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UK Lawmaker Confronts Alleged Fare-Dodgers

'Do you want to go back and pay like everybody else?' he asks man at London Underground station

(Newser) - By day, he is Robert Jenrick, a senior Conservative Party lawmaker in the UK. Also by day, he is Robert Jenrick, subway vigilante. In a video posted on X, Jenrick, the opposition party's shadow justice secretary, confronted fare-dodgers at a London Underground station. In the footage, Jenrick questions...

Pushing for Son's Freedom, Mom Ends Up in Hospital Again

'We're losing her,' daughter says of Laila Soueif, on a hunger strike for activist son imprisoned in Egypt

(Newser) - The mother of a pro-democracy activist imprisoned in Egypt is seriously ill in a London hospital after resuming a monthslong hunger strike aimed at pressing for her son's release, her family said Friday. Laila Soueif was admitted to St. Thomas' Hospital on Thursday night with dangerously low blood-sugar levels,...

Chris Brown Catches a Break After Arrest

Singer accused of beating music producer at nightclub granted bail in the UK ahead of tour dates

(Newser) - Chris Brown's upcoming world tour is back on track after a London court granted him bail following charges of a violent nightclub assault more than two years ago. The singer now faces strict conditions as legal proceedings continue, per Reuters . Brown, 36, is accused of hitting music producer...

Police Think Abandoned Babies Came From One of 400 Homes

3 newborns, all siblings, were abandoned in London between 2017 and 2024

(Newser) - Three siblings abandoned in London as newborns over a period of seven years were lucky to survive—and police have stepped up their search for the parents in case a potential fourth is not as fortunate. Police have narrowed the search to an area of around 400 houses in east...

Chris Brown's Tour in Jeopardy After UK Arrest
Chris Brown Denied Bail in UK
May 16, 2025 10:01 AM CDT

Chris Brown Denied Bail in UK

His next court date would have been the date of the third stop of his tour

(Newser) - Chris Brown's 20th anniversary tour of the UK and mainland Europe is in jeopardy following his arrest in the UK on allegations of assaulting a music producer at a London nightclub last year. The 36-year-old singer appeared in a Manchester court Friday, where Judge Joanne Hirst ordered him...

Chris Brown Arrested in UK
Chris Brown Arrested in UK
May 15, 2025 5:28 PM CDT

Chris Brown Arrested in UK

Producer says singer attacked him in London nightclub in 2023

(Newser) - Chris Brown was arrested Thursday by British police in Manchester on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm in an alleged incident at a London nightclub. Police, adhering to British privacy rules, did not identify Brown by name but said a 36-year-old was taken into custody, the AP reports. The...

UK Police Investigate Fire at Prime Minister's House
Suspect Charged in
Fires at Starmer Properties
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May 15, 2025 4:42 PM CDT

Suspect Charged in Fires at Starmer Properties

Prime minister, other politicians have condemned the attacks

(Newser) - A suspect has been charged with setting fires that damaged two properties and a car linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Roman Lavrynovych, a Ukrainian national, was charged Thursday with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life, the AP reports. The charges are in connection with a...

Erroneous Charge at Tourist Shop Leads to Raid
Erroneous Charge at Tourist
Shop Leads to ... Secret Room
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May 10, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

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
The 10 Richest
Cities in the World
Apr 12, 2025 9:00 AM CDT

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...

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