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| Jan.31 |
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Assange fight heads to UK high court |
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| Feb.3 |
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FBI and UK police call 'hacked' Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against ...
| Feb.5 |
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Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets |
| Feb.8 |
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Capello quits England post |
| Feb.13 |
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Radical cleric released from UK jail |
| Feb.19 |
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Boxer held after post-fight brawl |
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UK Sun on Sunday to launch next week |
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| Mar.5 |
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Power fault brings Eurostar chaos |
| Mar.18 |
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UK journalists are freed by Libya |
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| Apr.3 |
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James Murdoch stepping down from BSkyB |
| Apr.17 |
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UK arrests terror fund-raiser Abu Qatada
| Apr.18 |
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Chelsea stun Barcelona |
| Apr.24 |
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Ten-man Chelsea stun Barca
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| May.4 |
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Johnson re-elected London mayor
| May.13 |
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Man City win Premiership after 44 years |
| May.15 |
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Murdoch editor charged over hacking
Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the phone-hacking inquiry
| May.19 |
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Chelsea seize Champions League win over Bayern
Chelsea stunned Bayern Munich in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the Allianz Arena to win the Champions League for the first time
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| Jun.3 |
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Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee 
The Thames became a sea of red, white and blue Sunday, as tens of thousands celebrated the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth takes to the River Thames in a special barge as part of a 1,000-boat flotilla celebrating her 60-year reign
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| Jun.4 |
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Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert
The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations
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Service to wrap up Jubilee events
| Jun.5 |
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Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations
Four days of Diamond Jubilee events have culminated in an appearance by the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of huge crowds
| Jun.11 |
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England holds on for draw vs. France |
| Jun.15 |
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England eliminates Sweden from Euro 2012 |
| Jun.16 |
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IOC begins Olympics tickets probe |
| Jun.17 |
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Nalbandian disqualified for kick |
| Jun.19 |
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WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and has requested political asylum
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Rooney heads England into last eight
| Jun.27 |
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Queen makes history with ex-IRA leader handshake
Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness in a gesture marking a giant step forward in the peace process relating to British rule of Northern...
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| Jul.1 |
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Barclays chairman to quit over rate fix
| Jul.3 |
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Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending...
| Jul.6 |
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Federer beats Djokovic to reach final |
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Murray earns clash in Wimbledon final |
| Jul.7 |
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Serena wins fifth Wimbledon title |
| Jul.9 |
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Federer captures seventh Wimbledon title
| Jul.10 |
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US-born heiress 'dead in London'
| Jul.16 |
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Heathrow braces as Olympics land |
| Jul.17 |
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Olympics security failure is 'humiliating shambles' |
| Jul.22 |
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Wiggins makes history in Paris
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Els triumphs after Scott falters |
| Jul.24 |
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Ex-Murdoch editors charged with hacking
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UK deploying 1,200 extra Olympics troops |
| Jul.25 |
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Boy flies to Rome without passport
| Jul.27 |
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Young athletes light 2012 Olympic flame
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Blind archer breaks Olympics' first world record |
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London awaits Olympic opening ceremony |
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Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games
Map of Stratford United Kingdom The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond
The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show, with a cast of 10,000, required 157 rehearsals, which makes London a bunch of slackers compared to the Beijing clambake
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| Jul.28 |
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China's Yi Siling wins London Games' first gold
| Jul.29 |
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French double gold in swimming pool |
| Jul.30 |
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Agnel wins second gold |
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China swimming star denies doping
| Jul.31 |
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Phelps wins record Olympic medal
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| Aug.1 |
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Olympic badminton players disqualified 8 players have been disqualified from the women's doubles competition after being accused of 'not using one's best efforts to win'. Two pairs from S. Korea
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Britain's 1st gold comes in women's pair rowing |
