Overnight shooting on Vancouver's West Side: Trafalgar & 15th.

Vancouver Police are releasing details of an overnight shooting. Around 1:30 a.m. on the morning of August 6th, Vancouver Police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Trafalgar Street and West 15th...

Artist Gormley to put public on Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth

Angel of the North artist Anthony Gormley proposes to put the general public on display as art on the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth. In a way it's not that far removed from some of his other works such as his...

London National Climate Change March

"London National Climate Change March Almost 4000 marchers, along with several hundred cyclists, demonstrated in London on Saturday 6 December, marching from Grosvenor Square along Piccadilly, past...

Submarine in worst nuclear leak since 80s

It has been revealed that a a royal navy nuclear submarine from the UK had a leak of nuclear material on November 7, pouring liquid coolant into a river. Now questions are being raised as to why the Royal Navy kept quiet about the event."The Royal Navy is facing serious...

London's Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth stays empty - for now

There are four plinths in Trafalgar Square and one of them has been empty for a while now. Many are saying that it is being left empty for when the Queen dies, but if a statue of her is placed there, it will most...

Londoners celebrate Beijing Olympics

The Trafalgar Square Festival in London, UK, is set to celebrate the beginning of Beijing Olympics but also the beginning of the countdown to London Olympic Games in 2012. The official handover of the Olympic...

Knife and gun crime march

"THOUSANDS of young people brought parts of central London to a standstill today with a noisy and colourful demonstration against knife and gun crime. Waving banners and singing, the protesters called for an end to the violence that has already claimed the lives of 16...

Tracing paper blamed for nuclear submarine crash

Who knew that bad chart work could cause such potential cotastrophe?"A NUCLEAR submarine crashed off the coast of Scotland because senior officers used tracing paper to plot a course, it was revealed yesterday. Three crewmen were injured when the 4750-ton Hunter-killer sub...

Ken Livingstone admits he only bid for 2012 Olympics to 'ensnare' taxpayer bi...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting...

Tour de France Begins in London

As the sport of cycling struggles with a rash of doping scandals, the venerable Tour de France gets started today in London.  How strict are the officials this year? I had to get drug-tested just to post...

Gay Pride in London

A couple of failed car-bombs failed to defuse the Gay Pride parade, as celebrants, activists and onlookers flocked to Baker Street to take part. "Thousands of people have marched through the streets of central...

Trafalgar Square Turfed Over

Green grass in the center of Trafalgar Square, what a good idea, looks much better than the usual gray stone and its unusual appearance right in the center of the city square makes it a hot spot for bathers in...

Monty Python's record breaking coconut orchestra

UPDATE: Check out the amazing photoset of people clip-clopping their way to coconut orchestra superstardom. Thanks, everyone! I am a huge Python fan; the influence they had on my early thinking and...

Climate change: 22,000-plus in London protest for urgent action

"LONDON (AFP) - Between 22,000 and 25,000 protesters have converged on central London as part of global protests calling for urgent action from world leaders to tackle climate change. A Metropolitan Police...

Today in history - Oct. 21

"Today is Saturday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2006. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1805, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was...

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