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BRUSSELS (AP) — Goodbye Britain? For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis. The reason is that bad times are forcing the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency to move ever closer toward some kind of United States of Europe — one that could make decisions about how much member countries spend and how much tax they collect.

If ever Britain had a nightmare, that's it.

The British public shows no interest in moving closer to the rest of Europe, and most can't even seem to stomach...

Bristol-based St. John’s Chambers, the premier barrister set in the South West with over 80 barristers including seven silks, hosts the national Headway Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference for the second year running.

Headway Bristol invited St. John’s Chambers’ Personal Injury Team, which provides first class legal representation and advice to businesses and individuals across the country, to organise the charity’s national 2012 conference following the success of last year’s event. Sponsored by Irwin Mitchell, the conference attracted over 150 legal practitioners throughout...

At a ceremony presided over by the Rt Honourable Sir John Thomas, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the Administrative Court at the Bristol Civil Justice Centre today was officially opened. The first case to be heard was before a three-judge divisional court: Thomas LJ; Beatson and Burnett JJ.

Robin Tolson QC responding on behalf of the bar and solicitors and welcoming the judges to Bristol, stressed the vital need for local practitioners to use the service, stating: “There was simply no need to go further afield and significant disadvantages in doing so.”...

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain rose by more than anticipated in October, largely on the back of higher university fees.

The Office for National Statistics also said Tuesday that higher prices for clothing, shoes, food and non-alcoholic beverages were also factors behind the increase in the headline annual inflation rate to 2.7 percent from 2.2 percent in September.

The markets were anticipating a more modest rise to 2.4 percent.

The government's official target is to keep consumer price inflation at or near 2 percent. The October rate was the highest since May,...