Sources: BBC
Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, "Lady with a Fan", sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK. 2023-06-27
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
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces that London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire will move into the highest level "Tier 3" restrictions on December 16 at 00:01 a.m. GMT. 2020-12-14
Mohiussunnath Chowdhury is convicted of planning terrorist attacks in London. 2020-02-10
The International Maritime Organisation commences meetings in London aimed at reducing emissions in the shipping industry, which are presently unregulated. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol made the IMO responsible for controlling ship emissions. 2018-04-9
Raiders using specialist cutting equipment break into an underground vault in the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company in the London diamond district and empty 300 safety deposit boxes. 2015-04-7
Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London. 2013-04-8
British artist Lucian Freud dies at his home in London following a brief illness. 2011-07-20
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf launches a new political party - the All Pakistan Muslim League - in London. 2010-10-1
Rallies occur in Berlin, London, New York City, Paris, Ottawa and elsewhere, calling for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman facing execution for adultery in Iran. 2010-07-24