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Friend of alleged soldier killer nabbed

2013-05-25 19:01

Friend of man suspected of killing UK soldier in London street arrested after BBC interview

UK zoo worker mauled to death by tiger

2013-05-25 11:00

A British zoo worker mauled in a tiger attack has died of her injuries, police say.

M15 tried to 'recruit' London killing suspect

2013-05-25 08:01

An alleged friend of London soldier murder suspect Michael Adebolajo has been arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster that British security services had tried to recruit his friend.

Family row spooked flight staff - report

2013-05-24 20:12

British police have arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport followinga reported family row on board which scared flight staff.

Exiled cleric praises UK attackers

2013-05-24 18:02
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A Syrian-born Islamist cleric, who taught one of the attackers accused of hacking to death an off-duty British soldier on a London street, has praised the attack for its "courage".

MI5 aware of suspects before attack

2013-05-24 16:15

Britain's security services have faced questions over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street.

European stock markets recover slightly

2013-05-24 14:10

European stock markets have rebounded modestly at the start of trading following sharp losses suffered the previous day.

BA jet had a 'technical fault'

2013-05-24 11:04

A British Airways A319 plane bound to Oslo has been forced to turn back and land in London due to a technical fault, the UK airline says. Full investigation into the incident is yet to be carried out.

Jail Islamist preacher, UK media demands

2013-05-24 10:07

UK's media have paid tribute to the soldier murdered in a suspected Islamist attack and demanded that the preacher suspected of radicalising suspect Michael Adebolajo be jailed.

UK attack: Cops sift through social media

2013-05-23 22:37

British detectives are sifting through social media, security camera footage and witness statements, following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Muslim group says UK attack 'un-Islamic'

2013-05-23 21:38
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The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation has condemned what it called the "brutal and barbaric" killing of a British soldier in London, in what authorities suspect was an act by Islamic militants.

UK cops hold 2 more for soldier's death

2013-05-23 19:33

British police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the killing of a soldier in London.

London slaying suspects had been probed

2013-05-23 15:13

Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official has said, as investigators search several locations.

Murder an 'attack on UK, betrayal of Islam'

2013-05-23 14:03
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Prime Minister David Cameron has called the brutal murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on a London street an attack on Britain and a betrayal of Islam.

London attack: Cameron to lead crisis meet

2013-05-23 09:45

British Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair an emergency response committee meeting, after a knife attack in London left one person dead, a news report says.

UK mom confronted soldier 'butchers'

2013-05-23 07:53

A woman who challenged knife-wielding assailants suspected of hacking to death a British soldier in London says she intervened to protect others.

Fears that UK attack could be terror act

2013-05-22 19:29

A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act.

UK police killer admits previous murders

2013-05-22 14:08

A man who admitted killing two policewomen in a gun and grenade attack that shocked Britain has changed his plea and admitted having previously murdered a father and son using similar methods.

Cameron faces rebellion over gay marriage

2013-05-20 20:12

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing new splits within his Conservative Party as a divisive bill to legalise gay marriage returns to parliament.

SA considers tit-for-tat UK visa rules

2013-05-19 19:40
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Frustrated by Britain's apparent reluctance to lift its visa requirements for South Africans, government is considering playing tit-for-tat and demanding the same from UK visitors.

UK’s Labour moots new company tax plan

2013-05-19 17:32

Britain's opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules.

UK: Parliamentary boozing raises concerns

2013-05-17 20:17

One quarter of British lawmakers believe there is an "unhealthy" drinking culture in the Houses of Parliament, according to a survey.

Plug in to improve your maths

2013-05-16 22:05

Applying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in future be a way to help people who struggle with maths.

British EU referendum hopes raised

2013-05-16 13:00

British eurosceptics have been given a boost, after a Conservative parliamentarian said he would put forward legislation initiated by the prime minister on an EU membership referendum by 2017.

LulzSec hackers cutting edge

2013-05-15 17:31

Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyberattacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was "anarchic self-amusement".

 

UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack

2013-05-25 17:04

A zookeeper has died after she was attacked by a Sumatran tiger in his enclosure, but it's unclear what she was doing inside the area.

Attack puts UK spy agencies in spotlight

2013-05-25 08:59

Britain's intelligence services are under pressure to explain their knowledge of two Islamists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London, amid claims they had tried to recruit one of them.

Extremists who influenced UK attacker

2013-05-24 22:04

The slaying of a UK soldier in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers who influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife.

Seaweed clogs Scottish nuclear plant

2013-05-24 19:44

Both reactors of the nuclear power station in Scotland have been switched off because seaweed has clogged its cooling system.

UK cops make arrests aboard Pakistani plane

2013-05-24 16:28

British fighter jets have escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.

UK fighter jet scrambled to divert plane

2013-05-24 15:45

A British fighter jet has been launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials say.

UK braces for possible copycat attacks

2013-05-24 13:21

Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier.

BA plane makes emergency landing

2013-05-24 10:18

Both runways at Heathrow Airport have been closed after a British Airways plane made an emergency landing.

New arrests in UK soldier killing

2013-05-24 08:11

UK police have made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

UK killing stirs tension in Woolwich

2013-05-23 22:00

The killing of a soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants, has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Britain.

UK on high alert after attack

2013-05-23 19:38

The horrific murder of a British soldier, identified as Lee Rigby, has put London on high alert, as fears of attacks by “lone wolf” operators has become a security nightmare.

Fears of 'lone wolf' attacks in the UK

2013-05-23 19:13

The brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street has the hallmarks of a militant Islamist attack, but one conducted by “lone wolf” operators - a security nightmare, experts say.

Attack video takes centre stage

2013-05-23 14:22

A video filmed by a passer-by at the scene of a suspected terrorist attack in London has gone viral has also raised questions of ethics among media editors.

Protests after London machete attack

2013-05-23 11:06

More than 100 angry supporters of a far-right street protest group have taken to the streets after a suspected Islamist attack that has left a member of the British military dead in London.

UK police probe suspected Islamist attack

2013-05-23 09:01

British counter-terrorism police are investigating the murder of a man thought to be a soldier, who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans.

Men tried to behead UK soldier - claims

2013-05-22 20:10

Witnesses to an attack in London during which a man, thought to be a soldier, was killed, say the two men who attacked him tried to behead him with machete-like knives.

Man charged in 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing

2013-05-22 15:05

A 61-year-old Irishman has been charged with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982 that killed four soldiers and seven horses.

Royals back fight against poaching

2013-05-21 22:35

Britain's Prince Charles and his son Prince William have urged an end to the poaching of wild animals in Africa.

Briton admits killing children in France

2013-05-19 21:29

A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats in the central French city of Lille.

Briton held over gruesome child murders

2013-05-19 18:47

French police have were questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two young children.

New leads in Madeleine McCann case

2013-05-17 20:57

British police say they had identified people they want to question about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old who went missing in Portugal six years ago.

Zim 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa'

2013-05-17 14:14
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Zimbabwe is probably the richest and most heavily resourced country in sub-Saharan Africa, but these resources are not benefiting the poor, a British MP says.

LulzSec hackers jailed in UK

2013-05-16 21:59

A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies have been sentenced to jail terms.

Shrien Dewani suffers relapse

2013-05-15 17:46
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British businessman Shrien Dewani - wanted in South Africa in connection with the honeymoon murder of his wife - has suffered a mental health relapse, a London court has heard.

UK top cop in sex case won't step down

2013-05-15 14:00

The British police chief whose department handled the investigation of a paedophile ring that preyed on young girls has apologised for failure to act more quickly but insists she will not resign.

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