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LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron is urging British tourists to spend their vacation in the U.K., helping to spur the country's fragile economic recovery.

LONDON - A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially made for the wartime prime minister, were crucial for maintaining his distinctively slurred speaking style famous from World War II-era radio broadcasts.

LONDON - British Airways is holding talks with union leaders to try to avert 10 more days of strikes planned by cabin crews.

LONDON - A strike by cabin crew disrupted British Airways flights for a second day on Tuesday, mainly at London's Heathrow airport, one of Europe's busiest travel hubs.

LONDON - The union representing British Airways cabin crew has begun a five-day strike but the airline says it will still be able to carry 70 percent of passengers who have booked flights.