A man narrowly avoided prison after he repeatedly drove off from petrol stations in Brentwood without paying for his fuel. Paul O’Farrell, 32, of Tower Bridge Road in Bermondsey, admitted making ...

London has become Europe's mobile-phone theft capital, with 70,095 recorded thefts in a year, fueled by the use of electric bikes. Despite a recent police crackdown resulting in numerous arrests, the ...

Most screen versions of Henry VIII have been a little overweight, to say the least: slim, young Jonathan Rhys Meyers explains why he was the perfect choice to play the first realistic version of ...

From around 200 AD, the shape of London was defined by one single structure; it’s massive city wall. From Tower Hill in the East to Blackfriars Station in the West, the wall stretched for two miles ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a new commemorative display of ceramic poppies will be installed at the heart of the Tower of London. Nearly 30,000 of the original ...

It was a display that moved the nation and the monarch, a century on from the First World War. More than five million people, including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, saw the sea of 'poppies ...

Almost 30,000 ceramic poppies go on display at the Tower of London. Image: Historic Royal Palaces The Tower of London will be flooded with tens of thousands of blood-red poppies later this year ...

In 2014 the Tower of London was transformed with tens of thousands of ceramic poppies to commemorate Victory in Europe Day. This VE Day the landmark poppy exhibition will make a comeback to ...

A judge in New London on Wednesday held a New London man in contempt of court and ordered a 90-day prison sentence as the result the man's prolonged outburst in the courtroom. New London Superior ...

Some Upper East Siders are fighting a proposed tower. They say that it’s “ugly” and that the corner where the city plans to put it is already crowded. By James Barron Good morning.

Kristi Noem’s trip to a prison in El Salvador drew social media attention for the homeland security secretary’s choice to wear a gold Rolex in such a setting. By Joseph Bernstein Joseph ...

Faced with seven homicides in the first nine weeks of the year, California prison authorities announced they have restricted inmate movement and revoked privileges such as visits and phone calls ...