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Reports on an appeal filed by lawyers in behalf of ten non-British prisoners held in London, England without trial under antiterrorism laws. Argument that evidence against detainees may have been extracted under torture; Preliminary case before the Court of Appeals; History of British antiterrorism laws.

The article reports on the divergent interest conflict with regards to efforts to buy a mountain in England's Lake District. Topics include the purchase of the valley of Borrowdale by nonprofit organization National Trust, issue arising from an effort to Blencathra also known as Saddleback, and the number of tourists visiting the Lake District each year.

The article reports on the investigation of the June 14, 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London, England including the circumstances and causes of the fire, the building design and the modifications to the structure since 1974.

The article reports on the reactions of Canterbury, England archbishop, the Most Reverend (Rev.) Rowan Williams on the rejection of Church of England for appointment of women bishops. Williams says, during an emergency meeting of bishops, that the decision reflects the lack of measure of credibility of the church, claiming that it is needed and already the right time to have women bishops. He mentions the need of lot of discussion and explanation for the decision, regardless its motivation.

The article focuses on the two doctors who are allegedly responsible for the failed British bombings of July 2007. The author reveals that two of the doctors arrested in connection with the London, England and Glasgow, Scotland car bomb attacks had made preliminary inquiries about practicing medicine in the U.S. The article reports that the doctors had contacted the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a nonprofit organization in Pennsylvania about practicing medicine.

The article focuses on the formal charging of 11 terrorist suspects by British authorities for attempting to blow up United States-bound airliners on August 10, 2006. The article states that twelve other alleged terrorists are being held under custody without charge. The suspects were arrested after months of surveillance.

Reports that police in London and Rome arrested the remaining suspected bombers in the July 21, 2005 failed attacks in London. Review of how law enforcement and intelligence officials say the police have not been able to establish a connection between a round of bombings on July 7, 2005 and the botched attacks of July 21; Similarities between each event; Description of how and where each arrest took place. INSET: Four Arrests.

Reports that Britain's Scotland Yard admitted that a man police officers gunned down on a London subway had nothing to do with the investigation into the recent bombing attacks there. Background on the death of electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian, who was gunned down in full public view; Perception of the incident as a setback to the investigation into cells suspected of subway terrorism; Developments in the investigation into the July 7 and July 27 attacks in London; Reactions to the killing of de Menezes; Debate over the arming of British police officers; Alarm of the country's Muslims; The rising tension in London; Background on de Menezes.

Updates the ongoing investigation by British authorities into the London subway bombings. Description of the information received from the surveillance camera tapes; How investigators believe that a fifth man seen on the tape may be the mastermind; Reactions of members of England's Parliament, including Muslim Labor member, Mohammed Sarwar, to the bombings; Comments by England's Prime Minister, Tony Blair; Discussion of possible retaliation against Muslims in England.

Reports that British police have announced that four British-born men carried out the terrorist bombings in London. Announcement that one man's body was found in the wreckage of the London Underground and that property belonging to three more was found at the location of the other blasts; Review of how authorities stopped short of declaring that the attacks were suicide bombings; Search of six houses in the northern city of Leeds; Discussion of how the four men, whose names have not been released, were recorded by closed circuit television cameras arriving at King's Cross station carrying backpacks just before three of the bombs exploded. INSET: Developments in the Investigation.

Reports that bomb explosion tore through three subway trains and a double-decker bus in a coordinated terror attack during rush hour in London, England, killing at least 37 and wounding about 700. Reactions throughout the city; Details of the explosions near Liverpool Street station, King's Cross station, Edgware Road station, and on a bus at the junction of Upper Woburn Place and Tavistock Square; Closure of the subway network and bus services as rescue workers searched for the dead and wounded; Statement from Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was hosting the Group of Eight summit meeting in Scotland; Increased security precautions for mass transit systems in the U.S. and Europe; Scope of the bombings; Theories about the strategy and methodology of the bombings.

Reports that in Town End, England, a new center has been opened by poet Seamus Heaney to offer scholars access to a collection of manuscripts, books and other material belonging to English poet William Wordsworth. Background on the new Jerwood Center, located near Wordsworth's home, Dove Cottage, and the Wordsworth Museum; Mention of a program of poetry readings, initiated by Irish poet Paul Muldoon; Comments of Robert Woof, director of the Wordsworth Trust; Role of the Wordsworth Trust in expanding its colony of houses and other buildings in Town End; Preference of Wordsworth to come to Town End when the Lake District area opened up to wealthy British travelers.

