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30Aug/17

Murdoch switches off Fox from UK’s Sky

August 30, 2017Media21st Century Fox, British brands, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Company: Fox, Country: United Kingdom, Fox Corporation, Fox Networks Group, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Keith Rupert Murdoch, Laura Frykberg, London boroughs, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Murdoch, Murdoch family, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, Sky Deutschland, Sky plc, Sky Television, Sky UK, Television, The Walt Disney Company, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United Kingdomsmbale

Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion. Laura Frykberg reports. Continue reading →

27Aug/17

Firefighters at London carnival hold minute silence for tower fire

August 27, 2017DisasterCity: London, Disaster/Accident, Great Fire of London, Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Grenfell Tower fire, Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry, Human communication, London, London boroughs, Moment of silence, Nothing, Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom, Westbourne Park fire stationsmbale

LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (AUGUST 27, 2017) (BBC) – Fighterfighters at a west London fire station observed a minute of silence on Sunday (August 27) in tribute to victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze that killed at least 80 people on June 14. Continue reading →

27May/17

Passengers left in confusion as BA cancels flights after global IT outage

May 27, 2017SecurityAviation, Bahrain, British Air Transport Association, British Airways, British brands, Company: British Airways, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, Roshni Burt, United Kingdom, US Airwayssmbale

HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 27, 2017) (REUTERS) – British Airways has cancelled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports until Saturday (May 27) evening after a global computer system outage caused confusion and chaos.
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12May/17

British hospital workers were warned of ‘ransomware’ threat

May 12, 2017SecurityBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Christmas economics, Computer security, Cyber, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Disaster/Accident, Economy, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Hospital, London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London boroughs, Mass media, National Health Service, Personal life, Ransomware, Reuters, Royal London Hospital, Spain, St Bartholomew, Technology/Internet, United Kingdom, WannaCry ransomware attacksmbale

LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (REUTERS) – Hospitals across England were being forced to divert emergency cases on Friday (May 12) after suffering a suspected national cyber attack.
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22Mar/17

Four dead, 20 injured in UK parliament ‘terrorist’ attack

March 22, 2017WorldBerlin attack, City of Westminster, Crime in Melbourne, Islamic terrorism in Europe, London, London boroughs, Mark Rowley, Melbourne car attack, Murder, Palace of Westminster, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics, Terrorism, United Kingdom, Violence, War/Conflict, Westminster Bridgesmbale

Police confirm that at least four people have died in the attack outside the country’s parliament in London. Continue reading →

22Mar/17

Huge security operation underway following attack near UK parliament

March 22, 2017WorldCrime, Disaster/Accident, London, London Ambulance Service, London boroughs, Murder, Palace of Westminster, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Pathankot attack, Pathankot district, Politics, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan, United Kingdom, Violence, War/Conflict, Westminster Bridgesmbale

A major police operation is launched following an attack, described by police as a “terrorist incident” outside Britain’s parliament, that has caused many casualties.
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17Mar/17

Chelsea 24 points from title – Conte

March 17, 2017Football2016–17 Chelsea F.C. season, Antonio, Antonio Conte, Association football, Chelsea, Chelsea F.C., Conte, Gary Cahill, Leaders Chelsea, London, London boroughs, London derbies, Premier League, Sports, Stoke City, United Kingdomsmbale

Chelsea’s Italian boss Antonio Conte says his league-leaders need eight wins from their remaining fixtures to clinch the Premier League.
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21Feb/17

Pie-eating Sutton player quits in tears

February 21, 2017FootballAlan Shearer, Country: United Kingdom, English footballers, Gambling, Gambling Commission, Geography of London, London, London Borough of Sutton, London boroughs, Online gambling, Paul Doswell, Richard Watson, Sports, Sutton, Sutton United F.C., Sutton, London, The Football Association, United Kingdom, Wagering, Wayne Shawsmbale

Wayne Shaw resigned after Gambling Commission and Football Association started investigating bets on his pie-eating during FA Cup match
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29Nov/16

Chelsea announces investigation of former employee

November 29, 2016FootballAssociation football, Chelsea, Chelsea F.C., Chelsea Football Club, England's Football Association, English Premier League, Fulham, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London boroughs, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Sports, The Football Association, United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandalsmbale

Chelsea retains services of independent law firm to investigate an employee of the club in the 1970s, who has since died.

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09Nov/16

Five killed in London tram accident, driver arrested

November 9, 2016WorldBritish Transport Police, CROYDON, Croydon tram derailment, Disaster/Accident, Dubai Tram, Geography of London, Land transport, London, London Borough of Croydon, London boroughs, Manchester Metrolink, Road safety, Sam, Theresa May, Tram, Tram accident, Tram accidents, Tramlink, Transport, United Kingdomsmbale

South London tram accident leaves five dead, more than 50 others injured and two people trapped.

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