The head of private security firm G4S said on Saturday his firm only realised just over a week ago it would not be able to supply enough venue guards.
Cheering crowds have thronged the streets of London for the grand finale to four days of festivities marking Queen Elizabeth’s diamond Jubilee.
Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
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/ 8 February 2012
London’s police have begun a crackdown on street gangs which UK politicians blamed for the August riots, the worst disorder Britain saw in decades.
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/ 14 December 2011
British students, faced with government austerity measures, are turning to prostitution, gambling and other dangerous pursuits to fund their studies.
A UK court will rule today on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over alleged sexual crimes.
About 250 protesters set up camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of London on Sunday, promising to occupy the site indefinitely.
Britain’s second royal wedding will be far removed from the lavish pomp that surrounded the nuptials of her Prince William and Catherine.
Prince William and his new wife flew out of Buckingham Palace on Saturday after tying the knot in a dazzling display.
The wait is nearly over for Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are to marry at Westminster Abbey on Friday in a display of pomp and pageantry.
London police said on Tuesday they banned a radical Muslim group from protesting outside the church where Prince William will marry Kate Middleton.
A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden, where he is accused of sex crimes.
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/ 4 February 2011
British prosecutors on Friday charged three Pakistan cricketers with taking bribes to fix incidents in an international match in England last year.
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/ 1 February 2011
Mexico’s ambassador in London has written a furious letter to BBC bosses to complain about "offensive and xenophobic" comments made on <i>Top Gear</i>
Former UK PM Tony Blair promised he would back the US in taking action against Saddam Hussein almost a year before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Western authorities say the number of extremist websites is skyrocketing but taking action to remove them remains difficult.
Liberal Democrats still courted by major British parties as Gordon Brown announces he will step aside to try to keep his Labour Party in power.
Alan Sillitoe, one of the "Angry Young Men" of British fiction whose gritty realism portrayed working-class life after World War II, died on Sunday.
UK PM Gordon Brown told an official inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Friday that going to war had been the right decision.
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/ 29 January 2010
The September 11 attacks changed the "calculus of risk" and meant it was not possible to contain Saddam Hussein through sanctions, Tony Blair said.