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Uchimura takes indvidual gold |
| Aug.2 |
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Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal Michael Phelps won his first individual gold at London 2012 - and his 20th Olympic medal - by beating Ryan Lochte in the men's 200m individual medley | |
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Douglas wins Olympic gold in all-around |
| Aug.3 |
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Phelps heads U.S gold rush |
| Aug.4 |
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Serena crushes Sharapova to achieve Golden Slam |
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Britain claimed 3 gold medals in track and field |
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Phelps rounded off with 18th Olympic gold medal |
| Aug.5 |
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Murray beats Federer to Olympic gold |
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Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal
| Aug.6 |
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Olympic gold medalist accused of trying to stab woman |
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Grenada's James wins gold in 400m |
| Aug.7 |
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Algeria's Makhloufi wins men's 1500m gold |
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Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics |
| Aug.9 |
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Bolt makes history with 200m gold
Map of Olympic Stadium United Kingdom Usain Bolt became the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a gold and green Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m
| Aug.10 |
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Bahamas win historic gold |
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USA win relay with world record |
| Aug.12 |
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Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold
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'Dream Team' retains title
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Kiprotich ends Uganda's long wait for Olympic gold |
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Mo Farah ensures an Olympic double gold |
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Olympic flag handed over to Rio
Map of Olympic stadium United Kingdom The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony
| Aug.15 |
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UK in 'threat' to arrest Assange
| Aug.16 |
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Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange
Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden
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Assange asylum ruling criticised
| Aug.19 |
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Julian Assange demands U.S. back off leakers
Julian Assange demanded that the U.S. drop its 'witch hunt' against WikiLeaks as he made his first public appearance after months confined
| Aug.22 |
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Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas
Pictures showing Prince Harry and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room have been published on a US website
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UK joins US in warning to Syria
| Aug.29 |
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Paralympics 'return home' to UK |
| Aug.31 |
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Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle
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Atletico thrash Chelsea in Super Cup |
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| Sep.16 |
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Criminal case over Kate topless photos
| Sep.25 |
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BBC 'regrets Queen disclosure' |
| Sep.27 |
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Assange speaks via satellite from London |
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| Oct.5 |
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Abu Hamza to be extradited to US
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Terror suspects extradited to US
Five terror suspects, including the radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, have flown out of the UK on a jet bound for the United States
| Oct.6 |
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Late BBC TV presenter accused of sex abuse |
| Oct.10 |
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2 arrested at London airport in terror probe |
| Oct.14 |
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5 Royal Marines charged with murder in Afghanistan death |
| Oct.16 |
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UK blocks hacker's extradition to U.S. |
| Oct.19 |
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Shot Pakistani schoolgirl can stand, communicate |
| Oct.23 |
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BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal BBC Director General George Entwistle faced tough questions from British lawmakers over the BBC's response to the allegations against Jimmy ...
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Patten backs independence of BBC |
| Oct.25 |
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BBC star's victims 'approaching 300' |
| Oct.26 |
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Malala's parents visit her for first time
| Oct.28 |
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Inquiry begins into BBC culture |
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| Nov.1 |
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British police make second arrest in Savile probe |
| Nov.6 |
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UK to talk to armed Syrian rebels |
| Nov.9 |
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Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury |
| Nov.10 |
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BBC boss George Entwistle resigns The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast
| Nov.11 |
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'Radical overhaul needed' at BBC |
| Nov.12 |
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Ex-BBC boss starts work at New York Times |
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Jailed Abu Qatada to be released |
| Nov.14 |
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McAlpine 'angry' over abuse claim |
| Nov.20 |
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Murdoch protégé charged with conspiracy
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Women bishops vote a 'grim day' |
| Nov.25 |
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England flooding kills 1, more rain on way |
| Nov.26 |
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Canadian to be new UK Bank governor |
| Nov.29 |
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Report urges independent regulator for UK press
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| Dec.3 |
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William and Kate expecting royal child Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage | |
