British authorities are holding their first major planning exercise for the 2012 London Olympics since riots in the capital last month forced police to reassess their security plans for the games. The government’s emergency committee, known as COBRA, started a …
Two brothers at the heart of one of the country’s biggest ever ‘crash for cash’ scams have been jailed. Rezwan Javed and his older brother, Rehan, each benefited by about $1.5 million U.S. dollars from the scam. The brothers ran …
Police investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid News of the World on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a former executive at the newspaper. The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by …
The Empire has struck out. Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday defeated a bid by George Lucas’ company to stop a prop designer making and selling replicas of the iconic stormtrooper helmets from the “Star Wars” films. The court did, however, …
AXA UK has announced that it will no longer accept referral fees from personal injury lawyers and has issued a call for whiplash injury reform to eliminate fraud within the industry. The announcement noted that the company “has been a …
British officials warned consumers Saturday against eating uncooked sprouts after authorities in France linked seeds distributed by an English vendor to an E. coli outbreak near the city of Bordeaux. France halted the sale of fenugreek, mustard and arugula sprout …
British police have filed charges against a teen suspected of involvement in cyberattacks on the CIA website. Police said Wednesday 19-year-old Ryan Cleary has been charged with several offenses under the Computer Misuse Act. One of the charges relates to …
Someone will be getting a grilling about this. British fire crews say a truck carrying a cargo of cheese has burst into flames on an English road. The truck loaded with 24 tons of cheese caught fire on a rural …
A British woman who claims a botched facelift left her with a “monster eye” was awarded nearly 6.2 million pounds ($9.9 million) by the High Court Monday. Penny Johnson, 49, sued her surgeon, Dr. Le Roux Fourie after receiving a …
Research conducted by moneysupermarket.com shows one in six motorists – 16 percent – having broken the law by driving a car they weren’t insured to drive. Seven percent admitted breaking the law by getting behind the wheel of their own …