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Jewels 'worth millions' stolen from London's diamond district

08/04/2015

Italy

Aiming to win made me a champion, says Galiazzo

08/04/2015

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Ancient Greek statues still excite in new British Museum show

The British Museum in London has a new exhibition examining Ancient Greece’s preoccupation with the body beautiful, and the influence sculptures have

01/04/2015

Culture news

Kate Tempest: A Cross Genre Talent

http://katetempest.co.uk/about Rapper, poet, playwright – south London’s Kate Tempest is being hailed as one of Britain’s brightest and most

25/03/2015

United Kingdom

Gandhi statue unveiled in Parliament Square, London

14/03/2015

Culture news

London Alexander McQueen show draws creme de la creme in fashion

A long-awaited exhibition celebrating the life and work of visionary designer Alexander McQueen has opened in London, drawing the biggest names in

13/03/2015

United Kingdom

No narcissism: London's National Gallery museum bans selfie sticks

11/03/2015

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Cocktails underground: 1940s-themed bar opens in London air raid shelter

10/03/2015

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New coin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II unveiled

03/03/2015

Sport

Champions League: Arsenal stunned by Monaco

Monaco produced a superb display to stun Arsenal 3-1 in their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. After a

25/02/2015

Culture news

Bright, fun-inspired collections banish winter blues at London Fashion Week

To a live performance by British singer Clare Maguire, Burberry designer Christopher Bailey sent his models down the runway at London Fashion Week

25/02/2015

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Baby orangutan arrives in UK rescue centre

25/02/2015

France

Chelsea vow to ban any fans involved in Paris Metro race attack

18/02/2015

Cinema

Sean Penn turns action hero in 'The Gunman'

This is the two-time Oscar winner's first leading role in an action film but he said that it wasn't a conscious decision to do one.

18/02/2015

Sport

Bolt says will hang up spikes after london 2017

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt announced on Saturday he will retire after the 2017 World Championships in London. The 28-year-old had initially been

14/02/2015

Jamaica

Usain Bolt to retire after London 2017 Worlds

14/02/2015

United Kingdom

London Night Tube will lose £19.6m in first year, say unions

It’s not yet up and running but London's 24-hour night tube is already proving controversial with trade unions. They say plans to have the

02/02/2015

United Kingdom

Britain retraces Winston Churchill's final journey 50 years on

It was a day an entire nation was watching, re-created 50 years later. Britain has commemorated the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston

30/01/2015

United Kingdom

Outcry after London museum retires Dippy the dinosaur

29/01/2015

Russia

Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko 'killed at third attempt'

Over eight years after Litvinenko's death in London from radioactive polonium poisoning, a public inquiry has opened into whether Russia ordered his murder.

27/01/2015