London
17 Aug 2023
Leading logistic organisation, Pomegranate Nigeria Limited (PNL), has concluded arrangements to host a high-level business breakfast meeting with Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Tunji Isola in London. A statement by spokesperson for the event, themed: “A Road From Nigeria To the World, Mrs. Toyin Banjo, said the August 26 gathering would expose…
16 Aug 2023
Britain's annual inflation rate dropped sharply in July to a 15-month low, official data revealed Wednesday, off the back of lower energy prices and in line with economists' expectations.
7 Jul 2023
A child and a woman were in critical condition Friday after a car crashed into the building of a primary school in southwest London, leaving an eight-year-old girl dead.
7 Jul 2023
More than 450 people were charged and cannabis plants worth more than £115 million seized in a massive month-long drugs operation in June, British police said Friday.
4 Jul 2023
A UK court will on Tuesday consider contentious plans to extend a scheme obliging the most polluting vehicles to pay for using London's roads, as opponents engage in protests -- and even sabotage. The High Court case comes just weeks before London Mayor Sadiq Khan's expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to…
23 Jun 2023
Slow-moving climate protesters have become a daily sight on London's streets, undeterred by the honking horns of irate motorists, personal insults and even arrest.
20 Jun 2023
British aviation tycoon Hamish Harding, one of five people aboard a missing Titanic diving vessel, is no stranger to daredevil antics -- and has three Guinness world records to his name.
7 Jun 2023
Security guards at London's Heathrow airport will strike for 31 days this summer over pay, their union Unite announced Wednesday as it warned of travel chaos during the peak season.
7 Jun 2023
China vehemently denied on Wednesday the existence of secret police stations in the United Kingdom, following an order by London to close them down.
6 Jun 2023
Prince Harry arrived at a London court on Tuesday to a sea of flashbulbs and camera lenses, to give evidence in his case against a British tabloid publisher for illegal information gathering.
16 May 2023
UK unemployment rose further in the three months to the end of March, official data showed Tuesday, as elevated inflation weighs on the jobs market.
27 Apr 2023
British drugmaker AstraZeneca on Thursday posted soaring net profit in the first quarter as significant one-off costs were not repeated. Robust sales of cancer treatments, offsetting a slump in demand for Covid-related treatments, helped also to boost profits after tax. Net earnings leapt almost five-fold to $1.8 billion (1.6 billion euros) in the three months…