The BP oil slick drifted closer to the coast of the Florida Panhandle on Thursday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran into trouble a mile under the sea.Read
The latest wave of strikes by British Airways cabin crew will end on Thursday, with further action set to be launched at the weekend in the increasingly bitter row.Read
British activists held by Israel following the storming of an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip are expected to start arriving home on Thursday.Read