Libyan Man Sentenced to Life for Deadly UK Park Stabbings
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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England
‘Human Remains’ Find Turned Out to Be a Potato: UK 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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Brexit Deal Puts UK Fishermen in Uncharted Waters
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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Hollywood ‘Con Queen’ Suspect Appears in UK Court
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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‘Multiple Casualties’ After Explosion at UK Sewage Plant
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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Inquest to Probe Role of Air Pollution in Death of British Girl
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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Charles Darwin Notebooks ‘Stolen’ From Cambridge University
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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UK Police Arrest Man Over 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings
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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UK’s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Serial Killer Peter Sutcliffe Dies
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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Tunnel Plan Near Stonehenge Gets UK Government Consent
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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English Villages Wake Up to Find They’re Brexit’s New Border
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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Report Damns Church of England Over Handling of 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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Britain Rejects New Coal Mine on Environmental Grounds
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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Farmer Found Guilty of Contaminating Baby Food for Blackmail
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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Bomber’s Brother Gets 55 Years for Manchester Concert Attack
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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New Evidence Leads to Digital Reconstruction of Key Medieval Shrine
The most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England has come back to life — albeit in digital form.
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American Expat Among UK Terror Victims
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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UK Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 39 Vietnamese
LONDON (AP) — A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a
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British Man Runs Backyard Marathon During Lockdown
Being stuck at home didn’t stop a British man from running an outdoor marathon.
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Johnny Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Stalled by Virus
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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