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UK Woman on Stolen 16th-Century Painting: Sorry, It's Mine

Barbara de Dozsa says ex-husband bought Solario's 'Madonna and Child' in good faith in '70s

(Newser) - A British woman won't give up a 16th-century Italian piece of art that she says her late husband bought in the early '70s—and that authorities now say is stolen. Per the Guardian , a "Madonna and Child" painting by Antonio Solario had been housed at Italy's...

Cargo Ship, Oil Tanker Crash, Leading to 'Massive Fireball'

At least 32 hurt in collision off the coast of England; search and rescue is underway

(Newser) - An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the coast of eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels on fire and triggering a major rescue operation, emergency services said. At least 32 people were brought ashore, but their condition wasn't immediately clear. Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the...

Vance's Ukraine Remark Infuriates Brits

VP denies mocking UK, France about peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine

(Newser) - JD Vance has found himself the subject of criticism more than once over the past few weeks, and he's making new headlines the morning after President Trump's record-setting speech before Congress for being caught on a hot mic noting just how long his boss' speech was. The vice...

Scotland's Whisky Makers Cry Foul Over English Plan

Distilleries blast proposal to let rivals in England certify their bottles as 'single malt'

(Newser) - There's a whisky war brewing in the UK. Distilleries in Scotland say a proposal to allow their counterparts in England to produce "single malt whisky" is heresy, reports the BBC . The controversy comes as the UK government considers a plan to loosen the age-old rules. "This is...

Panel Finds No Evidence of Murder by Lucy Letby

Former nurse gains hope in findings tying infant death, injury to 'bad medical care'

(Newser) - A panel of 14 experts has raised more serious doubts on the convictions of Lucy Letby, dubbed Britain's "killer nurse." The 35-year-old former neonatal nurse was found guilty of killing seven newborns and attempting to kill seven more at England's Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015...

Owner Says Adele 'Blighted' Mansion With 'Haunted' Claim
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Jan 26, 2025 11:00 AM CST

Owner: Adele Remark Made It Impossible to Sell Mansion

Singer said sprawling former convent she rented in England gave her 'the creeps'

(Newser) - The owner of a mansion in southern England says Adele "blighted" the property by suggesting it was haunted, making it impossible to sell. The singer rented Lock House, a 10-bedroom home in West Sussex, for around six months. In a 2012 CBS News interview at the former convent, she...

Teen Gets More Than 50 Years in UK Mass Stabbing
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Jan 23, 2025 1:25 PM CST

Teen Sentenced in UK Mass Stabbing

Axel Rudakubana, who killed 3 young girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class, gets more than 50 years

(Newser) - A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called "the most extreme, shocking, and exceptionally serious crime." Judge Julian Goose said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana "...

Families of Jack the Ripper Victims Demand 'Form of Justice'

After researcher names Polish barber as the serial killer, victims' relatives ask for a new inquest

(Newser) - Descendants of victims of the infamous "Jack the Ripper," the serial killer who terrorized London's East End and is tied to about a dozen murders in the late 1880s and early 1890s, are demanding a new inquiry be opened after DNA evidence has pointed to a not-so-new...

Women Likely Inherited the Wealth in Pre-Roman Britain
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Jan 16, 2025 11:39 AM CST

Ancient Celtic Society Revolved Around Women

Men had to depend on their wives (and wives' families) in pre-Roman Britain

(Newser) - For millennia leading up to 800BC, communities in Britain were centered around male bloodlines, meaning that upon marriage, women left their homes to join the communities of their husbands. But that appears to have changed with the dawning of the Iron Age. New research, based in part on a Celtic...

Auction House's Harry Potter Book Is Its 'Biggest Find'

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set to sell for up to $50K

(Newser) - The family of a deceased man in Britain has received word of a small consolation—they may soon be up to $50,000 richer, thanks to a rare JK Rowling book found among his belongings. The BBC reports that a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...

Musk Goes After UK's 'Keir Starmtrooper'

X owner posts series of scathing tweets against British PM, supports nation's far-right Reform Party

(Newser) - Elon Musk has made a nonsubtle shift to the hard right—first through his increasingly close relationship with Donald Trump, as well as via his support for Germany's AfD party , which has neo-Nazi ties. Now he's stepping into the fray of British politics, slamming new Prime Minister Keir...

'Dinosaur Highway' Sheds Light on Ancient Creatures

Discovery of hundreds of tracks dating back 166M years is made in Oxfordshire, England

(Newser) - A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a "dinosaur highway" and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. The extraordinary find, made after a team of more than 100 excavated Oxfordshire'...

Vicar's Father Christmas Talk Leaves 10-Year-Olds in Tears

'I hope he never comes into the school again,' one mother says

(Newser) - One indication that the Rev. Paul Chamberlain's chat with English schoolchildren about the unreality of Father Christmas wasn't going well was the gasps from the religious education class. Another would have been the sobbing by the 10- and 11-year-olds. In hindsight, said the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth, Chamberlain...

Prince Andrew: I've 'Ceased All Contact' With Accused Spy

Chinese national was invited by Andrew himself to royal residences, as revealed in court hearing

(Newser) - A businessman who's been accused of being a Chinese spy has had quite a tour of Britain's royal residences—all at the behest of Prince Andrew, according to recent reports. Per the UK Times , which cites info that emerged at a Thursday hearing, the 64-year-old younger brother of...

Porridge, Yogurt Make UK List of Banned 'Junk Food' Items

Slew of food products, drinks will be barred from online and TV ads before 9pm, starting next October

(Newser) - In efforts to tamp down on childhood obesity, the UK government has instituted a crackdown on junk-food ads shown online and on TV before 9pm. Some of the items on the list, however, are unusual ones, and although some praise the move, others are pushing back. The usual suspects make...

Child Serial Killer Lucy Letby Questioned About More Deaths

Additional incidents reported at hospital where former neo-natal nurse trained as a student

(Newser) - "Britain's worst serial child killer of modern times," convicted of murdering seven infants and trying to kill seven more at a hospital in northern England, has been questioned in prison about more infant deaths, reports Reuters . All seven murders of which Letby was convicted last year occurred...

Chef Urges Thieves to Donate $32K in Stolen Pies
2.5K Stolen Pies
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Dec 4, 2024 2:00 AM CST

2.5K Stolen Pies Have 'Sadly Perished'

Stolen refrigerated van is located, but pies inside couldn't be salvaged

(Newser) - They didn't do the right thing: The 2,500 pies that were inside a refrigerated van when the van was stolen "have sadly perished," per a police spokesperson in North Yorkshire. The Michelin-starred chef who made the pies had publicly pleaded with the thieves to at least...

Billionaire GOP Donor Gets Nod for Prestigious Ambassadorship

Trump picks Warren Stephens as ambassador to UK

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC, the AP reports. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was...

UK Official: Putin Had to Have Ordered Hit on Skripals

Jonathan Allen testified that assassination attempt on ex-spy, daughter was 'a warning' from Russia

(Newser) - While America celebrated Thanksgiving, the UK's senior official responsible for Russia policy was testifying across the pond about the assassination attempts against former spy Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia Skripal . Among the biggest revelations from Jonathan Allen, who spoke in London at the inquiry into the 2018 Novichok poisonings:...

Building Sale Includes a 'Most Beloved' Banksy Work

5-story building in artist's hometown of Bristol comes with 'Well Hung Lover' painted on the side

(Newser) - Banksy's Well Hung Lover imagines a window where there isn't one. On the exterior wall of a building near the city center in the artist's hometown of Bristol, England, the work shows a scantily-clad woman behind an angry man in a suit, who peers out the window,...

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