London News

39 Bodies Found In Truck Container Near London, Driver Arrested: Police

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 24, 2019

British police said 39 bodies were found near London Wednesday in the container of a truck thought to have come from Bulgaria.

Iraqi Teenager Guilty Of Carrying Out London Train Bombing

World News | Reuters | Friday March 16, 2018

An Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder after detonating a homemade bomb on a packed rush-hour London commuter train, injuring 30 people, prosecutors and police said.

130-Tonne 'Monster Fatberg' Clogs London Drain

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 12, 2017

Sewage workers have found a 130-tonne ball of congealed fat -- dubbed a "monster fatberg" -- clogging a Victorian-era sewer in London, utility company Thames Water said Tuesday.

Chelsea Fans in New Race Row, Say Reports

Agence France-Presse | Friday March 6, 2015

A video of the latest racist abuse apparently involving Chelsea supporters, obtained by The Sun and broadcast by ITV London News, was taken by a passenger on a train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly following Chelsea's League Cup final win over Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday.

Former Royals Editor Hacked Prince William, Harry, and Kate Middleton's Phones

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 14, 2014

The former royal editor of the News of the World tabloid hacked the phones of Britain's Prince William, his wife Catherine and brother Prince Harry dozens of times, a trial heard.

Princess Diana leaked royal directories to Rupert Murdoch's tabloid, court hears

World News | Reuters | Friday March 14, 2014

The former royal editor of Rupert Murdoch's now defunct British tabloid the News of the World told a court on Thursday the late Princess Diana had given him a directory of royal phone numbers to get back at her then husband Prince Charles.

Rebekah Brooks denies phone-hacking cover-up at Rupert Murdoch's UK arm

World News | Reuters | Thursday March 6, 2014

Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper boss, Rebekah Brooks, denied on Wednesday she was part of a cover-up to conceal the extent of phone-hacking at one of his tabloids, but agreed she had paid 1 million pounds to buy the silence of one outraged victim.

UK tabloid ex-editor Rebekah Brooks lays bare 'car-crash' private life

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 22, 2014

Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of Britain's News of the World tabloid, laid bare her "car-crash" private life in an emotional testimony on Friday in her phone hacking trial.

Kate Middleton on phone-hacker's 'target' list: prosecutor

World News | Associated Press | Wednesday November 13, 2013

A private investigator convicted of phone hacking had Kate Middleton's name on a list of potential targets, British prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Britain's high-profile phone-hacking trial to open

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 27, 2013

The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opens in Britain on Monday with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson among the defendants.

Rupert Murdoch says police inquiries into journalists 'disproportionate'

World News | Reuters | Friday July 19, 2013

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said the police investigations into alleged criminal activity by journalists at his newspapers in Britain were "disproportionate", according to letters written to British lawmakers.

Billionaire Saudi prince branded 'capricious' in UK court

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 2, 2013

A billionaire Saudi prince fighting a lawsuit connected to the sale of a private jet to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi was branded "capricious" and "a debt-dodger" in a London court on Tuesday.

Michael Clarke vows Australia will be '100 percent ready' for Ashes

Agence France-Presse | Friday June 14, 2013

Clarke -- speaking alongside Warner at a London news conference on Thursday -- insisted Australia were not a team in free fall.

David Cameron's media chief Andy Coulson denies phone hacking charges

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 6, 2013

Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief and ex-editor of the News of the World tabloid, pleaded not guilty to charges related to phone hacking today.

Britain phone hacking scandal: Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 5, 2013

Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.