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Now Hiring: Chief Gardener for Queen's Castle

One perk: Live on 50K-acre estate

(Newser) - The Queen of England doesn't post much on Craigslist, but she's got a job vacancy that needs filling: Chief gardener at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth II wants someone who's driven, can manage others, and won't need much supervision. Presumably you also have to be capable...

&#39;Naked Rambler&#39; Leaves Jail Naked, Jailed Again
'Naked Rambler' Leaves
Jail Naked, Jailed Again 
VICIOUS CYCLES
Aug 26, 2011 9:44 AM CDT

'Naked Rambler' Leaves Jail Naked, Jailed Again

Guy just does not want to put any clothes on

(Newser) - Stephen Gough won't put any clothes on and British authorities say they won't stop locking him up until he does. The 52-year-old former soldier, known as the "naked rambler," has spent most of the last decade in prison in Scotland. Yesterday, he walked (naked) out of...

UK Police Release Video of Rioters Firing Guns

They say officers were shot at 11 times

(Newser) - British police have released security video footage of rioters firing gunshots at them earlier this month. Police say at least 11 shots were fired in all, and they asked the public to come forward to help identify the hooded shooters. The video also shows 30 or 40 men wreaking havoc...

2 Brits Get 4 Years for Pushing Riots on Facebook

... Even though their pages didn't lead to specific riots

(Newser) - As sentencing continues in last week’s riots across Britain, some observers fear the punishments far outweigh the crimes. Two young British men who used Facebook to call for local rioting have each received four-year jail sentences—though the riots they suggested never took place. In one case, a 20-year-old...

Cameron Condemns UK's 'Moral Collapse'

Riots a 'wake-up call' for 'broken society': PM

(Newser) - In the aftermath of rioting across Britain, David Cameron blasted the nation’s “slow-motion moral collapse”—a matter he plans to “take on and defeat.” Facing a “demoralized” state, “I will not be found wanting,” the prime minister said today at a youth...

London Riots: Coming Soon to USA?
 London Riots: 
 Coming Soon 
 to USA? 
Peggy Noonan
Aug 12, 2011 1:04 PM CDT

London Riots: Coming Soon to USA?

Peggy Noonan sees reason to worry in stats about American youth

(Newser) - Don't dismiss the London riots as just another foreign story, warns Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . "What we're seeing on the streets in Britain right now is something we may be starting to see here," she writes. "It hasn't come together in...

London Rioters Helped Hurt Student&mdash;Then Robbed Him
London Rioters Helped Hurt Student—Then Robbed Him
bad samaritans
Aug 12, 2011 8:58 AM CDT

London Rioters Helped Hurt Student—Then Robbed Him

1,700 arrested, 600 charged in unrest

(Newser) - In a video that’s prompted outrage across Britain, including stern words from David Cameron, a 20-year-old student is pictured on the ground after his jaw was broken in a knifepoint attack. Rioters help him up in what appears to be a good Samaritan act—until they proceed to unzip...

Face-Recognition Software Used in Hunt for UK Looters

Police using Scotland Yard's high-tech software

(Newser) - Facial-recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots , with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program. A law enforcement official told the AP that to use the technology "you have to...

Due to 1886 Law, UK Police to Foot Bill for Riot Damage

Riots expected to cost police authorities upwards of $320M

(Newser) - As the dust settles from days of rioting in London and other English cities, it turns out that police finances may have suffered the heaviest damage of all. An 1886 law specifies that police authorities are required to compensate victims when damage is caused by people "riotously and tumultuously...

London Riots Raise Olympic Fears
London Riots Raise
Olympic Fears
Aug 10, 2011 3:20 AM CDT

London Riots Raise Olympic Fears

Games will be secure, organizers vow

(Newser) - An outbreak of rioting and looting just as officials from almost 200 Olympic committees were visiting London has left organizers scrambling to reassure the world that security won't be an issue at the 2012 London Games. Officials say they are confident that local authorities will be able to handle...

London Calms, But New Riots Splinter England

Unrest hits Manchester, Nottingham

(Newser) - Looting and arson spread to several cities in central and northern England today but calm prevailed in London, where thousands of extra police officers patrolled the streets. The most serious unrest was in Manchester, which had sent 100 officers to assist in London, the Guardian reports. Hundreds of young people...

UK Bans 'Too Perfect' Julia Roberts L'Oreal Ad

Over-airbrushed Roberts—and Turlington—ads yanked

(Newser) - Julia Roberts looks like she hasn't aged a day in her new makeup ad. Now British advertising authorities have told L'Oreal it went too far touching up Roberts'—and Christy Turlington's—face. The cosmetics firm was ordered to pull two overly airbushed magazine ads featuring the...

Nurse Arrested Over Hospital Sabotage Deaths

British nurse faces murder charges over insulin poisoning deaths

(Newser) - A nurse has been arrested on suspicion of murdering three patients who died after vials of intravenous saline solution were tampered with . The 27-year-old suspect worked in the two wards in a British hospital where a total of 14 patients fell ill after receiving solution contaminated with insulin, the Telegraph...

Sabotage Blamed for Hospital Deaths

2 die in UK hospital after drips tampered with

(Newser) - Police fear that a killer member of staff could be on the loose in a British hospital. After a nurse noticed that several patients had unexpectedly low blood sugar levels, the hospital found that vials of intravenous saline solution appeared to have been injected with insulin. A dozen patients were...

Former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson Faces Arrest in Phone Hacking Scandal
Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal
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Jul 8, 2011 5:29 AM CDT

Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal

Andy Coulson also worked for David Cameron

(Newser) - And the hits just keep on coming for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp: Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested, one day after Murdoch announced he was shutting down the tabloid over the UK phone hacking scandal. Police suspect Coulson knew about the hacking that took...

Jilted Husband Built Electric Chair for Wife

British man tried to fry himself after wife escaped

(Newser) - When Andrew Castle's wife told him she wanted a divorce, he asked her to come and talk about it in the garage—where he had built her a special electric chair. The 61-year-old British man hit his wife in the head with a rubber club, intending to knock her...

British Homes Now Cheaper Than Ritzy London Parking

There's a disconnect betwee London and the rest of the country

(Newser) - Much like the US, Britain is seeing home prices plummet—well, except in London, that is. There, prices are soaring, thanks largely to foreign buyers. How bad is it? So bad that the average price of a home in the country as a whole has now fallen to around $260,...

News of the World Targeted UK Terror Victims' Families

News of the World hacking scandal gets worse

(Newser) - Investigators probing how low Britain's News of the World was willing to go in pursuit of a story may have finally hit bottom: Police have notified relatives of the victims of the 2005 London bombings that they were targeted by the paper and may have had their phones hacked,...

Britain Sending Supplies, Armor to Libyan Rebels

Meanwhile rebels gain ground in west

(Newser) - It’s not quite as dramatic as air-dropping assault rifles , but Britain is also supplying the Libyan rebels, Foreign Secretary William Hague acknowledged yesterday. Britain has sent the rebels 5,000 sets of body armor, along with 6,650 police uniforms, and 5,000 high-visibility vests, the New York Times...

Airport Boots Doctor for Refusing 'Radiation Assault'

No scan, no flight, says British airport

(Newser) - An eye specialist on his way to treat child patients in Switzerland was escorted out of Britain's Manchester airport by police after refusing a full-body scan. Tony Aguirre declined the scan on both medical and ethical grounds, calling the technology a "radiation assault," reports the Daily Mail...

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