Switching Search Engines in 4.0.3

Anyone know of a reliable, free way to switch the search engine from Google to Google UK in 4.0.3? I previously had a olug for this but it stopped working. I have also tried Acidsearch but it seems unresponsive.

Hi John,
2. I had previously used Glims but it became incompatible with an earlier version of Safari. I dl'd the latest version and it is still incompatible. I have had to delete the installation in order to get Safari to run.
3. Not sure about Butler. It doesn't seem to allow you to change the search engine in Safari?
What about Inquisitor? Did you try that?
Dimaxum

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