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United Kingdom stories: 356 news summaries

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Lea & Perrins Original Recipe Discovered

Find sheds light on Worcestershire's long-secret flavors

Nov 4, 09 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - What looks to be the original and long-secret recipe for Lea and Perrins legendary Worcestershire Sauce has been found. A woman in England discovered it among her late father's leather-bound notebooks. He worked as an accountant for Lea and Perrins and found the 19th-century document in the trash at the... More »

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food • United Kingdom • England • trash • recipes • documents • condiment • Worcestershire Sauce • Lea and Perrins

 Sex Offender Held in 
 UK Facebook Murder 

32-year-old posed as teenager, led police to body

Oct 28, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field... More »

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United Kingdom • murder • Facebook • sex offenders • suffocation

 How Australia Dodged 
 the Recession

How one country ducked the economic downturn

Oct 16, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australia has weathered the financial crisis better than any other developed country. Last week its central bank raised interest rates, indicating its primary concern is now inflation, not growth. What were the keys? Phil Dobbie of BNET explains:
  • Befriending China: Australia used to export much of what it made
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China • international trade • real estate • Australia • globalization • United Kingdom • United States • trade • housing • recession • global economy • banking • bilateral trade • economy • what recession? • population growth

UK Gags Guardian, but
Twitter Airs Suppressed Story

Social media site explodes with toxic waste scandal

Oct 13, 09 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Guardian has been slapped with an unprecedented gag order forbidding it from reporting on a question in the British parliament, as well as who asked the question and why it's being gagged. The paper says constitutional rights are being infringed upon and it's already suing—but meanwhile, the suppressed... More »

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United Kingdom • censorship • toxic waste • Ivory Coast • Twitter • social media • Guardian • Trafigura

Asia, UK Challenge US Supremacy in Higher Ed

US still has more universities in THE's top 200 than any other country—for now

Oct 9, 09 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United States is home to more top-level universities than any other country in the world, this year’s survey by Times Higher Education confirms, but its advantage may not last forever. Although 54 of the top 200 schools are in the US, Asia is making remarkable progress: Japan has... More »

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China • Japan • United Kingdom • Seoul • United States • Oxford • college • university • Cambridge University • Seoul National University • Harvard University

Historical Novel Wolf Hall Captures Booker Prize

Hilary Mantel's story set in Henry VIII's court was favorite for prestigious award

Oct 6, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A novel set in the court of King Henry VIII won this year’s Man Booker Prize, Britain’s top literary honor. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall was a heavy favorite, and the book drew praise from the panel of judges as “a thoroughly modern novel set in the... More »

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entertainment • United Kingdom • Henry VIII • Man Booker Prize • Hilary Mantel • Wolf Hall • literary award

Pregnant Woman Turned Down at UK Cheese Counter

Customer lies to get cheddar clerk said was bad for moms-to-be

Oct 6, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a move many husbands might say verges on suicide, a British supermarket clerk refused to sell a pregnant woman cheese, saying she wasn’t allowed the unpasteurized cheddar for health reasons. Janet Lehain, 31, had to promise the female employee behind the Sainsbury’s deli counter she wouldn’t... More »

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pregnancy • United Kingdom • cheese • supermarket • cheddar • Sainsbury's

UK Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Conservative blogger uses tweet to notify impersonator of injunction

Oct 1, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports.... More »

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social networking • United Kingdom • blogging • Britain • High Court • Twitter • microblogging

(Newser) - Gordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • The Sun • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • David Cameron • prime minister • political endorsement • Sky News

 'Most Unlikely' 
 HPV Shot 
 Killed 
 UK Teen 

Health officials cite 'serious underlying condition,' though girl's school disputes it

Sep 29, 09 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British teen who died after being vaccinated against human papillomavirus had “a serious underlying medical condition,” health officials said today, and it is “most unlikely” that the shot, intended to prevent cervical cancer, killed 14-year-old Natalie Morton. An official at Morton’s school is skeptical. “... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • United Kingdom • vaccine • human papilloma virus • Natalie Morton • medical condition

 UK Teen Dies 
 After HPV Vaccination 

14-year-old has 'rare but extreme reaction'; batch quarantined after others report trouble

