Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Woman charged in US with murdering her children fights extradition from UK

An American woman wanted in the United States for the murder of two of her children and attempting to kill her third child denied the charges in a London court on

Woman charged in US with murdering her children fights extradition from UK
Crime|News

Ex-UK police officer appears in court charged with multiple sex offences

A former British police officer appeared in a London court on Wednesday charged with 17 sexual offences including two counts of rape, which were allegedly committed

Ex-UK police officer appears in court charged with multiple sex offences
Crime|Europe|News|World

Man jailed for three years for violent disorder, punching police officer in UK anti-Muslim riots

A British man was on Wednesday jailed for three years for violent disorder during anti-Muslim riots last week, as the first sentences from a wave of violence after the

Man jailed for three years for violent disorder, punching police officer in UK anti-Muslim riots
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Europe

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child pictures charges

Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of making indecent

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child pictures charges
Crime|Europe

Radical UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offences

British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for

Radical UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offences
Crime|News|Political|Technology

Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences

An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States for allegedly carrying out a "hacking for hire" campaign appeared in a London court on Friday, ahead of his

Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences
Business|Sports

Adidas and Thom Browne fight in UK court over striped trademarks

Athletic wear giant Adidas and fashion house Thom Browne resumed their legal battle on Wednesday, with London's High Court hearing the latest round of a global dispute

Adidas and Thom Browne fight in UK court over striped trademarks
Crime|Environment|Europe

Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road

Five climate activists from the Just Stop Oil protest group were each jailed for at least four years on Thursday over a conspiracy to block London's M25 motorway,

Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road
Environment|Europe

Britain's climate change plan challenged in landmark court case

Britain failed to set proper objectives in its climate adaptation strategy, environmental campaigners argued on Tuesday in a case which relies on a landmark recent

Britain's climate change plan challenged in landmark court case
Business|Europe|Finance

Barclays tries to slash UK investors' $720 million 'dark pool' lawsuit

Barclays on Monday asked London's High Court to more than halve a shareholders' lawsuit worth up to 560 million pounds ($720 million) accusing the British bank of

Barclays tries to slash UK investors' $720 million 'dark pool' lawsuit
News|Technology

Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces UK criminal probe for alleged perjury

An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin faces a criminal investigation in Britain for alleged perjury after he was found to have repeatedly lied

Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces UK criminal probe for alleged perjury
Environment|News

Three UK airports get injunction to stop environmental protesters disrupting flights

The owners of three British airports were granted a court order on Friday to stop environmental protesters from potentially disrupting flights over the summer holidays.

Three UK airports get injunction to stop environmental protesters disrupting flights
Sports

Soccer-Mbappe scores but France held to 1-1 draw by Poland

A Kylian Mbappe penalty was cancelled out by Robert Lewandowski's spot kick as already-eliminated Poland held France to a nervy 1-1 draw in Dortmund on

Soccer-Mbappe scores but France held to 1-1 draw by Poland
Sports

Soccer-Bellingham brilliance rescues England to book Euro 2024 quarter-final spot

Jude Bellingham rescued England from crashing out of Euro 2024 against Slovakia on Sunday with a stunning 95th-minute equaliser before Harry Kane's early

Soccer-Bellingham brilliance rescues England to book Euro 2024 quarter-final spot
News|Political

Northern Ireland police obtained reporters' phone data, tribunal hears

Northern Ireland's police force regularly obtained reporters' telephone billing data to find out if police officers had been leaking information, lawyers representing

Sports

Soccer-Portugal coast into Euro 2024 last-16 with 3-0 victory over Turkey

Bernardo Silva's first goal at a major tournament, a calamitous own goal from Samet Akaydin and a Bruno Fernandes tap-in gave Portugal a comfortable 3-0 win

Soccer-Portugal coast into Euro 2024 last-16 with 3-0 victory over Turkey
Sports

Soccer-Canny Switzerland provide blueprint to beat Germany in knockouts

Germany left it late against Switzerland to secure a point which ensured they progress to the last 16 of Euro 2024 as group winners, though their well-

Soccer-Canny Switzerland provide blueprint to beat Germany in knockouts
Business

Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor denies forging documents to support claim

An Australian computer scientist who says he invented bitcoin told a London court on Tuesday he had never forged documents to try to prove his hotly-disputed claim, as

Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor denies forging documents to support claim
Business

Apple bids to throw out $1 billion UK lawsuit over app store fees

Apple on Tuesday asked a London tribunal to throw out a mass lawsuit valued at around $1 billion brought on behalf of more than 1,500 app developers over its App Store

Apple bids to throw out $1 billion UK lawsuit over app store fees
Business

StanChart argues for cutting 'systemic' sanctions busting claims from lawsuit

Standard Chartered sought on Tuesday to persuade a London court to remove from an investor lawsuit allegations that it broke U.S. sanctions against Iran in a "more

StanChart argues for cutting 'systemic' sanctions busting claims from lawsuit
Political

Donald Trump wants London court to rule 'Steele dossier' sex claims are false

Donald Trump is suing a British private investigations firm in a London court to prove claims that he engaged in "perverted sexual acts" in Russia are false, the former

Donald Trump wants London court to rule 'Steele dossier' sex claims are false
World

UK Libor trader Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction

Tom Hayes, the first trader jailed worldwide for interest rate rigging, lost his appeal against his conviction in a London court on Wednesday.

UK Libor trader Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction
World

Trump committed egregious intelligence breach, ex-UK spy tells court

Donald Trump's decision to declassify evidence given by ex-British spy Christopher Steele over the former U.S. president's alleged links with Russia led to the

Trump committed egregious intelligence breach, ex-UK spy tells court
Business|Environment|News

Carmakers face UK dieselgate lawsuits worth at least $7.6 billion, lawyers say

Some of the world's biggest carmakers are facing 1.5 million lawsuits in Britain for allegedly cheating emissions tests that could cost them at least 6 billion pounds (

Carmakers face UK dieselgate lawsuits worth at least $7.6 billion, lawyers say
News|Political

Trade union says UK's Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law

Government officials would be acting unlawfully by implementing Britain's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in breach of an order from Europe's human rights court

Trade union says UK's Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law

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