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'Memory Man' Cop Has Spotted 2K Suspects

'Memory Cop'
Spots More Than
2K Suspects

Dec 28, 2020 2:31 PM CST

'Memory Cop' Spots More Than 2K Suspects

Ability is 'impossible to explain,' British officer says

(Newser) - Who needs RoboCop when you have Andy Pope? The Birmingham, England, police officer is a "super recognizer" who has now spotted more than 2,000 suspects, the BBC reports. The 43-year-old officer, nicknamed "memory man" by colleagues in the West Midlands Police, spends most of his time patrolling...

UK Warns of 'Bumpy' Post-Brexit Transition

EU Nations Unanimously
Approve Post-Brexit Deal

Dec 28, 2020 2:10 PM CST

EU Nations Unanimously Approve Post-Brexit Deal

UK warns businesses of 'bumpy moments'

(Newser) - First came the Brexit trade deal. Now comes the red tape and the institutional nitty gritty. Four days after sealing a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British government warned businesses Monday to get ready for disruptions and "bumpy moments" when the new rules take effect on...

Right Before UK's Final Split
From EU, 'the Deal Is Done'

Dec 24, 2020 9:45 AM CST

Right Before UK's Final Split From EU, 'the Deal Is Done'

Britain, European Union come to post-Brexit trade agreement, though how this will play out is unclear

(Newser) - After months of talks and at almost the last minute, Britain and the European Union struck a provisional free-trade agreement Thursday that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. With just over a week until the...

New COVID Variant Is
56% More Transmissible

new study

Dec 24, 2020 6:24 AM CST

New COVID Variant Is 56% More Transmissible

Researchers say UK needs to increase vaccination rate tenfold due to B117

(Newser) - Britain has tightened lockdowns in response to a worrying new coronavirus variant—but unless it does more, 2021 may be an even deadlier year for the country than 2020, according to a new study . Researchers at the Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene...

Tensions Rise for Stranded Truckers in UK

Frustration Grows for Truckers
Trying to Get Home for Holiday

Dec 23, 2020 7:24 AM CST

Frustration Grows for Truckers Trying to Get Home for Holiday

Drivers scuffle with cops in Dover as France keeps them out due to COVID variant

(Newser) - In an attempt to slow down the "out of control" spread of a new coronavirus variant in the UK, various EU nations had banned travel from the island nation. That's now led to a backlog of truckers in the port city of Dover who want to get to...

France Relaxes Ban on Trucks From Britain

Amid Fears of
UK Food Shortages,
France Relaxes Ban

Dec 22, 2020 7:29 PM CST

Amid Fears of UK Food Shortages, France Relaxes Ban

Thousands of truck drivers had been stranded

(Newser) - France relaxed its coronavirus-related ban on trucks from Britain on Tuesday after a two-day standoff that had stranded thousands of drivers and raised fears of Christmastime food shortages in the UK. French authorities, who had imposed the ban to try to protect the continent from a new variant of the...

Truck Driver Guilty of Manslaughter in Deaths of 39 Migrants

6 Guilty in Deaths of 39
Who Suffocated in Truck

Dec 21, 2020 2:49 PM CST

6 Guilty in Deaths of 39 Who Suffocated in Truck

'They were treated worse than cattle'

(Newser) - With double the usual number of migrants packed into a sealed refrigeration container to be smuggled into Britain from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, truck company owner Ronan Hughes warned driver Maurice Robinson via text that he should stop and give them air when he left the port in England....

New COVID Variant
Is 'Something to
Keep an Eye On'

New COVID Variant Is 'Something to Keep an Eye On'

UK says it may be linked to rise in cases

(Newser) - A new variant of the coronavirus has been identified in Britain and while Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it could be linked to a fast rise in cases, experts say people should remain calm. Hancock told lawmakers Monday that more than 1,000 cases of the new variant have been...

Family Finds Hoard of
Tudor Coins in Backyard

Dec 9, 2020 1:51 PM CST

Family Finds Hoard of Tudor Coins in Backyard

They got a big surprise while weeding their garden

(Newser) - With COVID restrictions in place, a lot of people have been spending more time in their own backyards—and in Britain, that has led to some fascinating historical finds. A family weeding their garden in the New Forest area of Hampshire discovered a hoard of Tudor coins that were worth...

Person Returns Key
'Borrowed' From
Tower in 1973

Dec 9, 2020 1:12 PM CST

Person Returns Key 'Borrowed' From Tower in 1973

'It’s certainly one of the most puzzling packages we’ve ever received'

(Newser) - St. Leonard's Tower in southern England is a mysterious place—historians aren't sure exactly who built the Norman tower keep more than 900 years ago, or why. And now, they're not sure who "borrowed" a key to the tower and returned it 47 years later, the...

