Discontent dims the glamour of the Cameroons

Prime Minister David Cameron apologized Wednesday for the “appalling” standard of care at a British hospital and said doctors and nurses should have been fired.

For the legions of people whose childhoods and adult lives were wrecked by sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI is an unloved pontiff who will not be missed.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday the publicly funded BBC had serious questions to answer about a sex abuse scandal involving one of its former stars and suggestions that bosses had been involved in covering up allegations. Pressure is growing on new BBC chief George Entwistle to explain why the internationally renowned media organization axed its own expose of alleged abuse of underage girls by the eccentric, cigar-chomping Jimmy Savile who died last year. ...

The political rift between the UK Prime Minister David Cameron (Conservative) and the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Cleg (Liberal Democrat) widened into a public feud over Cameron's refusal to sign the Merkozy accord. The Deputy Prime Minister says U.K. Coalition Breakup Over EU Would Cause Economic ‘Disaster’

The BBC faced growing fallout Monday over sexual abuse allegations against a popular children's TV entertainer, as Prime Minister David Cameron accused the broadcaster of changing its story about why it killed a news segment on the accusations.

Veteran actor Michael Caine brought Hollywood glamour to Britain's election race Thursday, backing an opposition Conservative scheme for young people -- and recalling his own early years.Caine recounted how he started acting at a local youth club, as he joined Conservative leader David Cameron in promoting the party's National Citizenship Service scheme, on the second full day of campaigning for May 6 polls.