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Tokyo named world’s most expensive city
Tokyo has regained the dubious honour of being the world’s most expensive city, where a cup of coffee will set you back £5.25, a newspaper £4 and a litre of milk £2. The Japanese capital topped the annual cost-of-living survey by the HR consultants Mercer, which ranks cities according to…
Cheering Britons greet Queen at start of jubilee
A rapturous flag-waving crowd of more than 100,000 cheered Queen Elizabeth II at Epsom racecourse in Britain on Saturday as she arrived to kick off four days of celebrations for her diamond jubilee. Shortly after gun salutes across the country marked the exact anniversary of her coronation, the horse-loving 86-year-old…
London Olympics 2012 torch relay starts in Britain
Yachtsman Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games. With the Atlantic Ocean behind him at Land’s End, England’s most southwesterly point, the triple Olympic gold medallist waited while the flame was…
‘Occupy’ protesters rally against ‘predatory capitalism’ in London
Several hundred Occupy protesters took to the streets of the City of London on Saturday, calling for an end to “predatory capitalism” after their movement declared a global day of action. Demonstrators gathered in London’s financial heart as Spain’s linked movement of “indignados” held marches in 80 towns and cities, and Occupy organisers promised protests in…
Olympic flame lit for London Games
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AFP) – The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece on Thursday, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year’s summer Games in London. Actors in ancient Greek costume invoked the god Apollo…
Seven held over ‘drug and terror network’ in U.S. and U.K. probe
Anti-terror police in Britain arrested seven people Tuesday over the financing of overseas terrorism as part of a probe with US authorities into a network suspected of exporting the stimulant drug khat. Early-morning raids at home addresses in London, Cardiff and Coventry led to the arrests of six men and one woman in…
British military seeking missile sites for Olympics
Britain’s military is scouting locations in the capital including residential buildings to station surface-to-air missiles during this summer’s Olympic Games, the Ministry of Defence said Saturday. “Ground-based air defence systems could be deployed as part of a multi-layered air security plan for the Olympics, including fast jets and helicopters, which will protect…
London’s Gatwick airport disrupted by hot-air balloon
Flights at Britain’s second largest air hub, London’s Gatwick Airport, were disrupted on Friday when a hot-air balloon strayed into itsairspace, a spokeswoman said. Five departing flights were affected after airspace was shut on safety grounds at the airport in Sussex, she said. “Airspace was shut for safety reasons after a hot-air balloon strayed into the…
London Occupy camp cleared from outside St. Paul’s
Police tore down the anti-capitalist camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London early Tuesday, arresting 20 people as they brought a swift end to the last major Occupy protest around the world. Dozens of police officers and bailiffs moved in shortly after midnight Monday and within hours the encampment, which sprung up in…
Occupy London protesters lose eviction appeal bid
LONDON — Anti-capitalist protesters on Wednesday lost their bid to challenge orders to evict them from outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, leaving authorities free to clear the site. England’s Court of Appeal dismissed the demonstrators’ application for permission to challenge last month’s High Court ruling that they must disband…
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