Dec 10 Watch Violent Tuition Protest Encounter Roils Royals The vote to triple university tuition in Britain triggered protests that turned violent and encountered a Rolls Royce carrying Prince Charles. ITN correspondent Simon Israel has more. Continue watching
Dec 09 British Parliament Approves Controversial Tuition Hikes By Larisa Epatko Surrounded by student protests outside, British lawmakers voted Thursday to triple the university tuition fee cap in a move meant to help stabilize the country's ailing economy. Continue reading
Oct 21 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the arts are not escaping historic government spending cuts in Britain as Arts Council England is having its budget cut by almost 30 percent. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch UK Rolls Out Austerity Cuts ‘Not Seen for Generations’ Gary Gibbon of Independent Television News reports on Britain's decision to dramatically cut the budget to tackle the country's mounting deficit. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch UK Budget Cuts: Timing, Scale Debated, But Not Principle In light of the UK's new austerity measures, Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives about Britain's financial future with Ned Temko of The Observer and The Economist's Zanny Minton. Continue watching
Oct 14 Conversation: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Howard Jacobson is a writer and journalist whose novel, "The Finkler Question", was named winner of the Man Booker Prize in London on Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch News Wrap: Weak Forecasts for Economy, Karzai Confirms Contacts With Taliban In other news Monday, dire forecasts emerged for future economic growth and Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed his government has been talking with Taliban leaders for "quite some time."… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Britain’s Clegg on Afghan War Strategy, Budget Austerity Britain is in the process of unveiling tough budget cuts to trim the country's deficit. Margaret Warner talks to British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg about the economic crunch and his country's take on the Afghan war. Continue watching