Sources: The Telegraph
British former soldier Daniel Khalife, awaiting trial for terror and explosives offenses, escapes from HM Prison Wandsworth in southwest London, United Kingdom, triggering a nationwide manhunt. 2023-09-6
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
Panasonic announces their intent to move their European headquarters from London to Amsterdam, citing concern over Brexit. 2018-08-30
Qantas Airways Flight QF9 becomes the first ever regularly scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and Europe after making the 17-hour journey from Perth to London. 2018-03-25
A vehicle mounts the pavement and runs into pedestrians in Islington, London, injuring 4. The teenage perpetrators are found carrying offensive weapons, but are not assumed to be terrorists. 2017-03-25
Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year. 2016-02-27
Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at a London hospital, who took a hoax call from 2Day FM prankers about the Duchess of Cambridge, is found dead in a suspected suicide. 2012-12-7
The musical "Chicago" is to close after a run of 15 years on London's West End, the longest run for a revival in British theatre. 2012-07-14
An envoy of Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been seen gossiping with officials on a visit to London, England. 2011-04-1
U.S. diplomats applied pressure on Bangladesh to allow the London-based Global Coal Management company to reopen a large open-cast coal mine in the Phulbari area that was closed due to violent protests over foreign ownership of Bangladeshi resources succeeded in closing the mine. 2010-12-22