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UK men charged with terror offensesupdated: Wed Jul 11 2012 11:04:00

Three men charged with terror offenses appeared in court in London Wednesday, West Midlands police said, bringing to six the number charged in the alleged manufacture of a homemade bomb.

No terror threat in highway bus alert, UK police sayupdated: Thu Jul 05 2012 08:41:00

An alert on a bus that led armed police to close a major motorway near Birmingham, England, on Thursday is not terror-related, Staffordshire police said.

How green is high-speed rail?updated: Sat Nov 19 2011 18:50:00

High-Speed Rail (HSR) has been around been around for decades, but it's back in the transport spotlight amid a surge of interest from the United States and China.

Tottenham fail to cheer absent Redknappupdated: Fri Nov 04 2011 06:12:00

English Premier League high-fliers Tottenham failed to offer some cheer to absent manager Harry Redknapp as they suffered their first Europa League defeat of the season, losing 1-0 to Rubin Kazan in Group A.

Alleged UK cell charged with terror training in Pakistanupdated: Tue Sep 27 2011 10:51:00

Six men appeared in a London court Monday charged in connection with an alleged planned terrorist bombing campaign in the United Kingdom. The six were arrested last week in Birmingham as part of what authorities called a "major operation."

UK terror suspects appear in courtupdated: Tue Sep 27 2011 10:51:00

CNN's Dan Rivers has more on six men accused of planning a terrorist brombing in Britain.

Riots a 'wake up call' to Englandupdated: Thu Aug 18 2011 12:55:00

Prime Minister Cameron says he's working to mend his "broken society." CNN's Dan Rivers reports.

Funeral for men killed in UK riot crashupdated: Thu Aug 18 2011 12:55:00

An open-air funeral service was held Thursday for three men killed in a hit-and-run crash during violent riots that shook Britain last week.

Hit-and-run suspects chargedupdated: Mon Aug 15 2011 20:47:00

Two men will appear in court in the hit-and-run deaths of three in Birmingham, England. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.

Cameron blames U.K. riots on 'moral collapse'updated: Mon Aug 15 2011 20:47:00

Prime Minister David Cameron blames the riots that shook Britain over the past 10 days on a "slow-motion moral collapse ... in parts of our country," he said Monday, as police arrested a new suspect linked with one of the deadliest incidents in the violence.

Two men face murder charges over deaths during British riotsupdated: Sun Aug 14 2011 09:43:00

Two men appeared briefly in court Sunday, police in Birmingham said, charged with murder over the hit-and-run deaths of three men during riots that roiled Britain last week.

Calls for calm as police arrest 3 in Birmingham riot deathsupdated: Fri Aug 12 2011 11:56:00

Police investigating the hit-and-run incident which killed three men protecting shops from potential looters in Birmingham, central England, arrested three males on Thursday.

Will communities change after UK riots?updated: Fri Aug 12 2011 11:56:00

CNN's Max Foster talks to social outreach coordinator Alvin Carpio about the communities impacted by the London riots.

UK police tactics criticizedupdated: Fri Aug 12 2011 08:04:00

Police tactics to quell riots are criticized by the British prime minister. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.

UK riots: Staring into 'the abyss of anarchy'updated: Fri Aug 12 2011 08:04:00

The past week in London has been like living in a disaster movie. "Escape from Peckham" would have been an apt title on Monday as we broadcast live from the center of the riots, which saw gangs of several hundred young men and women looting shops, terrorizing by-standers and mugging news crews.

Riot deaths spur community fight backupdated: Fri Aug 12 2011 06:51:00

Birmingham has suffered tragedy not only being the victims of the recent riots, but also as the victims of the murder that ensued. If we need advice on how to prevent further troubles in our community, it should surely come from the very people who have been blighted by these terrible events.

Hackney mob sparked into actionupdated: Wed Aug 10 2011 12:56:00

Vice gets a firsthand look inside the riots raging throughout London. Go to VBS.TV for more.

Destruction escalates as London protesters sparked into actionupdated: Wed Aug 10 2011 12:56:00

On Saturday, Aug. 6, people gathered in Tottenham to protest the police shooting of a 29-year-old local man. It quickly escalated into riots, looting and arson.

London residents fed up with riotersupdated: Wed Aug 10 2011 07:46:00

Londoners react to the recent riots.

British police nab terror suspects in early-morning raidsupdated: Mon Dec 20 2010 14:58:00

British counter-terror police arrested 12 men early Monday in a "large-scale, preplanned, intelligence-led" operation, they said.

12 arrested in UK terror sweepupdated: Mon Dec 20 2010 14:58:00

British counter-terror police arrest 12 men suspected of planning a terrorist attack. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.

SI.com: Georgina Turner: English Premier League tighter than everupdated: Fri Dec 03 2010 14:23:00

It's too early to start asking big questions about this season, really, but since everyone in Britain is snowed in, huddled around a two-bar electric fire and plunged into darkness by 4 p.m., nobody's got anything better to do. And look at the table, it's begging to be interrogated: after 15 games, just six points separate first and fifth -- with only eight points between fifth and 15th. We've seen a clutch of high-scoring games, a record-breaking weekend of goals, and we're on course for the lowest clean-sheet count in Premier League history. The question is: is this brilliant or terrible?

Students across Britain protest tuition hikesupdated: Wed Nov 24 2010 13:45:00

A crowd of students marched through central London on Wednesday, disrupting traffic and shouting slogans in a protest against an increase in university tuition.

Gas leak caused British Hare Krishna temple blastupdated: Sat Sep 04 2010 02:10:00

The explosion that flattened part of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, England, was caused by a gas leak, the fire service said Saturday.

Lost wallets are rarely returned, research findsupdated: Wed Aug 18 2010 07:00:00

Only one in five people who finds a wallet in the street would hand it in or try to track down the owner, a British privacy protection firm said Wednesday.

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