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Women's vote campaigner statue unveiled in London
AFP, Published on 24/04/2018
» LONDON - The first statue of a woman in London's Parliament Square was unveiled on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in Britain.
UK govt to launch crime blitz as violence spikes
AFP, Published on 09/04/2018
» LONDON - British Home Secretary Amber Rudd will vow on Monday to do "whatever it takes" to curb crime as she unveils a new multi-million pound response to a surge in violence in London and elsewhere.
London murder rate overtakes New York as stabbings surge
AFP, Published on 03/04/2018
» LONDON: A surge of stabbings in London was blamed Monday for the city overtaking New York's monthly murder tally for the first time in modern history.
British PM May, Trump fuss over anti-Muslim retweets
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2017
» LONDON: A few days after his inauguration, US President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and proclaimed the strength of the "most special relationship" between their two countries.
Car crash in London is traffic accident: Police
Published on 08/10/2017
» LONDON: A car crash that injured 11 people on Saturday outside London's popular Natural History Museum was a traffic accident, not a terrorist attack, London police said.
Uber's fight a sign of battles to come
News, Peter Apps, Published on 29/09/2017
» If there's been one common thread running through almost every industry in the last decade, it has been how a handful of tech firms have revolutionised how the world does business. There's Google for accessing information; Twitter for sharing opinion and news; Facebook for interacting with friends; Amazon for shopping, AirBnB for places to stay and Uber for getting around.
Uber regroups after London 'Lyft' for rival
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/09/2017
» LONDON: Uber Technologies Inc is prepared to make concessions to restore its revoked London taxi license, the Sunday Times reported, two days after the ride service said it would fight the suspension in court.
London gives Uber the boot
Published on 22/09/2017
» LONDON: London's transport authority said on Friday that it would not renew Uber's licence to operate in the British capital, arguing that it demonstrates a lack of corporate responsibility with implications for public safety and security.
Applying a sense of proportion to acts of terrorism
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/08/2017
» London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on London Bridge: eight dead. Barcelona in August: 14 dead. Five mass-casualty terrorist attacks in Europe in six months, and all but one (Manchester) carried out using rental trucks. Is it safe to go to Europe any more?
Hundreds evacuated as UK steps up fire-safety checks
Associated Press, Published on 24/06/2017
» LONDON: The scope of Britain's fire-safety crisis broadened on Saturday, as London officials scrambled to evacuate four public housing towers due to concerns about fire doors and insulation around gas pipes, leaving residents angry and confused.