Read more England stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2111/england.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:17:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “direction of travel”...http://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British man admits he strangled his wife but swears he did it while having a nightmare. Prosecutors have accepted his explanation, backed up by a battery of medical tests documenting a sleep disorder. Instead of pursuing a murder conviction, they want a jury to declare that he acted during...http://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73763/noisy-sex-woman-loses-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA judge in England has upheld the conviction of a woman whose loud noises during sex "constituted a statutory nuisance," the BBC reports. Caroline Cartwright appealed an earlier decision, saying she had a right to "respect for her private and family life," but the court disagreed. And so did her...http://www.newser.com/story/73763/noisy-sex-woman-loses-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:02:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73508/how-nicolas-cage-really-went-broke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNicolas Cage’s money woes aren’t all his money manager’s fault. Cage “lived like a sheik,” a friend tells the Daily Beast . “Spent money like it was water.” Here’s a sample of what he spent it on: More than a dozen homes, including a castle in England, an 11th-century estate in...http://www.newser.com/story/73508/how-nicolas-cage-really-went-broke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 15:46:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73308/google-maps-invents-uk-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Google Maps error has created a phantom town—“Argleton” in Lancashire, England. The service hosts photos of homes and restaurants in the surrounding area, but it’s all in error—the area is in fact just an empty field. Nonetheless Argleton has become a sensation with British tabloids and on...http://www.newser.com/story/73308/google-maps-invents-uk-town.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:55 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/73321/london-mayor-rescues-woman-from-tweens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLondon Mayor Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a woman beset by a group of “feral” 12-year-old girls. “One of them had an iron bar in her hand,” the woman recalls to the Guardian . “It was as big as her.” Just then, the wild-haired London mayor—“my knight on...http://www.newser.com/story/73321/london-mayor-rescues-woman-from-tweens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 13:11:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73138/video-appeal-renews-maddy-search.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA video designed to go viral is an appeal to the friends and associates of Madeleine McCann's kidnapper, saying, "It is never too late to do the right thing." The video, released tonight, includes images of what Maddy—who was 3 when she went missing in 2007—might look like...http://www.newser.com/story/73138/video-appeal-renews-maddy-search.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:42:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the eyes of the world turn to London for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, the land of Shakespeare and the Beatles will present ... the Spice Girls. "They stand for so much in British music history and I can’t think of a better time for them to get...http://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 15:22:17 CST