London detectives have been granted visas to Libya to continue an investigation into the 1984 shooting death of Scotland Yard officer killed outside the Libyan diplomatic offices in London, authorities said Thursday.
Tommy Godwin won two cycling medals at the 1948 Olympics. Now he's been chosen as one of Lloyds TSB's torch bearers for the 2012 Games.
Rights groups have slammed a lunch hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday for including monarchs criticized for their countries' human rights records.
Team CNN's Amanda Davies reports on the highs and lows of Olympic trampolining with Laura Gallagher.
Greece handed over the Olympic flame to Britain in an elaborate ceremony Thursday, 71 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
[Updated 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 14] This photo is from a rehearsal ceremony for last week's lighting of the Olympic flame.
The European Court of Human Rights will not intervene again to stop Britain from deporting Abu Qatada, whom the British accuse of being a terrorist fundraiser and an inspiration to one of the hijackers on September 11, 2001, the court said Wednesday.
James Ibori, the former Governor of Nigeria's oil region, pleaded guilty to stealing $250 million over eight years
The arrest of a Nigerian politician who deposited millions of dollars of stolen money in UK accounts has raised questions about the role of British banks in corruption.
When it comes to Olympic ceremonies, London is keen to make sure its schoolchildren play a starring role.
Londoners check out the Olympic centerpiece -- the new main stadium. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
CNN's Ayehsa Durgahee reports on the return of the iconic London Routemaster bus.
Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor of London Friday after a narrow victory over Ken Livingstone, who held the post until 2008.
While the fight for equality between women and men has long been an uphill struggle, the current economic situation -- the "age of austerity" -- poses a new kind of threat. In recent years, the steady, albeit slow, march towards equality has not only come to a standstill but threatens to change direction. Here in the UK, record cuts to public spending risk actually reversing progress.
A British Parliament report blasts media mogul Rupert Murdoch over the phone hacking scandal at his tabloid papers.
What does it mean, when a UK parliamentary committee says you are not fit to run your company? If you're 81 and you have built a fabulously profitable global empire, you might be inclined to say, not much.
British defense officials consider surface-to-air missiles as part of security during the London Olympics.
The British Ministry of Defence might place surface-to-air missiles on a water tower in a densely populated London neighborhood as part of security for the Olympic Games this summer, a ministry official said Sunday.
CNN's Matthew Chance reports on a 49-year-old man who went on a rampage, destroying office equipment in Central London.
Police identified Saturday the man believed to be at the center of a security alert that closed a major shopping street in central London a day earlier.
UK authorities faced growing questions Saturday after passengers arriving at London's Heathrow Airport faced long lines at passport control.
Police have arrested the man believed to be at the center of a security alert Friday that closed a major shopping street in central London, a police spokesman said.
Police arrest the man believed to be at the center of a security alert that closed a major shopping street in London.
Thermal imaging cameras show how much energy some British buildings waste.
One of Britain's most cherished maritime treasures will complete a miraculous rise from the ashes when it reopens to the public later this week.
CNN's Richard Quest talks to Andrew Neil, Fmr. Exec. Chairman of Sky Television, about James Murdoch's resignation.
One year ago James Murdoch was widely regarded as heir-apparent to his father Rupert's global News Corp. media empire -- a remarkable turnaround for a college dropout once viewed as the family's black sheep.
ITN's Lindsey Hilsum has the latest on the death of UK businessman Neil Heywood and possible connection with Bo Xilai.
Three men convicted in a London gang shooting that left a little girl paralyzed were sentenced to life in prison Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.
Seven years after upsetting favorite Paris to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics, London is in the final straight of a long and often bumpy run-up to stage the sporting showpiece.
"Go to work on an egg" was the slogan of a successful British television advert and "green chemists" from the UK are doing just that with plans to create plastics made from eggshells.
An arena where the Taliban used to execute women provides a chilling and incongruous setting for one teen girl's unlikely Olympic dream.
Privacy activists in Britain reacted angrily Monday to government plans to expand security agencies' monitoring of Internet and phone use.
A landmark ruling in the UK Supreme Court has cleared the way for thousands of mesothelioma victims and their families to make insurance claims.
Six Nobel Peace Prize laureates have urged Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron to hold talks with Argentina on the future of the Falkland Islands.
British police look for those responsible for shooting a Russian businessman in London. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
Police hunting the would-be killer of a former Russian banker gunned down outside his east London home have appealed for help to trace the taxi driver who dropped him off shortly before he was attacked.
