Protesters marched through Glasgow on Saturday in memory of three Russian asylum seekers who apparently jumped to their deaths from a tower block after being refused permission to remain. The rally in Scotland's biggest city drew together locals, charities, faith groups and unions. Some carried placards reading "Refugees are welcome here," "We belong in Glasgow" and "End destitution, detention, deportation".

General Dynamics is the winner over BAE Systems in the race to build a new generation of armoured reconnaissance vehicles for the British army, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The contract for Scout vehicles is worth more than one billion pounds (1. 5 billion dollars, 1. 1 billion euros), the newspaper said.

British Formula One legend Stirling Moss said he was feeling better after breaking several bones falling three floors down a lift shaft, the 80-year-old said on his website Saturday. Speaking in a video clip from his hospital bed, the motor racing star referred to the fall as a "shunt" and said he would be "bouncing back soon".

A mother and stepfather in Britain were jailed Friday after their seven-year-old daughter starved to death following abuse described as "chilling in its harshness and cruelty. "Khyra Ishaq weighed 37 pounds (16. 8 kilograms) when she was found emaciated in 2008 at her home in Birmingham. Angela Gordon, 35, was jailed for 15 years for manslaughter while stepfather Junaid Abuhamza, 31, was given an indefinite prison term, but ordered to serve at least seven and a half years behind bars.

British investors will aim higher next week, after striking an 18-month peak on global economic recovery hopes, but some analysts warn that the market may be due a correction. The London market's FTSE 100 index of leading shares rose 0. 46 percent over the past five days to end the week at 5,625. 65 points.

The British government on Friday announced it had agreed a loan of 270 million pounds (298 million euros, 410 million dollars) for General Motors to help protect jobs in Britain. GM had decided to sell its European arm, which makes Vauxhall cars in Britain, but changed its mind after its own rescue by the US government.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Britain next week for talks on his country's struggling bid to join the European Union and the Cyprus conflict, his office said Friday. Erdogan will meet with British counterpart Gordon Brown and attend a meeting of a Turkish-British buisiness forum during the visit on Monday and Tuesday, the statement said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy described recent rumours about his private life as "ravings" Friday, saying he had no time to waste on them. Sarkozy was asked about the rumours, which started on the Internet and have appeared in the mainstream British media, after talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.

Investment Dar, the troubled Kuwaiti firm that owns half of luxury British carmaker Aston Martin, said on Saturday it has filed for legal protection under Kuwait's financial stability law. "Investment Dar announces today that it has started a process of legal protection under the terms of Kuwait’s Financial Stability Law," a company statement said.

A British picture agency on has apologised to Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton and agreed to pay compensation for invading her privacy, it said. A photographer not employed by Rex Features took pictures of Middleton during a holiday with her family at Christmas, the agency said in a statement on its website.