Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Britain

Britain stories: 681 news summaries

61 - 80 of 681 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 35 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

(Newser) - Liberal politicians in Britain are demanding that advertisers stop altering stars' images, including enhancing Keira Knightley's bust and trimming the muscle from Madonna's arms, reports the Independent. Such alternations put more pressure on teen girls already mortified about their looks, say Liberal Democrats, who are pushing for a bill banning... More »

MORE ABOUT:
bulimia • anorexia • Britain • Madonna • advertisements • Liberal Democrats • King Arthur • Keira Knightley • Kate Winslet • The Duchess • perfection

British MS
Victim Wins Key Right-to-Die Ruling

Court orders that current law be clarified

Jul 31, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman has won her legal battle to force the government to clarify its law on assisted suicide, the Guardian reports. Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, whose health is deteriorating, wants to travel to a Swiss euthanasia clinic to die when her condition becomes unbearable. Britain's highest court agreed... More »

MORE ABOUT:
assisted suicide • euthanasia • multiple sclerosis • Britain • right to die • Debbie Purdy

(Newser) - Teddy bears have been given their marching orders from British nursery schools and day care centers as the government seeks to stop the spread of swine flu, the Guardian reports. New guidelines say soft toys should be removed since they are hard to clean properly, and the sharing of pencils... More »

MORE ABOUT:
children • toys • daycare • Britain • pandemic • nursery school • swine flu • H1N1 virus • stuffed animals

(Newser) - A British woman who married five times but never divorced was spared a jail sentence for bigamy yesterday, the Telegraph reports. The judge told former model Emily Horne that while her behavior had undermined the institution of marriage, he would give her a suspended sentence because she was making progress... More »

MORE ABOUT:
marriage • Britain • bigamy • personality disorder

(Newser) - Harry Patch, the last British man to survive World War I’s trenches, has died at age 111, the BBC reports. He was the oldest man in Europe, and the third oldest in the world. “I had the honor of meeting Harry, and I share his family's grief at... More »

MORE ABOUT:
obituary • Britain • oldest man • World War I

(Newser) - A London man was beaten, stabbed, and forced to drink acid in what police believe was an "honor attack," the Daily Mail reports. The victim lost his tongue in the attack and remains in critical condition. Police believe the man, who was originally Danish, was attacked because he... More »

MORE ABOUT:
London • Muslim • affair • Britain • honor killings • acid • attempted murder

New Swine Flu Cases Double
in England

Brits set up service
to provide drugs
without doctor visit

Jul 23, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - New swine flu cases have doubled in the past week in England, to 100,000, as the country sets up a National Flu Service to handle the outbreak, the BBC reports. The service will allow flu sufferers to get medication via the phone or Internet without having to consult a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
drugs • England • Britain • flu medications • flu • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Righty Radio Host Savage Off 'Banned in Britain' List

Conservative talk-show still suing former UK home secretary for libel

Jul 20, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radio talk-show host Michael Savage can again enter the UK after Britain’s new home secretary decided to take him off the country’s “banned in Britain” list, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The conservative pundit is still suing the former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, for libel after putting... More »

MORE ABOUT:
talk radio • United Kingdom • terrorist • Britain • Michael Savage • hate speech

(Newser) - London investigators have uncovered a $130 million Ponzi scheme that duped hundreds of celebrities and businessmen around the world, reports the Telegraph. The scammers were so slick that many of their victims refuse to believe they were sucked in by the ersatz high-yield fund, and are still expecting payment, according... More »

MORE ABOUT:
pyramid scheme • London • crime • investors • England • Britain • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors

(Newser) - Britain is accused of flouting international law by dumping toxic industrial and medical waste in Brazil and Ghana, the Times of London reports. Brazilian authorities were outraged to find over 1,000 tons of hazardous waste in 90 shipping containers labeled as holding recyclable plastic. "It is disgraceful that... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Brazil • garbage • toxic waste • Britain • Ghana

