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Cameras are allowed to film a criminal court case in England and Wales for the first time in history as a man, Ben Oliver, is sentenced to prison at London's Old Bailey for manslaughter on live television.
2022-07-28

Climate activists continue Extinction Rebellion protests at the transport ministry in central London after the Metropolitan Police Service yesterday banned Extinction Rebellion protests in London, United Kingdom. Following the ban, police cleared a protester camp occupying Trafalgar Square. Almost 1,500 arrests have been made since last week.
2019-10-15

Three people are injured after a car rammed into pedestrians near a mosque in northwest London. The Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
2018-09-19

London's Big Ben, atop Elizabeth Tower, will fall silent for four years beginning 21 August while essential repair works are performed.
2017-08-14

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts members present the British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House in London.
2015-02-8

The British Academy Film Awards are held at the Royal Opera House in London with "12 Years a Slave" winning best film and Chiwetel Ejiofor winning best actor for his role in it.
2014-02-16

London's King Edward VII's Hospital says it is reviewing telephone protocol after two disc jockeys from a Sydney-based radio station, 2Day FM made a prank call to the hospital in which they posed as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, and spoke with a member of nursing staff about the health of the Duchess of Cambridge.
2012-12-5

The Olympic Torch arrives in London for the final stages of the UK-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2012-07-20

The BBC is to broadcast its political debate programme "Question Time" from inside a prison for the first time next Thursday. Ten members of staff and ten prisoners from London's Wormwood Scrubs prison are to join 100 other audience members, while panelists are to include Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke and former Home Secretary Jack Straw.
2011-05-12

Rallies occur in Berlin, London, New York City, Paris, Ottawa and elsewhere, calling for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman facing execution for adultery in Iran.
2010-07-24