Sources: BBC News
At the Old Bailey in London, Salih Khater is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of fifteen years. 2019-10-14
It is revealed that Ecuador granted citizenship to Julian Assange. Ecuador granted him asylum in August 2012 and he has remained in the Embassy of Ecuador in London avoiding extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Subsequently, Swedish authorities dropped the charges in May 2017. 2018-01-11
A large fire breaks out at the Camden Markets in North West London, with over 70 firefighters and 10 firetrucks attending the scene. No casualties have been reported. 2017-07-10
A minicab driver is killed in London when her car is crushed by falling masonry. 2014-02-15
Eric Hobsbawm, one of the leading historians of the 20th century, dies at the Royal Free Hospital in London at the age of 95. 2012-10-1
Nina Bawden, the writer of seminal work "Carrie's War" and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010, dies at her London home. 2012-08-22
President of Ecuador Rafael Correa decides on the issue of granting asylum to WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange as Assange remains in the Ecuadorian embassy of London, risking arrest by the British authorities. 2012-06-21
The 2012 BRIT Awards for British popular music are held in O2 Arena in London with Adele, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay among the winners. 2012-02-21
Bernard Hogan-Howe is named as the new Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police. 2011-09-12
2010–2011 Tunisian uprising: Rachid Ghannounchi, leader of the once banned Ennahda party, flies back to the country from London after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 2011-01-30