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A British man who will lose his voice because of disease said Sunday that he is recording thousands of words so he can continue to read his son bedtime stories. Laurence Brewer, from Bolton, northern England, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) three years ago and expects to lose his speech as his condition worsens.

Local government officials said Monday they have confiscated ice cream made with human breast milk from a London shop amid concerns the dessert is unsafe.

Well this is certainly a new flavor.The London shop "Icecreamists" is certainly taking desert to the extreme. This time, it's breast milk ice cream. Human breast milk might not sound delicious, but the "treat" will go on sale Friday, according to BBC, and it won't come cheap.

President Barack Obama will talk to the leaders of Britain and France on Thursday about the crisis in Libya as Washington kept all options open, including sanctions and military action.

British police arrested five young men on Thursday as they and U.S. authorities conducted searches as part of a probe into Internet activists who carried out cyber attacks against groups they viewed as enemies of the WikiLeaks website.

Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials' inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday travel chaos and fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas....

A London court on Thursday ordered that Julian Assange be released on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was being held by London police in a Swedish sex crimes case, was granted bail Tuesday by a British court.

The Powerfuel company that owns Hatfield Colliery in Yorkshire has entered administration due to lack of investment.

The H1N1 swine flu virus which swept the globe last year has returned to Britain with 10 people dying in the last six weeks, health officials said Saturday.