London, Oct. 8: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, will undertake a 10-day tour of the Far East at the end of the month, but Camilla will return home half way because she dislikes the heat.

The trip, which will cost the British taxpayer 500,000 pounds, includes visits to Japan, Brunei, and Indonesia.

According to the Daily Express, Camilla’s decision to quit the royal tour mid-way will raise fresh questions about her commitment to her royal duties.

London, Oct. 8 : The Philippines Government and the Filipino community have strongly condemned a comedy skit appearing on BBC where a man urges his neighbour to "mount" a Filipina maid.

An online petition described the skit appearing on the BBC show Harry and Paul as "disgraceful", "distasteful" and "tantamount to racism".

The petition attracted hundreds of signatures yesterday and calls were growing last night for the BBC to apologize, according to The Scotsman.

With the aim to form a database to observe and store internet browsing, emails and phone calls of very Briton, a whopping sum of £12 billion would be spent by the UK government. 

A well known newspaper of London reported on Sunday that the communication headquarters (GCHQ) of the government has already been allocated one billion pounds in order to finance the first stage of the project, which is being formed with the aim to fight terrorism and rising crime. 

Crewe, England - Bentley is presenting the Arnage Final Series to mark the 10th anniversary of the model, the 50th birthday of the company's V8 engine and 90 years of Bentley heritage at the Paris Motor Show which runs until October 19.

The Bentley Arnage Final Series is an exclusive run of only 150 cars, the manufacturer has announced.

Powered by the Arnage T V8 with an output of 307kW/507 hp, the Final Series is listed with a top speed of 288 km/h and acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds.

London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday called a top-level meeting to discuss government proposals to stabilize the banking system after a dramatic slump in bank shares on the London stock market.

The meeting came within hours of the return from the European Union's finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg of Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling.

London - Slumping banking shares gave the Financial Times Index a roller-coaster ride on the London stock market Tuesday where early gains all but evaporated as pressure grew on the government to agree on a cash bail-out package for leading banks.

The FTSE-Index was up by 1.7 per cent, or 76 points, to 4,665.2 points at lunchtime, after surging ahead by almost 3 per cent in early morning trading.