Reports on the price-cutting initiative of Nokia Corp., a mobile telephone manufacturing company, to attract customers in London, England. Percentage of decrease in sales for its products during the third quarter; Comparison of the increase in the company's market share; Total amount of quarter earnings for its mobile telephone sales.

Reports on the deal between the investment group Quinlan Private and Savoy Group in London, England. Acquisition of hotels by Quinlan Private; Terms of the deal; Benefits of the deal to the companies.

Reports on the withdrawal of the offer of David and Frederick Barclay to acquire Hollinger Inc. in London, England. Decision of the court against the sale of the company; Refusal of the Barclays to take over the debt of the company; Options being considered by the Barclays.

Reports the Bank of England ordered a .25 percent cut in interest rates in an attempt to spark economic growth. Financial performance of the British pound relative to its trading partners, suggesting policy makers are desperate to prevent a sputtering of what appeared to be an incipient economic revival in England; Excerpt from a statement released by the Bank of England regarding the economy of England and the world.

Reports the resignation of Percy N. Barvenik as chairman of Investor in London, England. Effects of Barvenik's resignation to career development; Views of analysts and investors on Barvenik's resignation; Succession of Claes Dahlback to the position after resignation of Barvenik.

The article reports on the decision of Hugh Lowther, the eighth Earl of Lonsdale, to sell a part of the vast estate of his family, one of the clambered and distinctive mountains of England in 2014.

The article reports on the murder charges faced by Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo, both of Nigerian descent, in the death of Lee Rigby, a British soldier, in London, England in 2013.

The article reports on the critical information revealed at the pre-inquest hearing of the case of whistle-blower and former KGB Alexander V. Litvinenko in Russia. The pre-inquest hearing on the Litvinenko affair, who died of poisoning by the rare and highly toxic isotope polonium, produced major assertions on the links of Russian organized crime leaders with political leaders in Moscow. The revelations is said to threaten the diplomatic relations between London, England and the Kremlin.

The article reports on the disclosures made to the life of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a whistle-blower and former Committee for State Security officer, who died because of the alleged Russian organized crime. It mentions assertions to the Alexander Litvinenko case stating that that British government evidence has not yet made public details on Litvinenko camp's insistence. It notes that Litvinenko is a paid and registered agent of Britain's M16 and its Spanish counterpart.

The article reports on the preliminary inquest hearing on the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha at Westminster Coroner's Court in London, England on December 14, 2012. It says that Saldanha has committed suicide after being deceived by a prank call from two Australian disc jockeys who pretended to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles. Furthermore, the radio hosts fooled Saldanha into disclosing medical information of the acute morning sickness of Duchess Kate Middleton of Cambridge.

The article reports on the intrigue surrounding the death of former Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti (K.G.B), Alexander V. Litvinenko. It states that Litvinenko died after ingesting a rare and highly toxic radioactive isotope, polonium 210, which British investigator traced in a pot of tea served to him at a hotel in Grosvenor Square. It adds that the death of Luvinenko causes a strained relationship between Russia and Britain.

The article focuses on the request of Great Britain Prime Minister David Cameron to newspaper editors in London, England to have a new system of press regulation to address the telephone hacking scandal. It states that the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats are in favor of Cameron's warning to newspaper editors. It adds that new regulatory system for press will help police investigation on tabloid scandal.

The article reports on the phone hacking scandal that editors and journalists fear in Great Britain, which could lead to statutory regulation of the press. It says that a group of 80 British lawmakers opened a defense of press freedom that would be destroyed by new laws that enforce controls on newspapers. It states that a letter published in "The Guardian" and "The Daily Telegraph" is to stir a debate within the political elite on the future of press control.

The article reports that Chris Patten, chairman of BBC Trust, and Tim Davie, acting BBC director general, have acknowledged British Broadcasting Corp.'s (BBC) journalistic failures in reporting a scandal implicating a former Conservative Party politician. It states that this journalistic error cost the job of George Entwistle, former BBC's director general. Patten says that the trust accepted Entwistle's demand of approximately $800,000 to quickly end his embattled tenure.

