Sources: BBC
The British government approves China's new embassy at London's Royal Mint Court, despite security concerns. The planning decision affirmed development compliance, while MI5 raised no objections. The embassy will be the largest Chinese embassy in Europe upon completion. 2026-01-20
Police arrest a man after he crashed his car into the gates outside Downing Street in London, which houses the official residences and offices of the prime minister Rishi Sunak. 2023-05-25
The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs". 2021-07-26
Rescue operations are underway in southwest London to help a small whale, believed to be a Minke, stranded in the River Thames, apparently stuck on the Richmond Lock's boat rollers. 2021-05-9
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
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is convicted in London, England, of 12 counts of indecent assault against young girls between 1968 and 1986. The 84-year-old is to be sentenced on Friday 4 July. 2014-06-30
Syria's chargé d'affaires in London, Khaled al-Ayoubi, resigns in protest over "oppressive acts" by the Syrian regime. 2012-07-30
Twelve people are arrested at the Syrian Embassy in London as part of a worldwide protest against the shelling. 2012-02-4
Serial rapist Delroy Grant is convicted of 18 sexual assaults and rapes in London, England, with fears that he may have committed hundreds of offences. 2011-03-24
Kenneth O'Keefe, an Irish-American living in London who was captured and injured by Israel Defense Forces following last week's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, threatens legal action after being included on a list of alleged "active terror operatives". 2010-06-8