant chain Carluccio's for 90.3 million pounds, the companies said on Thursday.
AFP - Home prices fell for a second month running in August when they dropped 0.9 percent compared with July, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on Thursday.
AFP - The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster.
AFP - British newspapers Thursday called the memoirs of former prime minister Tony Blair a good read but said they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat.
AFP - The press was split Thursday over Foreign Secretary William Hague's decision to release a highly personal statement following the resignation of a male special adviser with whom he shared a hotel over "malicious" claims that they had an inappropriate relationship.
AFP - Labour leadership candidate David Miliband told party members Thursday that he was "ready to lead" and would "change the way we do politics," before claiming that former leaders Gordon Brown and Tony Blair's "time has passed".