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After Finding Chilling Photos, Daughter Kills Her Father

Barbara Coombes, who was sexually abused for decades, gets 9-year sentence

(Newser) - A UK woman has been sentenced to prison for murdering her father and burying him in the garden—but only after she found his stash of child pornography that included images of herself. After pleading guilty to manslaughter, fraud, and false representation, Barbara Coombes received a nine-year sentence this week....

Trump Changes Tune on 'Incredible' Theresa May

President also denies he criticized the British prime minister in harsh 'Sun' interview

(Newser) - A "deepening political crisis and diplomatic embarrassment" is how the New York Times frames what British Prime Minister Theresa May was left to deal with Thursday after a scathing Sun interview with President Trump in which he faulted May's handling of Brexit and noted she may have "...

Trump 'Quite Stung' by London's Blimp

Inflatable depicting president as baby rises over Parliament

(Newser) - London has seen countless strange sights over the centuries—but a blimp depicting President Trump as an angry orange baby rising outside the Houses of Parliament is a new one. The blimp—part of protests against Trump's visit that are planned in dozens of British cities—went up Friday...

She Died of Cancer With Debt, So PayPal Threatened to Sue

Company says it has rectified 'insensitive error'

(Newser) - "You are in breach of condition 15.4(c) of your agreement with PayPal Credit as we have received notice that you are deceased." That's the very real message a British man received three weeks after informing PayPal of his wife's May 31 death from cancer at...

Trump Visit Requires Biggest UK Police Mobilization Since 2011

Massive protests expected during 'working visit'

(Newser) - President Trump arrives in Britain on Thursday for his first visit to the country as president—and although he has boasted that he is "very popular" in his mother's homeland, he won't be receiving a universally warm welcome. The Guardian reports that massive protests are expected during...

Why John Cleese Is Leaving the UK
John Cleese
Is Totally
Over the UK
Jul 11, 2018 10:45 AM CDT

John Cleese Is Totally Over the UK

Monty Python, 'very disappointed' with the UK and its media, is leaving for the Caribbean

(Newser) - He's an icon of British comedy, but John Cleese won't be living in Britain anymore. The Monty Python comic is leaving the UK for Nevis, a Caribbean island, because he's "very disappointed" with his native land, he told BBC Two's Newsnight Tuesday. In particular, it'...

Facebook Fined 7 Minutes' Revenue for Data-Mining Scandal

UK punishes company over Cambridge Analytica

(Newser) - Facebook is facing its first financial penalty for allowing the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to forage through the personal data of millions of unknowing Facebook users. A UK government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has announced its intention to fine Facebook $663,000 for contravening the law by...

Why an Old Green Day Song Is Climbing UK Charts

Social media campaign aims to make 'American Idiot' No. 1 single for Trump's arrival

(Newser) - A 14-year-old song by Green Day is climbing various music charts in the UK—and the reason has everything to do with President Trump's arrival there later this week. The song is "American Idiot," and a social media campaign launched by Trump critics aims to make it...

Boris Johnson: Britain Flying 'White Flags' of Surrender

In his resignation letter as foreign secretary, he slams Theresa May's Brexit strategy

(Newser) - So how goes British politics Monday? Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit, the second cabinet member to do so in 24 hours, prompting the main BBC story to include phrases such as "full-blown crisis," "meltdown," and "complete and utter chaos." The Guardian prefers "disarray,...

Britain's Top Brexit Official Abruptly Quits

Davis says PM is undermining exit deal

(Newser) - Britain's most senior official in charge of negotiating the country's exit from the European Union resigned Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of undermining Brexit with her plan to keep close trade ties with the bloc. Brexit Secretary David Davis quit just two days after May announced she...

Nurse Accused of Killing 8 Infants Is Identified

Lucy Letby, 28, started neonatal work as a student

(Newser) - A woman arrested as part of an investigation into 17 infant deaths at a UK hospital has been identified as a 28-year-old nurse. Lucy Letby, who began working in the neonatal unit of Countess of Chester Hospital as a student before graduating university in 2011, was taken into custody Tuesday...

Sex Assault Complaints Against Spacey Double in UK
More Trouble for
Spacey in UK 
Jul 4, 2018 6:59 AM CDT

More Trouble for Spacey in UK

Scotland Yard is investigating 3 new claims against the actor

(Newser) - British police investigating abuse allegations against actor Kevin Spacey have doubled their case load . Already looking into two complaints of sexual assault and one of assault in London between 2005 and 2008, Scotland Yard is probing three new complaints of sexual assault by the Oscar-winning actor, who was artistic director...

2 Fall Mysteriously Ill Near UK Poisoning Site

Police cite an 'unknown substance' in Amesbury

(Newser) - The UK hospital that treated poisoned former Russia spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter is currently treating two others exposed to an "unknown substance." A man and woman in their 40s were found unconscious in a home in the town of Amesbury on Saturday and are now in...

Arrest Made in 'Highly Complex' Probe of 8 Infant Deaths

'Health care professional' is accused of killing newborns in UK neonatal unit

(Newser) - Seventeen newborns died at a UK hospital over a 15-month period, while another 15 suffered "non-fatal collapses"—and police say they've finally taken a "significant step forward" in figuring out what happened. The BBC and CBS News report an arrest has been made of a female...

Trump Will Do 'Most Important Thing' on Visit to UK

US ambassador says president will meet with Queen Elizabeth in July

(Newser) - Donald Trump will make his first "working visit" as president to the UK next month, and it looks like he'll be doing a meet-and-greet with Queen Elizabeth after all. US Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson tells Sky News not all the kinks have been worked out, but that even...

Demonstration of 'Stab-Proof' Vest Goes Horribly Wrong

22-year-old UK man is dead

(Newser) - A 22-year-old UK man is dead, and a quote from the local assistant coroner sums up the sad and bizarre tale: "While in the kitchen, he took hold a knife to demonstrate it was stab-proof and sadly realized it wasn't the case." Authorities in Teesside say that...

One UK Lawmaker Vetoes 'Upskirting' Ban

The law would have made it illegal to take a photo under someone's clothing without consent

(Newser) - A law that would make it a criminal offense in the UK to take "upskirting" photos was blocked Friday in Parliament despite receiving backing from the British government, reports the AP . Upskirting involves taking a photo or video under someone's clothing without their consent. The initiative was stopped...

Plastic Straws on Their Way Out at McDonald's

UK, Ireland locations will switch to paper straws; other countries like US to do test runs

(Newser) - "A move on straws" is afoot across the pond, and McDonald's is driving the push. The fast-food chain is nixing plastic straws and moving to paper in all of its Ireland and United Kingdom restaurants in what the UK's environment secretary calls a "significant contribution" to...

Pippa Middleton Is Following in Kate's Footsteps

She reveals 'happy news' of pregnancy

(Newser) - Pippa Middleton is following in her sister's footsteps—she's about to be a mother. The younger sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, revealed in the publication Waitrose the "happy news" of her pregnancy and says she has passed her first trimester. She is photographed working out...

She Needed Someone to Kill a Spider, So She Ordered KFC

Delivery guy 'Joe' got the job done

(Newser) - You can't say millennials aren't resourceful. Take Demi Sweeney, a 22-year-old student in the UK, who ordered $17 worth of KFC grub just so the delivery driver would kill an inch-wide spider. Afraid of the spider "blocking" the stairway from her room to the downstairs (the spider...

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