Sources: BBC News24
The Winter Egg, one of the few Fabergé eggs remaining in private hands, sells at Christie's in London, England, United Kingdom, for £22.9 million (US$30.2 million), setting a new auction record for a work by the House of Fabergé. 2025-12-2
In association football, Sunderland AFC defeats Sheffield United 2–1 in stoppage time to win the English Football League play-off final at Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, and are promoted to the Premier League after an 8-year absence as a result. 2025-05-24
A fire occurs in an automobile repair shop near Elephant & Castle tube station in London, UK, causing disruption to transport. Six people are injured. 2021-06-28
Part of the ornate ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London collapses during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience. 2013-12-19
Baltasar Garzón promises he has a surprise in the case against his client Julian Assange. The Swedish prosecutor refuses to travel to London. [http:--www.standaard.be-artikel-detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20120823_00268925 ("De Standaard", in Dutch)] [http:--news.malaysia.msn.com-regional-swedish-prosecutors-rule-out-london-assange-visit-1 (MSN Malaysia)]date=November 2019 2012-08-23
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
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon warns against attacks on demonstrators while visiting the English cities of Oxford and London. [http:--af.reuters.com-article-egyptNews-idAFLDE71120F20110202 (Reuters)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-breakingnews-219587-attacks-on-protestors-unacceptable ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2011-02-2
WikiLeaks spokesperson Julian Assange is moved to the segregation unit of London's Wandsworth Prison "for his own safety, presumably", says his lawyer. 2010-12-11
A Roman settlement filled with ancient artifacts and human remains is unearthed at a construction site in London. 2010-11-17
Kikaya Bin Karubi, the Congolese ambassador to the UK, says Les Resistants Combattants have said Saturday's arson attack on his London home, which destroyed several vehicles and damaged his house, was an act of retaliation for last week's death of leading human rights activist Floribert Chebeya. 2010-06-9