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  • August 2007

    • Washed-Out Brits May Be Stuck in Trailers for Months

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Aug 10, 07 1:31 PM CDT

      Washed-Out Brits May Be Stuck in Trailers for Months

      Victims of the record flooding in England may have to live in mobile homes for months while their property is repaired. Tens of thousands of residences and businesses were badly damaged by floods over the past 2 months, which caused at least $6 billion in damage, Bloomberg reports. And meteorologists predict that rainfall will keep increasing because of climate change. More »

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      climate change  • England  • flood  • homes  • repair  • house

    • Sabotage Eyed In Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 6:17 AM CDT

      Sabotage Eyed In Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth

      British officials are pursuing the possibility that latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could be the result of sabotage, the Times reports. They've ruled out water leaks spreading the virus from a research lab to nearby farms,and have concluded that "release by human movement must be considered a real possibility," said a report prepared for Gordon Brown. More »

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      health  • London  • England  • safety  • outbreak  • cattle  • cows  • livestock  • foot and mouth disease  • sabotage

    • UK Inspects 3rd Foot and Mouth Case

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 8, 07 4:47 PM CDT

      UK Inspects 3rd Foot and Mouth Case

      A third suspected case of foot and mouth disease has been located in southern England, health officials said, as the EU lifted a ban on slaughtering animals but kept up the prohibition on exporting animal products. Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that British veterinary investigators pinpointed two research labs they say have a “strong probability” of initiating the outbreak. More »

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      health  • European Union  • England  • farming  • outbreak  • exports  • epidemic  • livestock  • foot and mouth disease

    • Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 7, 07 4:46 AM CDT

      Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      England is culling a second herd of cattle feared to have foot-and-mouth disease. The animals were showing symptoms on an unidentified farm within a restricted zone around the area southwest of London where the first outbreak occurred. Investigators were considering the possibility that a flood in July may have spread the virus. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • England  • farming  • outbreak  • farmer  • infection  • cattle  • cows  • farms  • foot and mouth disease

    • Foot and Mouth Outbreak Traced to Lab

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 5, 07 11:13 AM CDT

      Foot and Mouth Outbreak Traced to Lab

      An English research lab is the likely source of a recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the Guardian reports. British government officials believe a batch of experimental vaccine leaked and spread to a nearby farm. Scientists were tipped to the possible leak by the fact that the strain of the virus is not one that occurs naturally, but is a vaccine strain. More »

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      England  • disease  • agriculture  • farming  • outbreak  • vaccine  • livestock

  • July 2007

    • UK Restores Water to Flooded Areas

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 29, 07 5:29 PM CDT

      UK Restores Water to Flooded Areas

      Water supplies are returning to thousands of homes in England after torrential rain flooded the area in an and around Gloucester and knocked out a water treatment plant. Reinstated water will not be potable, warn officials, and should not be used to cook, make ice, or brush teeth. More »

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      Great Britain  • England  • weather  • flood  • water  • Gloucester

    • Brown Downplays US Fissure

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 27, 07 1:13 PM CDT

      Brown Downplays US Fissure

      Britain's new Prime Minister is set to meet with President Bush at Camp David next week amid rumors that relations between the two nations have cooled since Tony Blair's departure. Brown is walking a tightrope between rebuffing this speculation and being seen as "America's poodle," an epithet Blair earned for his close collaboration with Bush. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Great Britain  • climate change  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • England  • Labour Party  • prime minister  • Camp David

    • A Megaflood Made England an Island

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 19, 07 8:23 AM CDT

      A Megaflood Made England an Island

      England became an island as a result of a massive flood that tore through a land bridges to France 400,000 years ago, a study of  high-resolution sonar images of the bottom of the English Channel shows. The torrent of water and boulders carved the cliffs of Dover, and left deep scars on the channel bed, researchers report in the journal Nature . More »

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      France  • science  • England  • nature

    • Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 18, 07 12:32 PM CDT

      Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price

      Miss New Jersey may never be mistaken for a Rhodes Scholar, but unlike some British university students, she knows how to make sure her Facebook profile is private. The social-networking site that nearly brought down the beauty queen is wreaking havoc across the Atlantic, with Oxford students facing disciplinary action and fines for behavior captured on the site. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • England  • photographs  • Oxford University  • photo  • privacy settings  • punishment  • discipline

