London: Twenty-two Indians have been arrested over the past five weeks by Britain's immigration authorities for working illegally in the country, and the UK Border Agency is now working to deport them from the country. The illegal workers were arrested in enforcement operations on businesses and private addresses across England, Wales and Scotland. These businesses now face fines of up to 10,000 pounds for each illegal worker, unless they can...
04:09 PM, Nov 01, 2011
London: One of the most talked about couples in cricket and showbiz alike, Australian spin legend Shane Warne and British actress Elizabeth Hurley reportedly got engaged in Scotland during a golf event. The 42-year-old Warne and the 46-year-old Hurley, previously married to Indian businessman Arun Nayar, got engaged after a dinner at a hotel in St Andrews, on Scotland's east coast, where the Aussie was taking part in a golf...
11:24 AM, Oct 02, 2011
London: A 35-year-old man on Wednesday became the sixteenth suspect to be arrested by British police as part of the investigation into phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid of media baron Rupert Murdoch. Officers from Scotland Yard arrested the unnamed man early on Wednesday morning after a swoop on his home. He was taken to a north London police station for questioning on suspicion of conspiracy...
04:21 PM, Sep 07, 2011
London: In a fresh development in Britain's phone hacking scandal, a police officer has been arrested in relation to leaks during investigation into the unethical news gathering practices at the now defunct News of the World tabloid. The 51-year-old detective constable was arrested while at work and bailed as part of continuing investigations by Scotland Yard. He has also been suspended. A second man, aged 35, has been arrested by...
08:29 AM, Aug 20, 2011
London: The British government warned on Monday that several hundred tons of oil may have leaked into the North Sea from a Royal Dutch Shell rig. The Department for Energy and Climate Change said it estimates that the leak from a flow line at the Gannet Alpha platform off the Scottish coast that began last week could have spilled several hundred tons of oil into the sea. It said the...
08:41 PM, Aug 15, 2011
London: Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program. Chief Constable Andy Trotter of the British Transport Police said the sophisticated software was being used to help find those suspected of being involved in the worst...
02:56 PM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Greg Miskiw, former news editor of the now defunct News of the World, was arrested on Wednesday by the Scotland Yard team investigating phone-hacking at newspaper titles owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International. Miskiw, 61, was arrested on suspicion of phone hacking, Scotland Yard said. He was arrested after visiting a police station by appointment by officers working on Operation Weeting. Miskiw was arrested on suspicion of unlawful interception...
07:59 PM, Aug 10, 2011
London: Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit has arrested a teenager it suspects of working as the spokesman for the Lulz Security hacking collective, officials said Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested a 18-year-old at an address in Scotland's remote Shetland Islands, the force said in a statement. His name wasn't released, but police said he was believed to be "Topiary," one of LulzSec's most prominent members. Police originally gave...
09:16 AM, Jul 28, 2011
London: Scotland Yard is probing links between the Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik and associates in Britain, based on mentions about a meeting in London in a document recovered from him after the Friday massacre. Breivik, 32, who has admitted carrying out the Oslo bombing and Utoeya island youth camp shootings which killed at least 93 people, wrote a 1,500-page manifesto in English, published online and dated "London 2011". Scotland...
04:47 PM, Jul 25, 2011
London: Guess what's the codename Scotland Yard has chosen for US President Barack Obama's state visit to Britain later this month? It's "chalaque", a Hindi word that means sharp and crafty. An article in the Daily Telegraph said that the Scotland Yard randomly selects codenames and the choice of the word "chalaque" for Obama's trip has raised eyebrows. Obama will be in Britain May 24-26. The word "chalaque" is used...
03:29 PM, May 11, 2011
London: Police in Britain have arrested 12 men on suspicion of preparing a potential plot against targets in the country, police said on Monday. The men, aged between 17 and 28, were detained by unarmed officers in dawn swoops at or near their homes in Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham and London. The BBC described the arrests as a "significant counter-terrorism operation", but stressed the fact that police were unarmed suggested they...
04:47 PM, Dec 20, 2010
London: Rabbits, introduced to Britain by the Romans, have cost the country more than 260 million pounds a year in damage to crops, businesses and infrastructure, according to a research released on Wednesday. According to research done in England, Wales and Scotland by CABI, an international agriculture and environment organisation, the estimated 40 million rabbits in Britain have been named the "most costly invasive species" in the country, the Guardian...
06:13 PM, Dec 15, 2010
London: A part of the Glasgow Airport in Scotland had to be evacuated after a suspicious package was found there, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The package was found in the security area where passengers are searched before they board a plane, said the spokesman, who spoke on anonymity in line with company policy. He said the area was evacuated and bomb disposal squads were called to the scene. The...
07:52 AM, Nov 04, 2010
London: An Indian shop assistant suffered a broken jaw after being beaten by a gang of racist thugs who abused him when he tried to stop them from attacking a woman in Edinburgh in Scotland. Pankaj Rawat, 21, was walking home after a night out when he intervened to protect the woman on Waverley Bridge. But he was hit with a volley of racial abuse before being punched to the...
08:11 AM, Oct 14, 2010
A group of Akali Dal MLAs have gone on a study tour to Scotland to study about scotch. ...
10:15 AM, Jul 15, 2010
Almost the entire adult population of Scotland are likely to be either cigarette smokers, heavy drinkers. ...
12:18 PM, Jun 11, 2010
Aviation authorities closed airspace over Ireland, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland on Tuesday. ...
12:30 PM, May 04, 2010
"Mumbai is coming to London," said a senior detective from SO15. ...
04:28 PM, Dec 20, 2009
The rugby 7s squad was in the capital for a six-day camp. ...
12:25 PM, Oct 12, 2009
Doubts about sharpness of the Dutch were dispelled in the fourth minute. ...
11:07 PM, Sep 10, 2009
