Police in London have arrested at least 40 people after the worst riots the city has seen in years. Extra police were on duty Sunday in north London’s depressed Tottenham neighborhood, the scene of Saturday night riots that were sparked by a fatal police shooting of a local resident. Officials say 26 police officers were […]
Tense Calm After Devastation in London’s Tottenham
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Violent Protest Staged in Troubled London District
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
Several British police officers were injured and a number of people arrested when rioting broke out late Saturday in a depressed district of London, Britain’s capital. A protest over the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man by police on Thursday that started peacefully suddenly turned violent. Several buildings, cars and a double-decker bus were set […]
Arson, Looting in London Riot
Posted August 6th, 2011 at 11:00 pm (UTC-5)
A heavy police presence patrolled the north London neighborhood of Tottenham early Sunday, after a peaceful march Saturday night to protest the police shooting of a young man turned violent. Police say about 300 rioters clashed with officers in front of the Tottenham police station and set ablaze two patrol cars, a double-decker bus and […]
Murdoch Pie Thrower’s Jail Sentence Reduced
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
A British judge has cut the sentence of an activist who threw a shaving cream pie at Rupert Murdoch, as the media tycoon testified to British lawmakers last month on a phone-hacking scandal that rocked the country. A judge on Friday rejected an attempt by Jonathan May-Bowles to overturn his six-week jail sentence, handed down […]
Britain Seizes Record Cocaine Haul
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
British officials said Wednesday they have seized more than one ton of cocaine in a record-setting drug bust on a yacht. Officials said the drugs are worth almost $500 million and were found in June. French authorities alerted British officials to the suspect yacht when it was sailing in the Caribbean in May. The yacht […]
British Police Make Another Arrest in Britain Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC-5)
Police in Britain have arrested another person in connection with the phone-hacking scandal involving journalists at the now-defunct British tabloid newspaper News of the World. The Metropolitan police say the 71-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning at a police station in north London. Several British news organizations, including The Guardian newspaper and Sky TV, identified […]
British Police Make Another Arrest in Britain Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
(Updates with arrest of foam pie attacker, minor edit graf 5, new info grafs 6-8) Police in Britain have arrested a man in connection with the phone-hacking scandal involving journalists at the now-defunct British tabloid newspaper News of the World. The Metropolitan police said the 71-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning at a police station […]
British Police Make Another Arrest in Britain Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Police in Britain have arrested a man in connection with the phone-hacking scandal involving journalists at the now-defunct British tabloid newspaper News of the World. The Metropolitan police said the 71-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning at a police station in London. The man was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept communications, or phone-hacking, […]
Britain Celebrates Second Royal Wedding
Posted July 30th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Britain celebrated the marriage of another member of the royal family Saturday, though in a decidedly more private fashion than that of Prince William and Catherine Middleton earlier this year. Queen Elizabeth’s eldest granddaughter, equestrian star Zara Phillips, married rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. William and Catherine, now known as […]
Britain Celebrates Second Royal Wedding
Posted July 30th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Britain celebrated the marriage of another member of the royal family Saturday, though in a decidedly more private fashion. Queen Elizabeth’s eldest granddaughter, equestrian star Zara Phillips, married rugby player Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their nuptials follows the late April media-frenzied wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton, which was televised […]
