Russian former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was made to work as she downed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in straight sets to reach the fourth round on Saturday.

A British prison is being invaded by snakes, which are scaling up the prison walls to “soak up some sun”, a media report said on Saturday.

Britain plans to put a temporary limit on the number of non-European Union migrants to prevent a surge of foreign workers arriving before a permanent cap is introduced next April.

British model-turned-actress Elizabeth Hurley, wife of Indian businessman Arun Nayar, is planning to make a comeback in movies.

A British judge says a developer whose project was cancelled following opposition from Prince Charles is entitled to damages.

Indian chefs in Birmingham are up in arms after a survey adjudged London suburb of Bromley as the “curry capital” of Britain but failed to list any Birmingham restaurant in the top 10.

Aspiring British model-dancer Hayley Crook was found dead in her parent’s home in Hampshire. Her body was discovered in her bed by her boyfriend June 17.

American professional golfer Tiger Woods is not the father of porn star Devon James’ child.

Former top-ranked players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won to set up a fourth-round meeting at Wimbledon, as John Isner lost one day after winning the longest match in tennis history.

A rare 1999 photograph, entitled Michael Jackson’s Blue Eye, is set to go under the hammer later in 2010 along with 11 other pictures of the “King of Pop”.