Search

Reports on the elimination of Routemaster buses, those bright red double-decker buses in London, England. Victim of its own durability, outlasting its projected 17 years service; Condemned as being too old, too accident-prone and too expensive; Establishment of around 1,000 new buses.

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 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 reports that British authorities have concluded that the two men who attacked the Glasgow, Scotland airport in a failed terrorist bombing on June 30, 2007 had rushed there from London, England after two bombs had failed to explode in that city the previous night. The two suspects, Drs. Bilal Abdulla and Khalil Ahmed, may have lived together in a Glasgow suburb in the weeks before the attacks.

The article reports that British police investigating failed terrorist bombings in London, England and Glasgow, Scotland were focused on medical personnel who had emigrated to Great Britain from the Middle East. Five of the seven suspects arrested appear to be tied to the medical profession, including several doctors. The news troubled many Britons, and was a departure from previous terrorist attacks by second-generation immigrants who were British citizens.

The article reports that British authorities arrested four men after a series of thwarted terrorist bombings. The latest incident came when two men drove a sports utility vehicle into the entrance to the main terminal of the Glasgow, Scotland airport and set it afire. No explosion resulted. The act was linked to two unexploded car bombs that had been detected in London, England, the previous day. The government raised its terror alert to the highest level possible.

The article discusses the death of former Russian K.G.B. officer Alexander V. Litvinenko of radiation poisoning in London. The incident sparked controversy after it was reported that Litvinenko, an enemy of the current Russian government, accused current Russian President Vladimir V. Putin of being behind the poisoning. Senior British officials convened with the Russian ambassador where those connected to the Kremlin flatly denied the accusations and called them an attempt to discredit Putin.

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.

Focuses on the fatal shooting over a terrorist suspect on a train in London. Overview of the incident, in which a suspect whose home was under surveillance was chased by authorities and eventually shot to death on a subway car; Comments on the incident from witnesses; Questions about police firearms practices raised by the incident; Suggestion that the shooting may result in a backlash among Muslims.

Reports that bombs were set at four London, England mass transit sites, but failed to explode. Report that the detonators on the bombs went off, but the bombs did not explode; Reference to the transportation attacks by terrorists on July 7, 2005 in London; Investigation into who had set the bombs; Comments made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Warning that Great Britain is at risk of further attacks.

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 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 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 final clues presented at the murder case of whistleblower Alexander V. Litvinenko before the British High Court in London, England on July 31, 2015, where the investigation was ignored by Russian officials including President Vladimir V. Putin.

The article reports on the settlement amount to be given to a female campaigner named Jacqui for animal rights in London, England, who was cheated and made pregnant by a married police officer assigned with the duty of infiltrate the militant Animal Liberation Front in the country.

The article reports that Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been hospitalized for exploratory surgery in London, England three days before his 92nd birthday on June 7, 2013.

The article reports on Rolf Harris, one of the best-known television entertainers in London, England, has been arrested on the alleged sexual offenses in the sexual abuse scandal in the country.

The article reports that the number of police officers assigned to secure the Marathon in London, England on April 21, 2013 has been increased, according to Scotland Yard due to the bombings in Boston, Massachusetts on April 15 which killed three people and wounded more than 170 people.

The article reports on a helicopter crash at a residential tower in central London, England on January 16, 2013 which injured at least 12 people and killed pilot Peter Barnes and a person on the ground.

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 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 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 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]