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Goodell: NFL hoping to add 2nd game in London

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is interested in adding a second regular-season game in London and says the move will be discussed at the owners meetings this week.

 

Man raped walking along footpath

A man is raped after being attacked while walking along a footpath in Southampton, prompting a police investigation.

 

Divers Set Sights on Sunken WWII Ship Laden With Silver

The S.S. Gairsoppa, a British merchant vessel heading to England from India, went down in the Atlantic after it was hit by a Nazi torpedo in 1941.

 

British police charge six with terrorism offences

Six men have been charged with terrorism offences a week after they were arrested in a police operation in Birmingham, Britain's second largest city, police said on Sunday.

 

Parents 'force-fed baby to death'

Parents 'force-fed baby to death'

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

 

Why Manchester United Picked Singapore for IPO

Why Manchester United Picked Singapore for IPO

The U.K. soccer giant chose Singapore for its $1 billion IPO so it could have a dual-share structure—one with voting rights and one without—that enables its owners to effectively retain control of the team.

 

2 jailed for inciting riots via social media

2 jailed for inciting riots via social media

Two men have been jailed for four years each in northwest England for inciting disorder via social networking sites as rioting and looting erupted in London and other cities last week, police said Tuesday.

 

Top Tabloid Editors Endorsed Hacking, Letter Says

Top Tabloid Editors Endorsed Hacking, Letter Says

A high-profile parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid released embarrassing new evidence Tuesday that the practice of intercepting voice mail had been widely discussed at the newspaper, contradicting assertions by its owners and editors.

 

Cameron: Riots due to 'moral collapse'

Prime Minister David Cameron blames the riots that shook Britain over the past 10 days on a "slow-motion moral collapse ... in parts of our country," he will say Monday, according to his office.

 

London police say nearly 700 charged over riots

Thousands of extra police officers were stationed on Britain's streets Friday, as the country faced its first weekend since riots raged through suburbs and town centers, leaving a scarred landscape of broken glass and torched buildings....

 

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