In an environment of declining retail sales in the United Kingdom, one premium brand is bucking the trend as consumers vote with their consciences.
The United Kingdom boasts the largest market for fair-trade products. CNN looks at the changing retail trend.
The news that Charlize Theron adopted an African American baby has fired up a debate regularly stoked by the likes of A-listers Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock. All have adopted transracially. And everyone has an opinion.
CNN's Atika Shubert takes a look at the sentences handed down to those involved in the London riots.
CNN's Jeanne Moos reports President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron go together "like hot dogs and mustard."
As a Brit living in America, I remember the Blair/Bush "special relationship" of the early 2000s with great fondness. It seemed that our two countries might remake the world. With Britain providing the vision and America the military muscle, a liberal axis would flex its way through the War on Terror. The U.K. hadn't had such a sense of purpose since the Second World War.
In a meeting Friday with his Italian counterpart, British Foreign Secretary William Hague sought to explain why Rome had not been consulted before a failed rescue attempt that resulted in the deaths Thursday in Nigeria of two hostages -- an Italian and a Briton.
Occupy London protesters tell CNN's Atika Shubert that they are not deterred by their camp being broken up.
Former world champion Jessica Ennis is one of Great Britain's big medal hopes for the London 2012 Olympics.
Six UK soldiers are missing and presumed dead following an explosion in southwest Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The world economy may be bracing for another grim year, but political donors in the United States are breaking out their checkbooks to finance what is expected to be the most expensive presidential election in American history.
Becky Anderson takes a ride around London to show how much fuel costs and an alternative fuel you can get plugged into.
CNN's Jim Boulden talks to Jonathan Carson, CEO of Digital at Nielsen about what's trending in the mobile phone world.
Hundreds of police in riot gear staged an early morning raid Tuesday to clear Occupy protesters from a campsite outside London's St Paul's Cathedral, activists said.
Just when you think the UK phone-hacking scandal can't get any worse, it does. The last few days have brought allegations of public officials being bribed and a senior newspaper executive ordering the deletion of "unhelpful" emails to conceal evidence.
Turn down any rundown street in any one of the "mini-Mogadishus" that now pepper Britain's cities, and you'll see young men congregating outside what look like shuttered shop fronts. But look closer. There are no signs and no distinguishing features to help those who don't know what lies on the other side of these battered doorways.
A UK government official held "useful discussions" with authorities in Jordan over efforts to deport a freed radical from Britain to the Arab nation, the Home Office secretary said Friday.
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch will meet journalists at his News International subsidiary in London Friday, to take charge of the crisis surrounding the embattled Sun newspaper, with some speculating whether he will "sacrifice" UK staff to prevent the controversy from spilling across the Atlantic.
Moody's put the UK, France and Austria on negative outlook late on Monday night, raising the prospect that the three countries would lose their triple A ratings due to exposure to the eurozone debt crisis.
Great Britain struggles with huge debt and shrinking employment figures. CNN's Emily Reuben reports.
The "Abu Qatada" affair has set off a firestorm of debate in Britain and beyond -- about what constitutes support for terrorism, about detention without trial, deportation and, yet again, about the vexatious issue of Britain's relationship with Europe.
They call it an airbridge, but it feels more like a flight to another planet.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on simmering tensions over the Falkland Islands as Britain's Prince William deploys there.
Nine men were jailed in London Thursday on terror charges, four of them over "an al Qaeda-inspired plot" to bomb the London Stock Exchange, UK police said.
Amid escalating tensions over the Falkland Islands, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accused Great Britain of militarizing the South Atlantic and said Tuesday her country would file a protest at the United Nations.
CNN's Pedro Pinto previews the star-studded line-up for Monday's Laureus World Sports Awards in London.
Falklands war veteran Simon Weston says the Falkland Islands are under constant harassment from Argentina.
The Ecuadorian president is calling for sanctions against Britain for its long-running dispute with Argentina over who owns the Falkland Islands.
CNN's Matthew Chance reports on arrests and raids on News international's offices in a corruption investigation.
The British economy shrank by an estimated 0.2% in the last quarter of 2011, the Office of National Statistics announced Wednesday, but the country is not yet in recession because growth was positive in the quarter before that.
British authorities said Monday they plan to borrow wireless spectrum from the Defense Ministry as part of a package of measures to meet the heavy wireless demand expected during this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Britain's media regulatory authority revoked an Iranian English-language news organization's U.K. license Friday for a breach of licensing regulations and an unpaid fine.
