Sources: BBC
In Test cricket, Australia win their first Test World Cup title, defeating India by 209 runs on the final day at The Oval in London, England. Australia's Travis Head is named player of the match. 2023-06-11
Germany reports the first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom after a woman who flew from London to Frankfurt this weekend tested positive for COVID-19. 2020-12-24
A massive power failure affects most of the northwestern and southeastern United Kingdom and London, leaving thousands of homes, various train lines, and parts of Newcastle International Airport without power. 2019-08-9
A minicab driver is killed in London when her car is crushed by falling masonry. 2014-02-15
British prime minister David Cameron allowed his former spokesman Andy Coulson, the ex-editor of the now-defunct "News of the World" tabloid, access to some of the British government's most sensitive secrets without full security clearance, the Leveson Inquiry is told. 2012-05-10
Rupert Murdoch gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry, claiming former British Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown "declared war" on his organisation after "The Sun" newspaper came out in support of the Conservatives in 2009, an allegation denied by Brown. 2012-04-25
Appearing before the Leveson Inquiry, James Murdoch tells the hearing that News International's corporate systems failed to pick up on legal issues posed by its news gathering techniques. 2012-04-24
Former "Daily Mirror" journalist James Hipwell tells the Leveson Inquiry that phone hacking was a "bog standard journalistic tool" at the paper. 2011-12-21
Former "Daily Mirror" editor Piers Morgan appears before the Leveson Inquiry via videolink from the United States to deny knowledge of hacking at the paper. 2011-12-20
Lord Justice Leveson sets out some of the details of the forthcoming inquiry into the phone hacking affair, which will begin in September. 2011-07-28