UK unemployment rate falls by 0.1 pct to 7.8 pct

LONDON (AP) — Britain's unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage point to 7.8 percent in the three months to July as more than a quarter of a million people joined the work force, official figures showed Wednesday.

The Office for National Statistics said total unemployment fell by 8,000 people between May and July to 2.47 million.

The statistics office said 286,000 more people had jobs than in the previous quarter, bringing the number of workers in Britain to 29.16 million.

The …