LONDON (AP) — A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country will be governed by “the strongest safeguards” against abuse, the interior minister said Tuesday. Opening a House of Commons debate on the contentious bill, Home Secretary Theresa May said […]
Pride Vies With Sadness As Britain’s Last Coal Pit Closes
Coal once fueled the British Empire, employed armies of men and shook the power of governments. On Friday, workers at Britain’s last operating deep coal mine finished their final shift, emerging — soot-blackened and live on television news channels — to cheers, applause and tears. Some of the men carried lumps of coal as mementoes from […]
British Library Sets out to Archive the Web
Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the library has kept a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. Starting Saturday, it will also be bound to record every British website, e-book, online newsletter and […]