“United Kingdom” on The Daily Caller

In an attempt to reduce the stress of shopping and lure customers back from the Internet, multiple shops within Manchester’s Trafford Centre in the United Kingdom will introduce virtual changing rooms. (more)

Hungry? Have a sponge. (more)

LONDON (AP) — A British jury on Thursday found a couple guilty of torturing and murdering a 15-year-old boy whom they accused of witchcraft. (more)

Following in M.I.A’s footsteps, Adele shot the middle finger at the Brit Awards Tuesday night. (more)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said Sunday, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran’s crucial fuel exports. (more)

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran’s nuclear program as the White House’s national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike. (more)

Filmmaker Michael Moore glorified the United Kingdom’s National Health Service in his 2007 documentary ”Sicko,” making a cult film argument that socialized medicine works. But Prime Minister David Cameron, the Tory MP who heads a coalition government in England, is apparently not a Moore fan: He is working to partially privatize the NHS, beginning a massive outsourcing of medical services to private health care providers throughout the U.K. (more)

LONDON (AP) — The British judge presiding over a wide-ranging inquiry into media ethics and practices has suggested that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter should be seen differently than traditional publishers. (more)

The United Kingdom’s Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) will soon allow for-profit abortion providers to run ads on television and radio programs. The move was met with scorn from conservative members of Parliament and Christian charities. (more)

LONDON (AP) — What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. (more)

Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is comparing herself to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of the clean, inviting look of the iPhone, iPad and other blockbuster Apple products are legion, and that includes Queen Elizabeth II. (more)

Stocks closed sharply lower Monday after doubt emerged that last week’s historic agreement to bind the budgets of European countries more closely together will solve the region’s financial crisis. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) – Europe’s fiscal pact may save the euro from collapse and stave off worldwide financial panic. But the concerns of many investors are more personal: Will it lift my flagging 401(k)? (more)

LONDON (AP) — The leader of the junior party in Britain’s coalition government has criticized Prime Minister David Cameron’s move to block European Union treaty changes, saying it was “bad for Britain” and he was bitterly disappointed by the outcome. (more)

All European Union states except Britain moved toward setting up a new treaty Friday, giving up crucial powers over their own budgets in an attempt to overcome a crippling debt crisis. (more)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Dozens of hard-line Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the anger against Western powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Tossing rioters out of state-subsidized homes, unmasking young men who hide their faces behind hoods, demanding that phone networks shut off access to messaging services or social networks during unrest. (more)

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess Tuesday and tripled the number of police on the streets of London to deal with the crisis touched off by three days of rioting. (more)

It doesn’t really matter whether you’re against the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because you think it’s a gross waste of resources, you’re an anarchist, or because you’re vehemently opposed to state-recognition of unions and monolithic institutions, because the future King Britain and his bride are getting hitched at London, England’s Westminster Abbey on Friday whether you like it or not.  (more)