    • England Douses Public Smoking

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 1, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      England Douses Public Smoking

      The English ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, including bars, workplaces, and public buildings, went into effect at 6am today. The effort to improve indoor air quality and inconvenience some smokers into quitting will cause grumbling, says the country's chief medical officer, but "on the whole, the majority of smokers and non-smokers wanted this change." More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • England  • smoking  • cigarettes  • smoking ban  • tobacco  • David Hockney  • secondhand smoke

  • June 2007

    • Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 29, 07 1:54 PM CDT

      Al-Qaeda Behind Bomb Attempt

      Al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda-spawned extremists orchestrated the failed bombing attempt in central London today, British authorities say. The car bomb found near a London nightclub resembled improvised explosives used in Iraq, and the Guardian reports al-Qaeda has long nurtured plans to attack nightclubs in the west. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • London  • England  • bombing  • bomb  • car bomb  • extremists

    • British Supermarket Cans Prince Charles

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 26, 07 4:19 AM CDT

      British Supermarket Cans Prince Charles

      Veggies raised on an organic farm owned by Prince Charles have been dumped by a  British supermarket chain because the less-than-majestic food doesn't meet quality standards. The farm had been providing carrots to Sainsbury's supermarkets, but as of the end of January the Crown Prince was "sacked," the Guardian reports. More »

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      England  • farming  • carbon footprint  • Prince Charles  • organic food  • vegetables  • supermarket

    • Wills & Kate Courting Again

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 24, 07 9:28 AM CDT

      Wills &amp; Kate Courting Again

      Hold your breath.  The second in line to the British throne, Prince William, and erstwhile girlfriend Kate Middleton are back together -- sort of.  And while they are seeing each other again, Kate is said to be holding out for the promise of a ring before she gets serious again. More »

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      England  • British royals  • Prince William  • Prince Harry  • Kate Middleton

    • Solstice Shines at Stonehenge

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 07 4:02 PM CDT

      Solstice Shines at Stonehenge

      Spiritually inclined crowds converged on Stonehenge this morning to celebrate the summer solstice, greeting the dawn of the longest day of the year with dancing, drumming, and drinking. The mystical monument shone with floodlights and the glow of the rising sun as more than 20,000 druids, pagans, and other revelers frolicked about, some in cloaks and antlers. More »

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      England  • festival  • spirituality  • Stonehenge  • monument  • pagan

    • UK to Patients Who Smoke: Put That Out

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 4, 07 3:49 PM CDT

      UK to Patients Who Smoke: Put That Out

      Smokers in Britain must kick the habit for at least four weeks before undergoing routine surgery or the National Health Service will deny them the operations, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors will use blood tests to enforce the new policy, which could affect up to 500,000 smokers awaiting procedures for non-life-threatening conditions each year. More »

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      health  • Great Britain  • medicine  • England  • smoking  • surgery  • smoking ban  • patient

  • May 2007

    • The Queen Is Not, in the End, a Blair Fan

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 27, 07 6:13 PM CDT

      The Queen Is Not, in the End, a Blair Fan

      As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, one of those uneasy about his legacy is his queen, who the Telegraph reports is "exasperated and frustrated" at the effect of 10 years of New Labour rule. Queen Elizabeth is said to be unhappy about Blair's  "overstretching"  the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and too much time spent buttering up the US. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • England  • Tony Blair  • British royals  • Queen Elizabeth II

    • Blaze Ravages London Clipper

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 21, 07 9:13 AM CDT

      Blaze Ravages London Clipper

      A fire ripped through London's historic Cutty Sark early this morning, nearly destroying the 138-year-old tea clipper. But an ongoing £25 million restoration saved the ship, which has drawn 15 million tourists to its south-east London dock since it opened in 1957. Much of its structural foundation, including its original masts and half its planks, had been removed before the blaze broke out. More »

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      London  • England  • tourism  • ship

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