London’s Tottenham Court Road station closed for upgrades till November 2011

Apr. 3 | UK Today News: One of the major stations in London will be shut from today till the end of the year, and the passengers to be affected are the ones that travel on the Northern Line. Due to an undergoing upgrade task at the Tottenham Court Road, the station...

London Underground tube services affected due to derailment

Mar. 25 | UK Today News: Train services at the Bakerloo Line have been affected in London because of a fire alert and a derailed train. Trains between the Oxford Circus and Elephant & Castle were stopped due to the accident. An empty Metropolitan train came...

Brit casualties in Japan’s earthquake-tsunami disaster unknown

Mar. 14 | UK Today News: After the disastrous earthquake in Japan, the death toll of British citizens in the country is still unknown. There are about 17,000 British nationals in the earthquake hit area of Japan, in addition to the area where the massive tsunami...

Fighter jets escort Etihad Airways flight to UK airport following bomb threat

Jan. 25 | UK Today News: An Etihad Airways flight was escorted to land in Stansted airport in London by British fighter jets, after there was a reported passenger threat on board. According to the British police, a 37 year-old passenger made a threat that he was...

British Airways crew threaten strike again

Jan. 23 | UK Today News: British Airways airlines is preparing itself for another round of strike by the cabin crew. The Unite trade union is yet to announce when the strike is going to take place. The strike threat has left BA in a soup as the probabilities of...

Former British PM Tony Blair denies offering blank check to Bush

Jan. 21 | UK Today News: Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the UK, denied offering President George Bush a blank check to support the conflict of the US with the Iraq. Blair said this while appearing for the second time on the inquiry in to the invasion...

Joanna Yeates murder case – 32 year-old man arrested on suspicion

Jan. 21 | UK Today News: In the most mysterious murder case of Joanna Yeates in the UK, a 32 year-old man has been arrested under suspicion of the murder. However, the Avon and Somerset police have not revealed other details about the arrest. “We know as...

Frayser High school has a reported 90 teen pregnancies in the past year

Jan. 15 | UK Today News: Concerns are rising as the teens in the Frayser high school and Memphis High School, Tennessee, are marching towards an increasing number of teen pregnancies. The number of teen pregnancies reached 90 in a year, in a Memphis high school. While...

Swine flu deaths double in the UK, says new report

Jan. 13 | UK today News: The death toll due to swine flu in the UK has increased to 112 since October 2010. According to the health officials, 95 of the total deaths have the H1N1 strain. Reports state that most of the deaths have been of either old people or...

Students arrested at Buckingham Palace on suspicion of protests

Jan. 13 | UK Today News: The Scotland Yard on Thursday said that British the police have arrested two suspected students who were approaching Buckingham Palace. The students were suspected of protesting against the raised tuition fees. Reports state that the police...