The article focuses on the encrypted handwritten message found on the leg of a long-dead carrier pigeon in a household chimney in southern England. It says that the Great Britain's Government Communication headquarters agreed to try to crack the code but the organization unable to do so. When the agency had been unable to crack the code, David Martin, owner of the house, says that he was convinced that the message is important and a secret.

The article announces the appointment of Tonny Hall as director general of British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC).

The article reports on the British Broadcasting Corp.'s (BBC) payment of £185, 000 for the settlement of the libel claim of former politician Alistair McAlpine against BBC. It states that BBC's broadcast of the public affairs program "Newsnight" wrongly implicated McAlpine as a pedophile. It mentions that BBC's director general George Entwistle resigned within the 48 hours of the controversy. It adds that the crisis is one of the greatest in the 90 year history of BBC.

The article reports on the militant Islamic preacher Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman known as Abu Qatada who has been released on bail in Great Britain. It says the after winning seven years of legal battles, Qatada was released on bail. It mentions that Qatada, as he left the Long Lartin maximum security prison appeared to be smiling in the back of a black Volkswagen minibus. It says that the bail conditions include the 16-hour curfew, electronic tagging and a ban on Internet use.

The article focuses on the struggle of BBC News on November 12, 2012 to contain a crisis over its reporting of sexual abuse scandal as director Helen Boaden and deputy Stephen Mitchell withdrew temporarily from their jobs. According to BBC, the positions left by Boaden and Mitchell will be filled by Fran Unsworth and Ceri Thomas. Moreover, director general George Entwistle will continue to help the company on the inquiries concerning the scandal.

The article reports on the pledge of Bishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England to seek reconciliation on contentious issues of sexuality and gender divides Anglican Communion. Welby says that he needs to listen attentively to the LGBT communities and examine his own thinking prayerfully and carefully. Moreover, the admirers of Welby note the ability of the bishop to serve as a concialator and to hold communion together.

The article reports that Bishop Justin Welby of Durham is likely to be chosen as the next archbishop of Canterbury, England. It states that the current archbishop Rowan Williams announced last March 2012 that he will step down at the end of the year and his successor must be ready to face church issues. Moreover, the appointment of the position must be held secretly and there were no official confirmation though speculations shows that Welby was chosen to the position.

The article reports on the potential revelation of the secret message encrypted in the British military carrier 40TW194 during the World War II. It mentions that the said message at the military carrier has been sent to the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) listening post and decoding department in Great Britain. It notes that the 40TW194 military carrier evokes many themes such as animal heroism.

The article reports on the inquiry made by retired appeals court judge Dame Janet Smith about the sexual abuse case between television host Jimmy Savile and British Broadcasting Corp., his employer, in Great Britain. The move by Smith reopened the issues surrounding Savile's behavior and the failure of police to gather enough evidence against him. It notes that the controversy is just one of the two scandals involved by BBC, the other one is the sexual abuse accusation against Gary Glitter.

The article reports on the recovery of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head, in London, England.

The article focuses on the hearing regarding the sexual abuse claims against British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) former television host Jimmy Savile in London, England. It states that the hearings by the House of Commons committee on culture, media and sport have cascaded revelations, making the host as an insatiable pedophile and predator of abused teenagers. It also mentions the extensive evidences of Savile's scandal, which has also affected the BBC.

The article reports on the controversy involved by British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) due to its failure to address the sex abuse accusations against its television personality, Jimmy Savile, in Great Britain in 2012. It says that Prime Minister David Cameron called on the company to resolve the allegations about its mishandling of the affair. It notes that Cameron's move is done after the resignation of Peter Rippon, the journalist who stopped an investigation on Savile's misconduct.

The article discusses the author's views on the formal agreement signed by Prime Minister David Cameron on the terms of a referendum on Scottish independence. He explains that by late 2014, Scotland will dissolve its 300 years union with Great Britain. The author adds that Cameron may hold another referendum to seek British consent to a new relationship with the European Union.

