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The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after traces of poliovirus were detected during routine sewage inspections in London. However, the risk to the public is currently believed to be "extremely low".
2022-06-22

Flights from London's Heathrow Airport are temporarily suspended after a report of a drone sighting in the area.
2019-01-8

Thousands of far-right activists attend a protest in London, United Kingdom amid a recent crackdown on far-right activity on social media. Guest speakers included former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, "Vice" magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes, and UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Gerard Batten.
2018-05-6

U.S. President Barack Obama, in an op-ed in London's "Daily Telegraph", urges Britons to keep the U.K. in the European Union. Tomorrow, Obama is scheduled to have lunch with Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday today. He then will hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
2016-04-21

Scotland Yard advises that it will be treating three non-fatal stabbings at the Leytonstone tube station in London as a terrorist incident.
2015-12-5

British singer Harry Styles, with the boy band One Direction, wins a limited ban on stalking in a London court case against paparazzi regarding the privacy rights of celebrities.
2013-12-17

Syria's chargé d'affaires in London, Khaled al-Ayoubi, resigns in protest over "oppressive acts" by the Syrian regime.
2012-07-30

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

"The Guardian"'s Moscow Correspondent Luke Harding, who was expelled from Russia, is issued a new entry visa ahead of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to London.
2011-02-13

The Dow Live Earth Run for Water started on April 18th. The host cities are: Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Chicago, Hong Kong, Jimbaran, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, New York, Lisboa, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Singapore City, Stockholm, Toronto and Washington, D.C..
2010-04-18