United Kingdom News

Sunderland - An unemployed father-of-eight has drawn attention to himself after telling a court in the UK that he stole a meat pack from an Asda store because it reminded him of his dead grandmother.

A 43-year-old man in Cornwall, United Kingdom, stood in a residential street as he took a kitchen knife and cut off his own penis.

Treating children ‘like hardened criminals’, British police have collected DNA of more than 120,000 children in only two years, with at least a thousand of them aged 10 at the time of the DNA swab.

London - According to a new analysis of 2011 UK census, one in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, Christianity is declining 50 percent faster than previously thought and in 10 years Islam may become the dominant religion with only a minority identifying as Christian.

Watford - Watford's elected mayor has spoken out about this year's Bilderberg meeting in the United Kingdom, criticizing frequent Bilderberg protesters as being violent.

The force is with the U.K. again, with the announcement that the much anticipated seventh Star Wars movie is to be made in the U.K.

A college in Britain has announced that it will be offering a degree in Heavy Metal. The qualification will be called a "Heavy Metal Music Performance degree."

There could be a legal challenge in Northern Ireland if it becomes the only part of the United Kingdom without same-sex marriage.

Hatfield Heath - A couple staying at a luxury country hotel in England were found dead in the swimming pool. Guests thought the police that responded were "part of the action." The couple were Josephine Foday and Komba Kpakiwa.

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, said that Google's tax agreements complied with UK law. Schmidt also noted Google's investment in Britain.