Sources: BBC
Syrian foreign minister reopens the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom, after it was closed in 2013 following the start of the Syrian civil war. 2025-11-13
Just Stop Oil protesters spray orange paint on the outside of the American Embassy in London, United Kingdom, following Donald Trump's re-election in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. 2024-11-6
Pouria Zeraati زراعتی, an Iranian dissident journalist working for IITV, is injured in a stabbing in London. He is hospitalized in stable condition. 2024-03-29
A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death in Hillingdon, west London, making him the 30th teenage homicide in the British capital in 2021. It is now the deadliest year on record for killings of teenagers, surpassing a previous peak of 29 homicides in 2008. 2021-12-30
It is revealed that Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange. Ecuador granted him asylum in August 2012 and he has remained in the Embassy of Ecuador in London avoiding extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Subsequently, Swedish authorities dropped the charges in May 2017. 2018-01-11
London's Big Ben, atop Elizabeth Tower, will fall silent for four years beginning 21 August while essential repair works are performed. 2017-08-14
A 1-year-old from London with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had undergone myriads of unsuccessful treatments since she was 14 weeks old is in remission thanks to gene-editing technology, used for just the second time, that allowed her to receive modified immune cells from another person. 2015-11-8
Calls for afternoon protests at the destroyed Pearl Roundabout, the original site of the uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa family, get underway as the race ends, while protests are also held outside the London offices of Formula One chief, Bernie Ecclestone, with demonstrators chanting "down, down Bernie" and "shame on you Bernie". 2012-04-22
Twelve people are arrested at the Syrian Embassy in London as part of a worldwide protest against the shelling. 2012-02-4
Hundreds of thousands of people march in London, England against government budget cuts with the protests later turning violent. 2011-03-26