Read more United Kingdom stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1225/united-kingdom.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:31:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74507/pg-recalls-contaminated-vicks-nasal-spray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProcter & Gamble has voluntarily recalled batches of its Vicks nasal spray contaminated with bacteria. Though the bacteria are likely harmless to healthy people, CNN reports, the contamination could prove disastrous for those with compromised immune systems. The product is in the Vicks Sinex line in the US and UK,...http://www.newser.com/story/74507/pg-recalls-contaminated-vicks-nasal-spray.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73239/lea-perrins-original-recipe-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat looks to be the original and long-secret recipe for Lea and Perrins legendary Worcestershire Sauce has been found. A woman in England discovered it among her late father's leather-bound notebooks. He worked as an accountant for Lea and Perrins and found the 19th-century document in the trash at the...http://www.newser.com/story/73239/lea-perrins-original-recipe-discovered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 16:22:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72710/sex-offender-held-in-uk-facebook-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field where...http://www.newser.com/story/72710/sex-offender-held-in-uk-facebook-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 4:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71901/how-australia-dodged-the-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia has weathered the financial crisis better than any other developed country. Last week its central bank raised interest rates, indicating its primary concern is now inflation, not growth. What were the keys? Phil Dobbie of BNET explains: Befriending China: Australia used to export much of what it made to...http://www.newser.com/story/71901/how-australia-dodged-the-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:42:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71546/uk-gags-guardian-but-twitter-airs-suppressed-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Guardian has been slapped with an unprecedented gag order forbidding it from reporting on a question in the British parliament, as well as who asked the question and why it's being gagged. The paper says constitutional rights are being infringed upon and it's already suing—but meanwhile, the suppressed...http://www.newser.com/story/71546/uk-gags-guardian-but-twitter-airs-suppressed-story.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 6:07:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United States is home to more top-level universities than any other country in the world, this year’s survey by Times Higher Education confirms, but its advantage may not last forever. Although 54 of the top 200 schools are in the US, Asia is making remarkable progress: Japan has 11...http://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 18:36:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71101/historical-novel-wolf-hall-captures-booker-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA novel set in the court of King Henry VIII won this year’s Man Booker Prize, Britain’s top literary honor. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall was a heavy favorite, and the book drew praise from the panel of judges as “a thoroughly modern novel set in the 16th century.” Mantel, 57,...http://www.newser.com/story/71101/historical-novel-wolf-hall-captures-booker-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 21:49:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71097/pregnant-woman-turned-down-at-uk-cheese-counter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a move many husbands might say verges on suicide, a British supermarket clerk refused to sell a pregnant woman cheese, saying she wasn’t allowed the unpasteurized cheddar for health reasons. Janet Lehain, 31, had to promise the female employee behind the Sainsbury’s deli counter she wouldn’t eat it herself,...http://www.newser.com/story/71097/pregnant-woman-turned-down-at-uk-cheese-counter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 20:37:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70766/uk-court-serves-injunction-over-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports. The court...http://www.newser.com/story/70766/uk-court-serves-injunction-over-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 15:45:35 CDT