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Six-ton bus does push-ups in London
For reasons unknown, a bright red, six-ton, double-decker bus will be doing push-ups outside the Czech Olympic House in London during the Olympic games. The artist, Czech sculptor David Cerny, reportedly called his work “very ironic,” and it shows. The two-story bus is fitted with rotund buttocks and two strapping…
London prostitutes ‘cleaned from the streets’
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone — sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games. While Britain’s limp economy hopes for an Olympic boost, police in Newham, the deprived east London borough that…
Olympics legend Comaneci takes flame on London tour
Olympics legend Nadia Comaneci held the 2012 torch aloft over London on Saturday as the flame began a seven-day tour of the host city that will culminate at the Games opening ceremony. Olympics organisers hope that with the flame now in the British capital, attention will turn towards sport and…
Olympic torch brought to London by commando descending from military helicopter
The Olympic flame made a dramatic arrival in London on Friday when it was flown in by military helicopter and lowered to the ground by a marine commando a week ahead of the opening ceremony. As the sun went down over the British capital, Royal Marine Martyn Williams abseiled from…
Five charged with terrorism offenses in London
The Metropolitan Police have charged five people with terrorism offences following their arrest in operations carried out earlier this month. Police charged three men from London with preparing for acts of terrorism and one woman with possession of a document likely to be of use to a terrorist. All four…
France’s Hollande in London for tricky talks
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday began his first official visit to Britain, where he will hold talks with David Cameron aimed at smoothing over recent differences. The Socialist leader arrived on a French military jet at the RAF Northolt airbase in London for the one-day visit, during which he…
Terror suspect tracked to London Olympic Park
An Islamist terror suspect in Britain charged with breaking restrictions on his movements had crossed through London’s Olympic Park five times, newspapers reported Sunday. The 24-year-old — named only as CF — is suspected of being a militant for Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab rebels, The Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror…
Seventh person arrested in British anti-terrorism operation
A woman was arrested in London Saturday on suspicion of terrorism offences in an operation that saw six men detained earlier this week but which police say is not linked to the Olympics. Officers from Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command arrested the 22-year-old in an early morning raid at a home…
Britain readies ‘Fortress London’ for Games
Britain is girding itself for the biggest peacetime security operation in its history featuring anti-aircraft missiles on rooftops and a warship in the River Thames for the London Olympics. A security force of more than 40,000 military and civilian personnel, backed by a huge intelligence operation, will turn the British…
UK confirms missiles on standby to protect London Olympics
Surface-to-air missile defence systems will be deployed at six sites in London during the Olympics as a “powerful deterrent” against attack, Britain’s Ministry of Defence confirmed Tuesday. The news came despite angry protests from residents at two locations where missiles are being deployed on top of blocks of flats. One…
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