| Dec.5 |
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Hoax call fools duchess hospital |
| Dec.7 |
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Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call A nurse that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, has apparently committed suicide. The DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in the call, in w... | |
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Kate hoax nurse death a 'tragedy' |
| Dec.8 |
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Hospital slams radio station over prank call |
| Dec.10 |
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HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal HSBC is to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money-laundering, say reports, the largest ever in such a case
| Dec.15 |
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Body of hoax nurse taken to India |
| Dec.16 |
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Corinthians win Club World Cup over Chelsea |
| Dec.23 |
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More rain set to exacerbate flood disruption |
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2012 |
| Jun.5 |
Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations
Four days of Diamond Jubilee events have culminated in an appearance by the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of huge crowds
| Jul.24 |
UK deploying 1,200 extra Olympics troops |
| Oct.14 |
5 Royal Marines charged with murder in Afghanistan death |
| Nov.6 |
UK to talk to armed Syrian rebels |
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2012 |
| Feb.5 |
Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets |
| Mar.5 |
Power fault brings Eurostar chaos |
| Jul.25 |
Boy flies to Rome without passport
| Aug.7 |
Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics |
| Nov.25 |
England flooding kills 1, more rain on way |
| Dec.7 |
Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call A nurse that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, has apparently committed suicide. The DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in the call, in w... | |
| Dec.23 |
More rain set to exacerbate flood disruption |
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2012 |
| Feb.8 |
Capello quits England post |
| Feb.19 |
Boxer held after post-fight brawl |
| Apr.18 |
Chelsea stun Barcelona |
| Apr.24 |
Ten-man Chelsea stun Barca
| May.13 |
Man City win Premiership after 44 years |
| May.19 |
Chelsea seize Champions League win over Bayern
Chelsea stunned Bayern Munich in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the Allianz Arena to win the Champions League for the first time
| Jun.11 |
England holds on for draw vs. France |
| Jun.15 |
England eliminates Sweden from Euro 2012 |
| Jun.16 |
IOC begins Olympics tickets probe |
| Jun.17 |
Nalbandian disqualified for kick |
| Jun.19 |
Rooney heads England into last eight
| Jul.6 |
Federer beats Djokovic to reach final |
| Jul.6 |
Murray earns clash in Wimbledon final |
| Jul.7 |
Serena wins fifth Wimbledon title |
| Jul.9 |
Federer captures seventh Wimbledon title
| Jul.16 |
Heathrow braces as Olympics land |
| Jul.17 |
Olympics security failure is 'humiliating shambles' |
| Jul.22 |
Wiggins makes history in Paris
| Jul.22 |
Els triumphs after Scott falters |
| Jul.24 |
UK deploying 1,200 extra Olympics troops |
| Jul.27 |
Young athletes light 2012 Olympic flame
| Jul.27 |
Blind archer breaks Olympics' first world record |
| Jul.27 |
London awaits Olympic opening ceremony |
| Jul.27 |
Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games
Map of Stratford United Kingdom The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond
The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show, with a cast of 10,000, required 157 rehearsals, which makes London a bunch of slackers compared to the Beijing clambake
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| Jul.28 |
China's Yi Siling wins London Games' first gold
| Jul.29 |
French double gold in swimming pool |
| Jul.30 |
Agnel wins second gold |
| Jul.30 |
China swimming star denies doping
| Jul.31 |
Phelps wins record Olympic medal
| Aug.1 |
Olympic badminton players disqualified 8 players have been disqualified from the women's doubles competition after being accused of 'not using one's best efforts to win'. Two pairs from S. Korea
| Aug.1 |
Britain's 1st gold comes in women's pair rowing |
| Aug.1 |
Uchimura takes indvidual gold |
| Aug.2 |
Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal Michael Phelps won his first individual gold at London 2012 - and his 20th Olympic medal - by beating Ryan Lochte in the men's 200m individual medley | |
| Aug.2 |
Douglas wins Olympic gold in all-around |
| Aug.3 |
Phelps heads U.S gold rush |
| Aug.4 |
Serena crushes Sharapova to achieve Golden Slam |
| Aug.4 |
Britain claimed 3 gold medals in track and field |
| Aug.4 |
Phelps rounded off with 18th Olympic gold medal |
| Aug.5 |
Murray beats Federer to Olympic gold |
| Aug.5 |
Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal
| Aug.6 |
Olympic gold medalist accused of trying to stab woman |
| Aug.6 |
Grenada's James wins gold in 400m |
| Aug.7 |
Algeria's Makhloufi wins men's 1500m gold |
| Aug.7 |
Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics |
| Aug.9 |
Bolt makes history with 200m gold
Map of Olympic Stadium United Kingdom Usain Bolt became the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a gold and green Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m
| Aug.10 |
Bahamas win historic gold |
| Aug.10 |
USA win relay with world record |
| Aug.12 |
Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold
| Aug.12 |
'Dream Team' retains title
| Aug.12 |
Kiprotich ends Uganda's long wait for Olympic gold |
| Aug.12 |
Mo Farah ensures an Olympic double gold |
| Aug.12 |
Olympic flag handed over to Rio
Map of Olympic stadium United Kingdom The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony
| Aug.29 |
Paralympics 'return home' to UK |
| Aug.31 |
Atletico thrash Chelsea in Super Cup |
| Dec.16 |
Corinthians win Club World Cup over Chelsea |
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2012 |
| Feb.5 |
Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets |
| Jun.4 |
Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert
The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations
| Jul.1 |
Barclays chairman to quit over rate fix
| Jul.3 |
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending...
| Jul.16 |
Heathrow braces as Olympics land |
| Aug.31 |
Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle
| Nov.9 |
Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury |
| Nov.26 |
Canadian to be new UK Bank governor |
| Dec.10 |
HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal HSBC is to pay US authorities $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in a settlement over money-laundering, say reports, the largest ever in such a case
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2012 |
| Jan.31 |
Assange fight heads to UK high court |
| Feb.3 |
FBI and UK police call 'hacked' Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against ...