World's
Oldest Man
Dies at 113

British man was one
of the last surviving WWI veterans

Jul 18, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's oldest surviving veteran of World War I has died aged 113, the BBC reports. Henry Allingham, who became the world's oldest man after the death of a Japanese 113-year-old last month, passed away peacefully at a care home for veterans. Politicians and veterans' groups paid tribute to Allingham, who... More »

MORE ABOUT:
veterans • death • Britain • oldest man • World War I • longevity • Henry Allingham

OPINION

 Vatican 
 Warms 
 to Wilde 

Paper praises writer's 'lucid' analysis of his world

Jul 17, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican long regarded Oscar Wilde as a “dissolute homosexual,” but things have changed, writes Richard Owen in the Times of London. A review in the Vatican newspaper of a study on the Irish writer celebrates him as “one of the personalities of the 19th century who... More »

MORE ABOUT:
England • religion • Vatican • literature • history • Catholicism • Britain • Roman Catholic Church • playwright • Oscar Wilde • drama • L'Osservatore Romano

 Swine Flu Soars in England 


Jul 16, 09 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Diagnosed cases of swine flu have jumped sixfold in some parts of England over the last week, the Guardian reports. Suspected cases have risen almost 50% across the country. The pandemic has killed 16 people in the UK so far. British doctors say they are being overwhelmed by patients demanding... More »

MORE ABOUT:
England • Britain • influenza • Tamiflu • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - A brochure being circulated by Britain's National Health Service advises that children be taught more positive lessons about sex as part of a healthy life, along the lines of "an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away," reports the Daily Telegraph. The leaflet, entitled Pleasure, says sex should... More »

MORE ABOUT:
children • sex education • National Health Service • Britain • orgasm

Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

Jul 12, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Parliament may investigate police over reports that journalists pay them for dirt on celebrities and criminal suspects, the Guardian reports. Since police opted not to reopen a probe into alleged phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World, several politicians have been seeking to determine if... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Rupert Murdoch • police • press • bribery • journalist • Britain • News of the World • British media

 Brit Envoy 
 Quits Russia 
 After Hooker Video 

Officials accuse Russia of set up

Jul 9, 09 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A senior British diplomat was forced to resign his post in Russia after a video of him canoodling with two prostitutes was posted on the Internet, reports the Daily Mail. British officials were livid about the scandal, but also angrily accused Russian officials of a sting. The 4-minute video, called... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • video • diplomat • Britain • sting operations • prostitute • undercover video • hooker • Ural

(Newser) - A British tourist attraction is seeking to conjure up a new resident witch, the BBC reports. Wookey Hole Caves has advertised for a witch willing to live in the site's caverns and practice her—or his—trade for an annual salary of $75,000. Applicants need to have strong cackling... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britain • witchcraft • witches

 Wife of Would-Be 
 Brit Spy Chief Blows 
 Cover on Facebook 

Posts beach trip photos, location information

Jul 5, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s incoming spy chief has blown his cover even before he takes office this fall, thanks to his wife, who posted family pictures on Facebook—without that pesky privacy protection, the Daily Telegraph reports. Anyone in the London network could see vacation photos of the soon-to-be head of MI6... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Facebook • photograph • MI6 • Britain • John Sawers

(Newser) - An original print of the Declaration of Independence has been discovered stashed away in the British National Archives in West London, the Daily Mail reports. One of 26 known surviving copies from the document’s initial print run, it's thought to be worth more than $8 million. The archive... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britain • Declaration of Independence • Fourth of July • documents

Nun-Priest Snog Gets Ice Cream Ad Banned

Image of 'forbidden Italian temptation' sparks UK furor

Jul 1, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ice-cream ad showing a priest and a nun apparently about to lock lips has been banned in the UK after readers complained, the Daily Telegraph reports. People told an advertising-standards group that the magazine image, promoting Antonio Federici gelato, demeaned those who pursued a “religious vocation.” The... More »

MORE ABOUT:
advertising • Britain • advertisements • ice cream • gelato • Antonio Federici

61 - 80 of 681 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 35 Next >>


from our news partners