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UK Police Call Fire at Starmer's House Suspicious

Starmer is renting the place out while living at Downing Street

(Newser) - An overnight fire at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's house in north London is being investigated by counterterrorism police, who said they're treating its origin as being suspicious. No one was injured, the BBC reports. Starmer rents out the four-bedroom house, which he and his wife, Victoria, have...

Erroneous Charge at Tourist Shop Leads to Raid
Erroneous Charge at Tourist
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Erroneous Charge at Tourist Shop Leads to ... Secret Room

Washington Post reports on an Oxford Street problem

(Newser) - The London shops sort of look like tourists traps: Oxford Street storefronts that sell American candy, vapes, cigarettes, and souvenirs. The reality, in some cases, is darker, as the Washington Post reports. Last month a shopper purchased two packs of sweets at one of them—and was charged $1,200....

To Bust a Shoplifting Gang, London Cops Broke Out the DNA

Metropolitan Police officers arrest 15 after raids on London shops suspected of selling stolen goods

(Newser) - An alleged shoplifting gang in the UK has been busted up by arrests, thanks to DNA evidence in some of the stolen items. Per Surrey Live , 100-plus police officers raided eight different shops in the London area suspected of buying up food and booze stolen from major supermarkets and reselling...

London Protest Decries Court's Transgender Ruling

Protesters in London express fear for loss of rights

(Newser) - Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday, days after the UK's Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition. With unease growing over what the ruling means for the rights of transgender...

Pub Chain Is Sorry for Felling 500-Year-Old Oak

Woodland Trust laments loss of London tree 'ecologically much more significant' than famous sycamore

(Newser) - A pub chain in the UK has apologized for chopping down an oak tree in north London believed to have been more than twice as old as the USA. The 500-year-old oak was on land Toby Carvery had leased from Enfield Council to use as a parking lot for its...

The 10 Richest Cities in the World
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The 10 Richest Cities in the World

New York is No. 1, while Chicago comes in at No. 10

(Newser) - One way to define a rich city is to count how many rich people live there. Conde Nast Traveler draws from the latest data to anoint New York City the richest in the world, given that it has more than 380,000 millionaires (up 45% in a year) and 66...

Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Dyeing Embassy Pond Red

Activists were protesting US arms sales to Israel

(Newser) - London police arrested six people Thursday after Greenpeace activists allegedly poured 79 gallons of blood-red dye into a pond at the US Embassy in the city. The protest was meant to oppose US arms sales to Israel, according to Greenpeace UK, which said a dozen activists poured "non-toxic,...

Europe's Busiest Air Hub 'Fully Operational' Again

UK's Heathrow was shut down by fire at electrical substation

(Newser) - London Heathrow Airport said it was "fully operational" on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire. But airlines warned that severe disruption will last for days as they scramble to relocate planes and crews and get travelers to their destinations. The airport's boss said...

Standoff After Man With Palestinian Flag Climbs Big Ben

He was ultimately arrested Sunday

(Newser) - A man was arrested early Sunday after he climbed the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag, the AP reports. The man, who appeared to be staging a protest on a ledge several yards up Elizabeth Tower, which houses...

Couple Win Refund Over $40M Moth-Infested Mansion

Seller 'concealed' the problem from the buyers, who found the pests on their toothbrushes

(Newser) - A wealthy couple who sued a developer, claiming the mansion they'd bought for $40 million was infested with moths, have won the right to a very big refund. Iya Patarkatsishvili, the daughter of a Georgian billionaire, and her pediatric dentist husband Yevhen Hunyak, purchased Horbury Villa in west London'...

Families of Jack the Ripper Victims Demand 'Form of Justice'

After researcher names Polish barber as the serial killer, victims' relatives ask for a new inquest

(Newser) - Descendants of victims of the infamous "Jack the Ripper," the serial killer who terrorized London's East End and is tied to about a dozen murders in the late 1880s and early 1890s, are demanding a new inquiry be opened after DNA evidence has pointed to a not-so-new...

$2M in Rewards Offered After Theft at Influencer's Mansion

London burglary included $12M worth of jewelry, designer bags

(Newser) - Nearly $2 million in rewards have been offered in the theft of more than $12 million worth of jewelry and designer bags from a London mansion. The owners of the Primrose Hill property, said to include multi-millionaire art collector and influencer Shafira Huang, have offered $625,000 for information leading...

UK Official: Putin Had to Have Ordered Hit on Skripals

Jonathan Allen testified that assassination attempt on ex-spy, daughter was 'a warning' from Russia

(Newser) - While America celebrated Thanksgiving, the UK's senior official responsible for Russia policy was testifying across the pond about the assassination attempts against former spy Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia Skripal . Among the biggest revelations from Jonathan Allen, who spoke in London at the inquiry into the 2018 Novichok poisonings:...

London Is Losing Meat Market After Almost 900 Years

Plans to relocate Smithfield Market have been axed

(Newser) - A market in the oldest part of London is getting the chop after more than 850 years as a place where meat and animals were bought and sold. A livestock market was established at the site in 1133, and the nearby Cowcross Junction marks where cattle used to be driven...

US Embassy Locked Down After 'Hoax Device' Found

Police in London blew it up in a controlled explosion

(Newser) - The US Embassy in London was locked down Friday as police carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious package found nearby. The embassy later announced that the lockdown had been lifted, but all public appointments for the day were canceled, the Standard reports. "We can confirm that the...

London Marchers Demand 'Species Not Feces' in Waters

Sewage spills rose more than 50% last year, agency reports

(Newser) - Holding signs with slogans including "Stop the plop" and "Species not feces," thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain's sewage-clogged waterways. Organizers estimated that 15,000 people took part in the march along the River Thames to Parliament, many...

Anti-Racism Demonstrators Counter Far Right in London
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English Far-Right Leader Sentenced to 18 Months

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, admitted he was in contempt of court

(Newser) - A day after his supporters rallied in London, the founder of the far-right English Defense League was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for violating a court order barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, admitted he...

Con Man Steals Nearly 50K Pounds of Cheese

Scotland Yard is on the case in London

(Newser) - Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London. Neal's Yard Dairy said a con artist posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer made off with 22 metric tons (48,488 pounds) of award-winning cheddar worth 300,000 British...

London's National Gallery Takes Steps to Protect Art

Most liquids are prohibited after attacks, and visitors must go through metal detectors

(Newser) - The National Gallery in London is taking steps to protect its collection after a series of attacks by climate activists on its artworks. Two climate activists were sentenced last month for tossing tomato soup on the museum's "Sunflowers," by Vincent van Gogh. "The collection we hold...

UK's Weird Medieval Sheep Tradition Snags Billions Actor

Damian Lewis shepherds a bunch of sheep over the River Thames, because Britain is Britain

(Newser) - Actor Damian Lewis drove a flock of sheep across the River Thames on Sunday in homage to a centuries-old tradition, reports the AP . Lewis is among thousands of people granted the honorary title of Freeman of the City of London, which in medieval times came with the right to bring...

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