United Kingdom

Toy manufacturers capitalize on the super hero and famous star phenomenon by producing boatloads of games, dolls, clocks, books and playing cards. This week, Arklu, a London-based toy company, launched their own British heroes.

Now on sale are two-foot royal couple miniature look-a-like dolls and the resemblance is fascinating designers across the globe.

The company’s exclusive dolls include two separate products; an individual Princess Catherine Doll, a box set containing the Princess Catherine Doll and the Prince William Doll as a couple, and a Princess Catherine Engagement Doll. more >>

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited the Summerfield Community Centre on Aug. 19, near where three men were killed during last week’s Birmingham riots.

William and Kate talked to local residents, emergency services, and community group representatives at the center located in Winson Green, Birmingham.

A nurse manager at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Mandy Sankey, told The Daily Mail that William and Kate appeared “genuinely interested” in how the hospitals had been dealing with the disorder. more >>

A new school that will teach that God created the world has been given approval to open in Nottinghamshire, England.

An application by the Everyday Champions Church, based in Newark, has been accepted by the British Department for Education.

The evangelical church will teach the Bible’s belief that God created the world in six days, but evolution will only be taught as a "theory." more >>

Several residents in the village of Trillingham, in rural Essex, England, have petitioned to have the vicar of their local church removed from her position.

Claiming that she is "inefficient" and does not cater to the needs of the community, 300 villagers have signed a petition to have Rev. Lorna Smith removed as the priest-in-charge of St. Nicholas Church.

Resident, Ray Keane, started the campaign, stating that many who live in Trillingham call her a "tart without a heart." more >>

LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to address the “moral collapse” that led to widespread looting and violence across English cities last week.

In a speech to his Oxford constituency today, the prime minister outlined plans for a shake-up of social policy as he seeks to assure that he can “take on and defeat” the nation’s social problems.

He has pledged to “review every aspect of our work to mend our broken society, on schools, welfare, families, parenting, addiction, communities, on the cultural, legal, bureaucratic problems in our society; from the twisting and misrepresenting of human rights that has undermined personal responsibility, to the obsession with health and safety that has eroded people’s willingness to act according to common sense.” more >>

London is one of my favorite cities. I am shocked and grieved at the sight of rioting, looting, and burning. Why is it happening?

Well, I’m no expert on the sociology of Great Britain, but the words of British historian and journalist Max Hastings ring true.

Writing in the Daily Mail, he says, “The people who wrecked swathes of property, burned vehicles and terrorised communities have no moral compass to make them susceptible to guilt or shame...They know no family role models, for most live in homes in which the father is unemployed, or from which he has decamped. They are illiterate and innumerate, beyond maybe some dexterity with computer games and BlackBerries.” more >>