London

New discovery solves Shakespeare’s London house location mystery

April 25, 2026 Jill Lawless

LONDON — Fans of William Shakespeare know that the great playwright came from Stratford-upon-Avon, the riverside English town where tourists still throng to see his childhood home. But he made his name in London — […]

UK coin collection honors John Lennon in 85th year, if alive

March 24, 2025 Pan Pylas

LONDON — John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the said last Friday. The coin, which […]

UK’s chief mouser celebrates 10 years on the prowl

February 15, 2021 Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Associated Press

LONDON — Larry the cat, a four-legged inhabitant of London’s 10 Downing St., is marking a decade as Britain’s mouse-catcher in chief on Monday. The tabby cat was recruited by then-Prime Minister David Cameron to […]

Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown

December 8, 2020 The Associated Press

LONDON — Netflix has “no plans” to add a disclaimer to “The Crown” stating that its lavish drama about Britain’s royal family is a work of fiction. In a statement Saturday, Netflix said it has […]

British Airways flight crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours

February 10, 2020 The Associated Press

For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours. A British Airways flight landed early Sunday morning at Heathrow Airport in London after leaving […]

Man arrested after suspected UK parliament attack named

August 15, 2018 North State Journal Staff

LONDON– A man detained on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack outside Britain’s parliament is Salih Khater, a British citizen of Sudanese origin, a European security source told Reuters on Wednesday. Police believe a […]