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Posted: 1/7/2013 8:43:17 AM EST
Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn of the London Metropolitan Police walks into Southwalk Crown Court in London, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Casburn is accused of offering the now-defunct tabloid, The News of the World information about Operation Varec, the investigation into whether Scotland Yard's inquiry into phone hacking should be reopened. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:53:31 AM EST
FILE - In this March 22, 1996 file photo, children return to Dunblane Primary School, nine days after a gunman killed 16 children, their teacher and himself in Dunblane, Scotland. In March 1996, a 43-year-old man named Thomas Hamilton walked into a primary school in this central Scotland town of 8,000 people and shot to death 16 kindergarten-age children and their teacher with four legally held handguns. In the weeks that followed, people in the town formed the Snowdrop campaign - named for the first flower of spring - to press for a ban on handguns. Within weeks, it had collected 750,000 signatures. By the next year, the ban had become law. (AP Photo/Pool-File)
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:53:31 AM EST
FILE - In this March 17, 1996 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth places a floral bouquet with hundreds of others in front of Dunblane Primary School. In March 1996, a 43-year-old man named Thomas Hamilton walked into a primary school in this central Scotland town of 8,000 people and shot to death 16 kindergarten-age children and their teacher with four legally held handguns. In the weeks that followed, people in the town formed the Snowdrop campaign - named for the first flower of spring - to press for a ban on handguns. Within weeks, it had collected 750,000 signatures. By the next year, the ban had become law. (AP Photo/Ian Waldie, Pool-File)
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Posted: 12/12/2012 1:48:28 PM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 1986 file photo, Jimmy Savile, right, poses for photographers with a wax work model at Madame Tussauds museum in London. British police investigating sex abuse allegations against the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile say that they have recorded 199 crimes in which Savile is a suspect. In an update on its investigation, Scotland Yard said Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012 that 450 people have come forward with information relating to the children's television presenter, who died last year at age 84. Most of those people have alleged sexual abuse, and there were 31 rape allegations recorded against Savile, police said. (AP Photo/John Redman, File)
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Posted: 12/12/2012 4:58:35 AM EST
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 file photo the logo for the Royal Bank of Scotland is seen as people enter their headquarters in London. The value of global mergers and acquisitions deals in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the global financial crisis was first baring its teeth, a leading accounting and consulting firm said Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. There were a little under 37,000 deals worldwide, around 9,000 less than in 2007, when many companies indulged in a feverish bout of deal-making, many of which led to their financial ruin. Much of the blame for Royal Bank of Scotland PLC’s near-collapse in 2008, which eventually required a government bailout, was due to its over-priced purchase of a large chunk of Dutch bank ABN Amro the year before. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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Posted: 12/12/2012 4:58:35 AM EST
In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 photo, a sign of RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, is seen at its office in the City of London. The value of global mergers and acquisitions deals in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the global financial crisis was first baring its teeth, a leading accounting and consulting firm said Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. There were a little under 37,000 deals worldwide, around 9,000 less than in 2007, when many companies indulged in a feverish bout of deal-making, many of which led to their financial ruin. Much of the blame for Royal Bank of Scotland PLC’s near-collapse in 2008, which eventually required a government bailout, was due to its over-priced purchase of a large chunk of Dutch bank ABN Amro the year before. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Posted: 12/8/2012 11:13:29 AM EST
This undated hand out photo provided by the Metropolitan Police shows Jacintha Saldanha. British police say that a nurse who was found dead days after she took a hoax call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was originally from India. Scotland Yard said Saturday that 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 had lived in Bristol in southwestern England for nine years. Saldanha worked at the London hospital where Prince William's wife, Kate, was being treated for acute morning sickness. The nurse was duped by a prank call performed by two Australian DJs, who pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to ask about Kate's condition. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police
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Posted: 12/8/2012 9:13:33 AM EST
This undated hand out photo provided by the Metropolitan Police shows Jacintha Saldanha. British police say that a nurse who was found dead days after she took a hoax call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was originally from India. Scotland Yard said Saturday that 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 had lived in Bristol in southwestern England for nine years. Saldanha worked at the London hospital where Prince William's wife, Kate, was being treated for acute morning sickness. The nurse was duped by a prank call performed by two Australian DJs, who pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to ask about Kate's condition. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police)
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Posted: 12/8/2012 7:01:11 AM EST
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Chief Executive Stephen Hester speaks to media as he leaves after appearing at a Treasury Select Committee hearing at Parliament in London June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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Posted: 12/7/2012 1:50:25 PM EST
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Chief Executive Stephen Hester speaks to media as he leaves after appearing at a Treasury Select Committee hearing at Parliament in London June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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Posted: 12/2/2012 9:38:29 PM EST
A logo of an Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen at a branch in London February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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Posted: 11/30/2012 1:41:25 PM EST
Paul Lawrie of Scotland watches his shot from the second tee during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro
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Posted: 11/27/2012 4:53:00 PM EST
Professor Peter Higgs speaks during a news conference at the launch of The University of Edinburgh's new Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, Scotland July 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
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Posted: 11/25/2012 9:47:18 AM EST
BAE Systems employees walk together at Roysth naval yard in Rosyth, Scotland October 2, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
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Posted: 11/25/2012 9:11:53 AM EST
People use a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) cashpoint in Edinburgh, Scotland November 14, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
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Posted: 11/24/2012 8:23:38 AM EST
Marc Warren of Scotland reacts after he finished round two of DP World Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephen Hindley)
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Posted: 11/23/2012 9:58:17 AM EST
A naked man sits on top of a statue of George, Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall, London, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. Police and eyewitnesses say a naked man has climbed atop an equestrian statue in the heart of Whitehall, London's government district. A Scotland Yard spokesman said that the man, believed to be in his 30s or 40s, has been sitting atop the statue for the better part of two hours. He said Friday: "We're still talking to him. We're still trying to get him down without causing any injury to him." (AP Photo/ John Stillwell/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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Posted: 11/23/2012 9:58:17 AM EST
A naked man sits on top of a statue of George, Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall, London, Friday Nov. 23, 2012. Police and eyewitnesses say a naked man has climbed atop an equestrian statue in the heart of Whitehall, London's government district. A Scotland Yard spokesman said that the man, believed to be in his 30s or 40s, has been sitting atop the statue for the better part of two hours. He said Friday: "We're still talking to him. We're still trying to get him down without causing any injury to him." (AP Photo/ Stefan Rousseau/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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Posted: 11/21/2012 8:39:27 AM EST
Paul Lawrie of Scotland tees off on the first hole during the BMW Masters 2012 golf tournament at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Posted: 11/13/2012 9:08:20 AM EST
Paul Lawrie of Scotland poses for photographers during a news conference for the 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open golf tournament at the Peak, in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. The Hong Kong Open will be held from Nov. 15 to 18. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
