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May 11, 2016

Police track down suspected sheep thieves, blur animals' faces for privacy

Three men are in custody in England after police discovered sheep in the back of a truck, according to local law enforcement.

May 11, 2016

Queen Elizabeth II caught on camera calling Chinese officials 'rude'

Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video describing Chinese officials as "very rude to the ambassador" in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event celebrating her birthday.

May 10, 2016

Answers to test taken by 600,000 British children leaked online

The answers to an important spelling, punctuation and grammar test taken by some 600,000 British schoolchildren leaked online Monday as education officials blamed a "rogue marker" for the act.

May 8, 2016

British soldier dies from 'unexplained' circumstances in Wales

A British soldier was killed Sunday after an incident in Wales, Sky News reports.

May 4, 2016

Brewery celebrating Christmas by delivering beer in a reindeer-led sleigh

A British brewery is boasting that it’s “lowering its carbon hoofprint” for the holidays by delivering beer to local pubs using reindeer.

May 4, 2016

British sniper killed 5 ISIS terrorists with 3 shots, report claims

A skilled British sniper saved lives in Iraq by killing five members of the Islamic State terror group with just three shots, an Army source told the Daily Express.

May 4, 2016

British postal workers temporarily refuse to hand over Advent calendar addressed to cat

A British woman said a mail delivery company temporarily refused to let her pick up an Advent calendar addressed to her cat in a Facebook post that has gone viral.

May 4, 2016

London stabbing suspect plagued by 'demons and stuff,' brother says

The family of a man suspected in a stabbing at an east London subway station says he had mental problems and they contacted the police in the weeks before the attack.

May 4, 2016

Communist cult leader accused of imprisoning daughter for decades convicted

A cult leader who led a secretive Maoist commune in London was found guilty Friday of raping and sexually assaulting his female followers and imprisoning his own daughter for 30 years.

May 4, 2016

Oxford Dictionaries' 'word' of the year is not a word

Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year for 2015 is actually an emoji.