| Feb.13 |
Radical cleric released from UK jail |
| Feb.19 |
Boxer held after post-fight brawl |
| Apr.17 |
UK arrests terror fund-raiser Abu Qatada
| May.15 |
Murdoch editor charged over hacking
Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the phone-hacking inquiry
| Jul.24 |
Ex-Murdoch editors charged with hacking
| Aug.6 |
Olympic gold medalist accused of trying to stab woman |
| Sep.16 |
Criminal case over Kate topless photos
| Oct.5 |
Abu Hamza to be extradited to US
| Oct.5 |
Terror suspects extradited to US
Five terror suspects, including the radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, have flown out of the UK on a jet bound for the United States
| Oct.6 |
Late BBC TV presenter accused of sex abuse |
| Oct.10 |
2 arrested at London airport in terror probe |
| Oct.14 |
5 Royal Marines charged with murder in Afghanistan death |
| Oct.16 |
UK blocks hacker's extradition to U.S. |
| Oct.23 |
BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal BBC Director General George Entwistle faced tough questions from British lawmakers over the BBC's response to the allegations against Jimmy ...
| Oct.25 |
BBC star's victims 'approaching 300' |
| Nov.1 |
British police make second arrest in Savile probe |
| Nov.12 |
Jailed Abu Qatada to be released |
| Nov.20 |
Murdoch protégé charged with conspiracy
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2012 |
| Feb.13 |
Radical cleric released from UK jail |
| Feb.19 |
UK Sun on Sunday to launch next week |
| Mar.18 |
UK journalists are freed by Libya |
| Apr.3 |
James Murdoch stepping down from BSkyB |
| May.4 |
Johnson re-elected London mayor
| May.15 |
Murdoch editor charged over hacking
Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the phone-hacking inquiry
| Jun.3 |
Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee 
The Thames became a sea of red, white and blue Sunday, as tens of thousands celebrated the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth takes to the River Thames in a special barge as part of a 1,000-boat flotilla celebrating her 60-year reign
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| Jun.4 |
Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert
The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations
| Jun.4 |
Service to wrap up Jubilee events
| Jun.5 |
Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations
Four days of Diamond Jubilee events have culminated in an appearance by the Queen on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of huge crowds
| Jun.19 |
WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and has requested political asylum
| Jun.27 |
Queen makes history with ex-IRA leader handshake
Elizabeth II shook hands with Martin McGuinness in a gesture marking a giant step forward in the peace process relating to British rule of Northern...
| Jul.10 |
US-born heiress 'dead in London'
| Jul.17 |
Olympics security failure is 'humiliating shambles' |
| Jul.24 |
Ex-Murdoch editors charged with hacking
| Jul.24 |
UK deploying 1,200 extra Olympics troops |
| Jul.25 |
Boy flies to Rome without passport
| Aug.15 |
UK in 'threat' to arrest Assange
| Aug.16 |
Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange
Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden
| Aug.16 |
Assange asylum ruling criticised
| Aug.19 |
Julian Assange demands U.S. back off leakers
Julian Assange demanded that the U.S. drop its 'witch hunt' against WikiLeaks as he made his first public appearance after months confined
| Aug.22 |
Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas
Pictures showing Prince Harry and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room have been published on a US website
| Aug.22 |
UK joins US in warning to Syria
| Sep.16 |
Criminal case over Kate topless photos
| Sep.25 |
BBC 'regrets Queen disclosure' |
| Sep.27 |
Assange speaks via satellite from London |
| Oct.6 |
Late BBC TV presenter accused of sex abuse |
| Oct.19 |
Shot Pakistani schoolgirl can stand, communicate |
| Oct.23 |
BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal BBC Director General George Entwistle faced tough questions from British lawmakers over the BBC's response to the allegations against Jimmy ...
| Oct.23 |
Patten backs independence of BBC |
| Oct.25 |
BBC star's victims 'approaching 300' |
| Oct.26 |
Malala's parents visit her for first time
| Oct.28 |
Inquiry begins into BBC culture |
| Nov.6 |
UK to talk to armed Syrian rebels |
| Nov.9 |
Ex-oil executive named archbishop of Canterbury |
| Nov.10 |
BBC boss George Entwistle resigns The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast
| Nov.11 |
'Radical overhaul needed' at BBC |
| Nov.12 |
Ex-BBC boss starts work at New York Times |
| Nov.14 |
McAlpine 'angry' over abuse claim |
| Nov.20 |
Murdoch protégé charged with conspiracy
| Nov.20 |
Women bishops vote a 'grim day' |
| Nov.26 |
Canadian to be new UK Bank governor |
| Nov.29 |
Report urges independent regulator for UK press
| Dec.3 |
William and Kate expecting royal child Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage | |
| Dec.5 |
Hoax call fools duchess hospital |
| Dec.7 |
Kate hoax nurse death a 'tragedy' |
| Dec.8 |
Hospital slams radio station over prank call |
| Dec.15 |
Body of hoax nurse taken to India |