Sources: BBC News24
Around 890 people are arrested at a demonstration against the ban on the group Palestine Action in London, England. 2025-09-6
The first birth of a baby in the United Kingdom to a woman with a transplanted womb is announced. The baby girl, delivered at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London to a 36-year-old woman, is reported to be healthy. 2025-04-7
A major incident is declared in London following a "huge surge" in fires, according to the London Fire Brigade. Several homes are destroyed in Wennington on the outskirts of East London. No casualties have been reported. Hertfordshire and Leicestershire fire services also declare major incidents due to the high volume of emergency calls. 2022-07-19
AMC Theatres is purchasing London-based Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group in a deal valued at about £921 million ($1.21 billion). AMC has 385 theaters with 5,380 screens, most in the United States. Odeon & UCI has 242 theaters and 2,236 screens in the U.K. and Ireland. AMC noted its $1.1 billion (£835 million) acquisition of Carmike Cinemas (276 thrs-2,954 scrs) (of Columbus, Georgia) is still in the works. 2016-07-12
A man is arrested after attempting to enter Buckingham Palace, London, while in possession of a knife. 2013-10-14
Talks between the foreign ministers of Britain and Ecuador end with no breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains in the country's London embassy. 2013-06-17
English rioters set police cars on fire on the High Road in the London suburb of Tottenham after Metropolitan Police shot Mark Duggan on Thursday. 2011-08-6
English actor Brian Regan is charged with the murder of a bouncer in a pub in Liverpool. 2011-04-13
Heathrow Airport in London reopens after a weekend of heavy snowfall. 2010-12-20
The conjoined twins from Cork, Ireland, born four months ago, undergo separation surgery in London. 2010-04-7