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Teenage Brit Jockeys
Killed in Arson

Police have arrested suspected arsonist in his 30s

Sep 6, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two promising apprentice jockeys were killed yesterday in a suspected arson fire set at their apartment building in northern England. "Apprentice of the season" Jamie Kyne, 18, was found dead along with female jockey Jan Wilson, 19, in Kyne's apartment where several riders had gathered for a party. Two... More »

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crime • horse racing • murder • England • arson • jockeys • North Yorkshire

(Newser) - A chain of golf courses in England has taken a dim view of the Eye Candy caddie service, which offers a “gorgeous new solution for unforgettable golf days,” the Daily Mail reports. Eye Candy caddies, attractive young women with a debatable knowledge of the game, are banned... More »

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golf • England • escort • golf course • caddie • beautiful women • attractive • Eye Candy caddie service

 Brit Nurses Fear 
 Swine Flu Vaccine: Poll 

One third won't have it for fear of danger; one third undecided

Aug 17, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A full two thirds of British nurses are undecided about or outright against getting vaccinated for swine flu, the Telegraph reports. Some 60% of those who plan to decline say they are concerned about the safety of the untested treatment. “I would not be willing to put myself... More »

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nurses • England • vaccination • vaccine • influenza • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus • frontline caregiver

(Newser) - Europeans may have longer lives and longer vacations, but red-blooded Americans don't want their socialist ways on this side of the ocean, right wing media mouths are eager to remind everyone, MIchael Freedman writes in Newsweek. Underlying much of the opposition to health care reform is the fear that it's... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Spain • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Rush Limbaugh • Italy • England • health care reform

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British Health Care Would Kill Hawking...

...say foes of reform, forgetting that Brit physicist lives in UK

Aug 11, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opponents of health care reform should be careful how they use the terrifying example of Britain’s socialized system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stumbled upon an editorial on Investors Business Daily that asserts that “people such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where... More »

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Stephen Hawking • England • National Health Service • rationing • Britain • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • socialized medicine

(Newser) - England’s world-famous Royal Opera House is getting with the times by launching the world’s first Twitter libretto, the Independent reports. Participants send lyrical tweets to @youropera, which will be set to familiar and original opera music in The Twitter Opera next month. Some critics worry it cheapens the... More »

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entertainment • England • opera • Royal Opera House • Twitter

 Tomb May 
 Hold Key to 
 Shakespeare 


Sarcophagus may hold manuscripts tying Bard to another writer

Aug 9, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 17th-century tomb might hold the key to the enduring mystery of William Shakespeare's identity, the Daily Telegraph reports, and researchers are hoping to take a peek inside. A scan found that the ornate sarcophagus, built at an English church by Shakespeare contemporary and fellow scribe Fulke Greville, contains three... More »

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England • biography • history • monument • Britain • William Shakespeare • sarcophagus • manuscript

(Newser) - Iran staged another mass trial of protesters today, charging a Frenchwoman, two employees of the French and British embassies, and dozens of Iranian nationals with spying and fomenting unrest following the election, Reuters reports. Once again, defendants offered confessions and sought leniency. “We deplore these trials and the so-called... More »

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Iran • France • England • conspiracy • embassy • rallies • criminal charges • Iranian election

(Newser) - Ronnie Biggs, part of a crew that stole millions from a British mail train in 1963 in the notorious Great Train Robbery, has been issued a “compassionate release” from prison to undergo medical treatment in his final days, the Guardian reports. Biggs, 80, has pneumonia, and doctors say... More »

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crime • United Kingdom • England • Jack Straw • pneumonia • heist • Ronnie Biggs • Great Train Robbery • compassionate release

Asperger's Man Could Be Next Susan Boyle

Briton who can barely leave the house wows X Factor judges

Aug 5, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A young singer with Asperger’s syndrome who once spent 7 years without leaving his home is poised to take the British reality TV world by storm, the Independent reports. 21-year-old Scott James’ yet-to-be broadcast audition on the show X Factor features a rave review from Simon Cowell,... More »

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entertainment • music • reality TV • autism • Simon Cowell • England • singer • Asperger's Syndrome • X Factor • Scott James

Scots' Delicacy May Actually Be...English

To kilt-wearers' horror, haggis was probably invented down south

Aug 3, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alongside bagpipes, whiskey, and plaid kilts, there's naught so Scottish as haggis, the mash of sheep heart, liver, and lung disgusting to many and a delicacy to some. But recently a Scottish historian discovered the earliest ever reference to haggis—in an English cookbook. The idea that the ultimate Scottish... More »

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food • United Kingdom • Scotland • England • cuisine • Britain

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 »

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drugs • England • Britain • flu medications • flu • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(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 »

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pyramid scheme • London • crime • investors • England • Britain • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors

OPINION

Health Care by Computer
Has Failed in the UK


Jul 18, 09 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like all liberals, President Obama likes big, controlling systems. Like British politicians, he hopes to manage health care with a nationwide supercomputer. As Britain failed, so too will the United States, Fraser Nelson and Irwin M. Stelzer write in the Weekly Standard. Not only has Britain's medical database failed after... More »

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health care • England • public health • National Health Service • computer network • Obama administration • President Obama

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 »

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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 »

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England • Britain • influenza • Tamiflu • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - Hundreds of fans are camped out in the front of the O2 arena in London where Michael Jackson was to begin his 50-concert stand today, the BBC reports. “I want to feel a bit closer,” said one of the approximately 600 fans. “We’ve been reminiscing and... More »

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entertainment • London • United Kingdom • England • concert • memorial • Michael Jackson • tribute • O2 Arena

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse cried tears of joy in a London airport as she returned to England today after 8 months on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, the Daily Mail reports. “She’s really happy to be back and can't wait to catch up with family and friends,”... More »

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entertainment • United Kingdom • England • addiction • vacation • repatriation • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • dog

Catholic Teacher Held in 'Murder Attempt' on Student

British science teacher allegedly struck 14-year-old with a weight

Jul 10, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teacher in a Catholic school in England has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a student he allegedly attacked suffered serious head injuries, reports the Guardian. The teacher assaulted the 14-year-old boy with a weight block used in a science lab as class was about to... More »

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England • children • attack • assault • traumatic brain injury • teacher • students • attempted murder • head injury • Nottinghamshire • Catholic school

(Newser) - Al Gore today likened the challenge of global warming to the threat from Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, the Times of London reports. Gore reminded a British audience that “Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilization in World War II,” saying the situation... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • England • World War II • Nazis • Axis • Winston Churchill

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