London - England were set to return home Friday following the terror attacks in Mumbai but said a two-match test series against India was "still in place" next month.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that following the postponement of the two remaining one-day internationals the squad was returning home.

Talks would continue with the Board of Control for Cricket in India about the resumption of the tour, it said.

The first test is due to begin in Ahmedabad on December 11 although the venue for the final test, scheduled for Mumbai on December 19, will be changed.

Britain has extended a helping hand towards India in fighting terrorism. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday that Britain is sending police experts to India to help investigators probe the Mumbai attacks.

"We're sending police emergency teams that are well versed in dealing with terrorism," he said, adding that he was "shocked and outraged" by the attacks. Brown strongly condemned the Mumbai attacks. He sent messages to the Indian Prime Minister saying that the "outrageous attacks" will be met with a "vigorous response."

London  - Britain would look seriously at an expected request by future US president Barack Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in an interview published Friday.

The British government was waiting to see what the new US administration's strategy would be, Miliband told the Daily Telegraph.

"If there are requests for help - economic, social or military - we'll look at them hard. We've never been in blanket refusal ... But the British people don't want to feel it's always us who gets the nod; they want to know that others will do it," he said.

Britain currently has 8,000 troops in Afghanistan, where 128 of its soldiers have so far been killed.

London, Nov 28 : "Thinking outside the box" is Britain''s most despised business jargon, reveals a new poll.

According to a survey by YouGov, nearly half of the Britons (49 per cent) believe that the use of such terms is on the increase as employees seek to impress their bosses.

Twenty per cent of people still believe that "buffling" - as the pollsters call it - has had or would have a positive impact on their career, the study found.

According to the survey, 46 per cent of working respondents admitted that they buffle in their own home and among their friends.

London, Nov 28 : The mystery of a 90-year-old note inscribed in stone, found by archaeologists in Denbighshire, UK, has been solved thanks to a trans-Atlantic e-mail.

According to a report by BBC News, the archaeologists found the rock with the signature “Carlyle D Chamberlain, Canadian Army” in Denbighshire.

The full inscription read: “Carlyle D Chamberlain, Canadian Army, Prospect, Kentucky, USA”.

It was known that the Canadian Army were stationed at nearby Kinmel camp during World War I.

London, Nov 28 : The Vatican has warned that people obsessed with modern technology, such internet and mobile phones risked, are risking losing their souls.