Sep 28, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old British girl died yesterday after receiving the vaccine against human papillomavirus, and the National Health Service has quarantined the batch after three other girls reported unpleasant side effects. Her school is telling parents the girl had a “rare but extreme reaction” to the shot, which is commonly... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • United Kingdom • vaccination • National Health Service • human papilloma virus • teen girls

(Newser) - The three men convicted of plotting to smuggle liquid bombs onto trans-Atlantic flights all received life sentences in British court today, with minimum terms ranging between 32 and 40 years, the BBC reports. The judge said the attack aspired to “stand alongside” the 9/11 attacks, calling it “the... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • sentencing • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Tanvir Hussain

British Army Blasts Rescued Times Reporter

'Irresponsible' Taliban abductee was warned of imminent danger

Sep 10, 09 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death of British soldier during the rescue of a New York Times reporter has British Army brass up in arms, the Telegraph reports. Corporal John Harrison and interpreter Sultan Munadi died early yesterday in an area of Afghanistan journalist Stephen Farrell had been cautioned about. “When... More »

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Afghanistan • New York Times • United Kingdom • England • reporter • soldier • rescue mission • Stephen Farrell • Sultan Munadi • John Harrison • commando

(Newser) - President Obama today brought his displeasure over the release of the Lockerbie bomber directly to Gordon Brown’s attention, the BBC reports. Obama did not specifically blame Brown, but relatives of those who died are outraged at the release, and the president has called it a “mistake.” The... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • England • Libya • Lockerbie • prime minister • President Obama • compassionate release • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

3 Brits Guilty in '06 Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights

Planned use of liquid explosives sparked restrictions still in effect

Sep 7, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three British Muslims were convicted today of conspiracy to blow up airplanes with liquid explosives in a failed 2006 plot that led to restrictions on drinks and toiletries on flights, the Times of London reports. Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain were retried after a jury... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • England • explosives • conspiracy • air travel • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • guilty verdict • criminal trial • Tanvir Hussain • liquids

Jade Goody's Widower Charged With Rape

Tweed has admitted alcohol abuse in dealing with reality star's death

Sep 5, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Tweed, the troubled widower of late UK reality star Jade Goody, has been charged with raping a 19-year-old woman, the Daily Mail reports. Officers arrested the 22-year-old and a friend after the woman told police the men assaulted her in a bedroom at Tweed’s rented home. Tweed, who... More »

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United Kingdom • rape • alcohol abuse • arrest • Jade Goody • Jack Tweed

Brown Didn't Want Lockerbie Bomber to Die
in Prison

Minutes strengthen rumors of oil deal

Sep 1, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - More Lockerbie troubles for Gordon Brown. Newly released documents suggest the UK prime minister didn't want Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi to die in a Scottish prison, the London Times reports. The development will further fuel speculation that Britain tacitly led the push for Megrahi's release in exchange for a... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Jack Straw • Lockerbie • prime minister • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi • Kenny MacAskill • justice secretary • prisoner transfer agreement

 Megrahi Knows 'Truth,' 
 Wants Lockerbie Inquiry 

Convicted bomber says he has documents that would exonerate him

Aug 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has always maintained his innocence and now he wants an inquiry into the 1988 plane explosion that killed 270 people, the London Times reports. Megrahi claims to hold documents that could shed light on the real culprits and says that interest among the... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • United States • Libya • conviction • Lockerbie • inquiry • victim • documents • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Brit Cops Hunt Burka-Clad Robbery Gang

Ax-wielding male thieves made off
with cash, jewelry

Aug 27, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are investigating three robberies in which men covered in burkas stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry. In separate incidents, the men burst into travel agency and jeweler shops, threatening employees with a knife, a gun, and even an ax, reports the Independent. The... More »

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United Kingdom • robbery • burka • armed robbery • jewel heist

(Newser) - Surveillance cameras are nearly worthless in the fight against crime, a London police report concluded, with fewer than one crime solved annually for every 1,000 cameras.The UK is one of the world's most monitored countries, with one camera for every 14 people and 1 million cameras in London... More »

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London • United Kingdom • surveillance • CCTV footage • security cameras

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