2 Britons Have Severe
Reaction to Vaccine

Dec 9, 2020 6:03 AM CST

2 Britons Have Severe Reaction to Vaccine

Those with history of 'significant' allergic reactions warned to avoid it

(Newser) - UK regulators are warning people with a history of "significant" allergic reactions to avoid taking the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after two people experienced symptoms of "anaphylactoid reaction." Two National Health Service staff members who received a dose on Tuesday suffered the reaction, which is generally serious and...

UK Rolls Out Its Vaccine

Dec 8, 2020 6:37 AM CST

UK Rolls Out Its Vaccine

90-year-old grandmother is the first recipient

(Newser) - Margaret Keenan turns 91 next week but already has her gift from the UK government. Keenan was the first person to receive a vaccine dose Tuesday as part of the UK's mass vaccination program , which will be rolling out 800,000 doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine at...

Tuesday Is 'V Day'
for the UK on COVID

Dec 7, 2020 1:16 PM CST

Tuesday Is 'V Day' for the UK on COVID

First vaccinations will take place

(Newser) - It’s been dubbed “V-Day” in Britain, recalling the D-Day landings in France that marked the start of the final push in World War II to defeat Nazi Germany, per the AP . A week after the UK became the first Western country to authorize widespread use of a vaccine...

Got Monolith Fatigue Yet?
Because Here Are 2 More

Dec 7, 2020 9:40 AM CST

Got Monolith Fatigue Yet? Because Here Are 2 More

Latest structures popped up in England and Pittsburgh, the latter an admitted publicity stunt

(Newser) - Monoliths in Utah , Romania , and Atascadero, Calif. , as well as one discovered over the weekend in a Dutch nature preserve and one shown outside Joshua Tree National Park, have conspiracy theorists buzzing and everyone else scratching their heads. Now, two more to add into the mix. The first of the...

Lord of the Ring Stars Have
a Request for Tolkien Fans

Dec 4, 2020 12:06 PM CST

Lord of the Ring Stars Have a Request for Tolkien Fans

They want help purchasing the author's former home in Oxford

(Newser) - There's not currently a literary center devoted to the late JRR Tolkien, among the world's most celebrated authors. But if celebrities including Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films) have their way, there soon will be. A campaign called Project Northmoor is raising funds...

Spike Seen in Those
Rebuffing Queen's Honors

Dec 2, 2020 8:39 AM CST

Spike Seen in Those Rebuffing Queen's Honors

Number of people who've rejected UK honors has doubled over past decade

(Newser) - Turning down a British honor isn't uncommon. In fact, it's enough of a thing that Wikipedia has an entire page dedicated to it, and several notable names who've done it, including Roald Dahl and Aldous Huxley . But the number of those who've rebuffed the queen is...

First Country
Approves
Pfizer Vaccine

Dec 2, 2020 6:59 AM CST

First Country Approves Pfizer Vaccine

UK to begin vaccinations 'within days'

(Newser) - British officials authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Wednesday, greenlighting the world's first shot against the virus that's backed by rigorous science and taking a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. The go-ahead for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech comes as the virus...

Darwin's Notebooks
May Have Been Stolen

Darwin's Notebooks May Have Been Stolen

2 notebooks housed at Cambridge University Library have been missing since 2000

(Newser) - Two notebooks used to illustrate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution are missing and believed to have been stolen some 20 years ago. Cambridge University Library made the announcement Tuesday, saying an "extensive search" had failed to locate the leather notebooks Darwin wrote shortly after his return from the...

2 Legends Collaborate
on Anti-Lockdown Single

Nov 27, 2020 11:29 AM CST

2 Legends Collaborate on Anti-Lockdown Single

Van Morrison, Eric Clapton say struggling artists need help

(Newser) - Van Morrison is keeping up his anti-lockdown sentiments, now with help. Eric Clapton performs a new single, "Stand and Deliver," written by Morrison, which will be released Dec. 4 in support of Morrison's "Save Live Music" campaign, per Variety . Morrison, of Northern Ireland, has already released...

'About Bloody Time:' Scotland
Announces a Bold First

Nov 25, 2020 6:37 AM CST

'About Bloody Time:' Scotland Announces a Bold First

Country is first to make period products free for all in move to end 'period poverty'

(Newser) - The struggle to find and buy menstrual products is over for women and girls in Scotland. On Tuesday, the country became the first to approve legislation to provide free and universal access to menstrual products in public facilities, following a four-year campaign. It involved ushering menstruation into public discourse and...