The United Kingdom cannot deport a radical cleric linked to al Qaeda to Jordan because evidence obtained by torture could be used against him there, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in a landmark case Tuesday.
George Osborne will sign a deal on Monday with Hong Kong aimed at helping turn the City into an offshore trading centre for the renminbi in what the chancellor sees as a vote of confidence in London.
UK and Pakistani officials on Friday denied a news report that Pakistan's prime minister contacted the British High Commission in a "panicky" phone call to express fears that a military coup was imminent in his country.
CNN's Jim Boulden investigates the Olympic Games that have made and lost money.
A deal which would have seen English football club West Ham United move into the London 2012 Olympic Stadium collapsed on Tuesday, casting doubt over the future of the purpose-built venue.
Overseas stock markets closed a difficult year on a slightly positive note Friday, as markets in London and most of Asia closed slightly higher for the day while other European markets were also holding gains ahead of their close.
Douglas J. Elliott, who worked as an investment banker for two decades, is a fellow at the Brookings Institution.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the global economy faces the prospect of "economic retraction, rising protectionism, isolation and . . . what happened in the 30s [Depression]", as European tensions again flared over suggestions in Paris that the UK's credit rating should be downgraded before France's.
CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the rift that's been exposed between Europe and the UK after the Brussels summit.
A majority of European leaders agreed early Friday on a new deal to try to resolve the continent's debt crisis, but Britain refused to back a broader treaty change.
A majority of European leaders agreed early Friday on a new deal to try to resolve the continent's debt crisis, but some countries including Britain refused to back a broader treaty change.
Calling all code-breakers, hackers, and would-be-James Bonds: Britain's eavesdropping agency is looking for recruits.
A mass strike in the UK of public workers protesting proposed pension reforms heats up. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
When I hear the word austerity, I immediately think of nuns -- plainly dressed, in austere living quarters, with stern expressions. It's an odd admission coming from a secular Jew who has never set foot in a Catholic school, but not a surprising one given that severe fiscal policies are being meted out on suffering nation-states like swift slaps of a ruler on a wrist.
Britain is bracing for mass disruption to schools, hospitals and border controls Wednesday as up to 2 million public-sector workers walk out over proposed pension reforms.
Roger Federer wants to add an Olympic singles gold medal to his list of achievements in tennis after securing his 70th career title at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
On Friday in London's Trafalgar Square, 5,000 members of the public were served a free hot curry, free apple juice and an array of fresh groceries.
America's defense budget is headed for a big reduction, as a result of the congressional super committee's failure to reach a debt reduction compromise. The automatic 10-year budget cut of more than half a trillion dollars now facing the military is reminiscent of a strategic decision Britain confronted nearly a century ago. When the empire had to address the profound debts it accrued during World War I, the answer was the Ten Year Rule.
A second batch of e-mails thought to originate from the UK research unit involved in the "Climategate" controversy in 2009 has been posted on the Internet.
High-Speed Rail (HSR) has been around been around for decades, but it's back in the transport spotlight amid a surge of interest from the United States and China.
Britain's David Cameron and Germany's Angela Merkel restated their commitment to a strong Europe Friday, as they sought to show a united front in the face of Europe's debt crisis.
Ground-to-air missiles at the 2012 Olympic Games? It's not a new sport added to the London line-up, but proof that Britain's government is taking security seriously.
A total of 179 people were arrested Friday in central London during Remembrance Day commemorations, the city's Metropolitan Police told CNN Saturday.
London has beaten off the challenge of Doha to be named as host for the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
"Showbiz Tonight" takes a look at a Dakota Fanning ad that was recently banned in the United Kingdom.
At least seven people are confirmed dead and 51 injured in a "horrific" traffic accident in southwest England, Somerset police said Saturday.
A massive traffic pile-up Friday night in southwest Britain injured an estimated 25 to 30 people -- 10 of the cases thought to be life-threatening -- fire officials said.
It is a year since an 18th-century Chinese vase was sold in London for $68 million, smashing world records.
For centuries the city of London has been the center of European finance, but what's in store for the district's future?
The financial sector has long been London's lifeblood, positioning the city as Europe's center of commerce.
Occupy London's "general assembly" laid out Wednesday a statement saying it is seeking "a global system that is democratic, just and sustainable."
© 2011 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|