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Criminal Religion Trials 

Libyan Man Sentenced to Life for Deadly UK Park Stabbings

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
England, parks, sentencing, stabbing, Terrorism

A Libyan man who stabbed three friends to death as they sat in an English city park on a summer evening was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.

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International Science 

‘Human Remains’ Find Turned Out to Be a Potato: UK Police

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agriculture, England, Police

A dog walker in northeast England sparked a large-scale police search after reporting suspected human remains in a muddy field. But the suspected grisly find turned out to be a potato, officers said Friday.

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Business International Politics 

Brexit Deal Puts UK Fishermen in Uncharted Waters

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Brexit, England, fishing

The fishermen of Ramsgate, a once thriving seaside town in southern England, had high hopes that Brexit would bring back the pre-EU glory days of teeming catches and lively fish auctions.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Hollywood ‘Con Queen’ Suspect Appears in UK Court

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
England, Fraud, Hollywood

A suspected con artist who allegedly impersonated top female Hollywood executives to swindle wide-eyed aspiring stars out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was remanded in custody on Friday when he appeared at a central London court.

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International Latest Headlines 

‘Multiple Casualties’ After Explosion at UK Sewage Plant

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
England, explosion, sewage

A local British emergency services department says there have been “multiple casualties” following a large explosion Thursday at a wastewater treatment facility near the southwest England city of Bristol.

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Environment Health International 

Inquest to Probe Role of Air Pollution in Death of British Girl

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
children, diseases, England, pollution

The mother of a 9-year-old girl who died from acute respiratory failure after repeated asthma attacks on Monday said she hoped a coroner’s inquest would conclude that air pollution played a role in her death.

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Criminal International Media 

Charles Darwin Notebooks ‘Stolen’ From Cambridge University

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
college, England, evolution, history, Publishing, theft

Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks containing his pioneering ideas on evolution and his famous “Tree of Life” sketch are missing, believed stolen, the Cambridge University Library said on Tuesday.

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Criminal International Politics 

UK Police Arrest Man Over 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
arrests, Bombing, England, history, Northern Ireland, Terrorism

Police arrested a man Wednesday in Northern Ireland in connection with the 1974 bombings of two pubs that killed 21 people and injured more than 200 in Birmingham, England.

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Criminal International Latest Headlines 

UK’s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Serial Killer Peter Sutcliffe Dies

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
England, murder

The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper,” a man who instilled terror and fear across northern England in the 1970s, died Friday at a hospital there. He was 74.

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Government International 

Tunnel Plan Near Stonehenge Gets UK Government Consent

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
culture, England, history, infrastructure, United Kingdom

The British government went against the recommendations of planning officials Thursday when it approved controversial plans for a road tunnel to be built near the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England.

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Government International Politics 

English Villages Wake Up to Find They’re Brexit’s New Border

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brexit, construction, England, EU

Four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Brexit can still seem abstract. But in the county known as the Garden of England, it is literally taking concrete form.

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Uncategorized 

Report Damns Church of England Over Handling of Abuse

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
churches, England, rape, sex abuse

The Church of England was on Tuesday criticized in a damning report for protecting predatory priests rather than young victims of sexual abuse.

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Business Energy Environment International 

Britain Rejects New Coal Mine on Environmental Grounds

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Climate change, coal, electricity, emissions, England, mining, water

The British government has rejected plans to construct an open-cast coal mine near a picturesque beach in northeastern England, agreeing with campaigners that it would harm the environment.

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Criminal International 

Farmer Found Guilty of Contaminating Baby Food for Blackmail

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
babies, blackmail, contamination, England, farming, food, supermarkets

A sheep farmer in Britain has been found guilty of planting baby food laced with metal shards in stores as part of a plan to blackmail a supermarket chain.

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Criminal International 

Bomber’s Brother Gets 55 Years for Manchester Concert Attack

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bombing, England, manchester, murder, sentencing, Terrorism

The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds, was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 55 years in prison.

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Religion Technology 

New Evidence Leads to Digital Reconstruction of Key Medieval Shrine

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
Catholic, churches, England, history, memorials, Research

The most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England has come back to life — albeit in digital form.

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Criminal International 

American Expat Among UK Terror Victims

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, England, stabbing, Terrorism

An American man was among the three victims stabbed to death in a park in the English town of Reading that is being treated as a terror attack, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said Monday.

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Uncategorized 

UK Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 39 Vietnamese

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
England, immigrants, manslaughter, pleas, smuggling

LONDON (AP) — A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a

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Entertainment Health International Sports 

British Man Runs Backyard Marathon During Lockdown

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
athletes, charity, coronavirus, England

Being stuck at home didn’t stop a British man from running an outdoor marathon.

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Civil Rights Entertainment Health International 

Johnny Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Stalled by Virus

March 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
celebrity, coronavirus, domestic violence, England, Journalism, Libel

Johnny Depp’s libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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