CORRECTION APPENDED LONDON -- In a saga of a man of wealth and privilege brought low in a cascade of horror, narcotics and headlines, Hans Rausing, one of Britain's richest men, was given a suspended 10-month jail term on Wednesday after pleading guilty to ''preventing the lawful and decent burial'' of his wife, Eva, whose body was found in a state of advanced decomposition last month, hidden under a pile of clothing and garbage bags at their London home. Judge Richard McGregor-Johnson told Mr. Rausing, an heir to the multibillion-dollar Tetra Pak drink packaging fortune, that his behavior was ''an illustration of the utterly destructive effects of drug misuse.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- British police officials said Thursday that they had charged five people with terrorism offenses but insisted the accusations were not related to the Olympic Games, which open here next Friday amid a shortage of civilian security personnel that has forced an expanded military deployment. The counterterrorism command at Scotland Yard said three men from London were charged late Wednesday with offenses that involved travel to Pakistan for what was described as terrorism training between July 2010 and this month. A woman and another man were charged with having material likely to be useful in terrorism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- Organizers of the London Olympics scrambled on Tuesday to assure a skeptical nation that a drastic shortfall in security personnel that has forced the deployment of military reinforcements would not compromise the safety of the Games, whose opening ceremony is less than two weeks away. But lawmakers who interrogated the head of the huge, global security company, G4S, which has failed to meet contractual obligations to secure a guaranteed security staff of 10,400, drew different conclusions, and even the chief executive himself, Nick Buckles, acknowledged that his company's performance had been a ''humiliating shambles.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LONDON -- They were lavishly generous patrons of drug treatment charities who turned out to be drug addicts themselves, a glitteringly wealthy couple whose secret lives were exposed four years ago when the police caught them with thousands of dollars' worth of crack cocaine and heroin. At the time, the couple, Eva and Hans Rausing, pledged to turn their lives around. But it was not to be. On Monday, the lifeless body of Mrs. Rausing, 48, was found in an upstairs bedroom of their handsome Chelsea town house, soon after her 49-year-old husband was caught driving erratically and arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs. Mr. Rausing is currently receiving medical treatment while the police wait to question him. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- A day after a security scare closed a major highway for hours but turned out to be a false alarm, British police officials reported on Friday that they had seized seven men under counterterrorism laws, bringing the total number of arrests announced in the past 24 hours to 13. The unusually high number of detentions reflected concerns that when the 2012 Olympics open in London in three weeks, they could become the highest-profile targets since the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- The security scare lasted seven hours, closed one of Britain's major intercity expressways and drew in an armed counterterrorism unit, police helicopters, fire engines, ambulances and scores of emergency workers. For a good part of Thursday, it was headline news on the country's major broadcast networks. And all because a man traveling on a bus to London tried to light up an electronic cigarette that smokers use as an aid in quitting, causing another passenger who spied vapor spiraling from the device to alert the police by cellphone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- A private investigator who has been a central player in Britain's phone hacking scandal lost a bid at the Supreme Court on Wednesday to remain silent about who commissioned him to intercept voice mail messages on behalf of The News of the World, Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct tabloid. The ruling, by five Supreme Court judges, could open the way to further disclosures about the names and stature of the people who supervised the investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, and possibly show the extent to which the scandal reached into the News of the World management. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LONDON -- Testifying at Britain's long-running inquiry into media standards, Prime Minister David Cameron rejected suggestions on Thursday that he traded favored treatment for electoral support by Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, calling talk of a conspiracy ''specious'' and ''unjustified.'' ''The idea of overt deals is nonsense,'' he said, also dismissing the idea that there had been ''a nod and a wink'' covert arrangement with Mr. Murdoch in return for a decision to switch editorial support to Mr. Cameron's Conservatives in 2009, months before a general election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- As the judicial inquiry into the British press sifts painstakingly through competing claims about the influence of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, former Prime Minister John Major disclosed on Tuesday, for what he said was the first time, that Mr. Murdoch withdrew his newspapers' support for the Conservatives after Mr. Major refused a demand for changes in his policies on Europe. The assertion, which came during a morning of testimony, offered some clues to the extent of Mr. Murdoch's perceived influence on British public life -- a crucial issue under scrutiny by Lord Justice Sir Brian Leveson's inquiry into a phone hacking scandal involving Mr. Murdoch's newspapers. There was no immediate response from Mr. Murdoch, who has told the inquiry that he never asked for anything from British prime ministers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LONDON -- Starting four days of testimony by political leaders about the sway of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers over public life here, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday denied Mr. Murdoch's depiction of some of their most contentious exchanges and accused a leading Murdoch newspaper, The Sun, of undermining Britain's war effort in Afghanistan. He also rejected assertions by a former editor of The Sun that Mr. Brown's wife, Sarah, had approved a story in 2006 on the medical condition of the Browns' infant son, whose cystic fibrosis was diagnosed at 4 months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]