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The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commences at The Mall in London.
2022-06-2

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate against racism in the United Kingdom. A protest on Whitehall in London turns violent and a mounted officer falls from her horse, which then bolts.
2020-06-6

In Tottenham, London, a 1-year-old boy dies after falling from a ninth-floor council flat window with a faulty handle in a tower block. The boy's mother had urged the Haringey London Borough Council to fix the window for two months, a neighbour says. Critics say the death is the latest in a number of incidents suggesting problems with the ways in which public housing is managed in the country.
2019-11-1

The first televised debate between Conservative Party candidates for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom takes place in London. Frontrunnner Boris Johnson refuses to attend.
2019-06-16

The Public Health England reports the United Kingdom's first ever case of monkeypox in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall. The patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
2018-09-8

Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, from London, formally denies an ISIL plot to murder Theresa May.
2018-05-5

Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening gives the go-ahead for HS2, a £33bn high-speed rail line that will eventually link several major cities in the United Kingdom to London and enabling quicker journey times.
2012-01-10

A rare red and white 6ft by 6ft Andy Warhol self-portrait sells for £10.79 million at auction at Christie's in London.
2011-02-17

A London court is told that a Saudi prince sexually murdered his servant.
2010-10-5

"L'Homme Qui Marche I" by Alberto Giacometti, a bronze sculpture sells in London for £65,001,250, a new world record auction price.
2010-02-3