Hewitt Beats Blake to Win Queen's Club

Lleyton Hewitt defeated American James Blake 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to win the grass-court championship at the Queen's Club tournament.

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Nadal Suffers 1st Loss in Nearly 3 Months

French Open champion Rafael Nadal lost for the first time in nearly three months Friday when he retired in the quarterfinals of the Queen's Club with a sore left shoulder.

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Nadal Wins in Grass-Court Tuneup

French Open champion Rafael Nadal made a smooth transition to grass Wednesday, beating Mardy Fish 7-6 (1), 6-1 in his debut in this Wimbledon warmup at Queen's Club.

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A Rusty Agassi Loses to Henman in London

Andre Agassi played his first match in more than three months Monday, and it showed. The 36-year-old Agassi lost 6-4, 6-4 to Tim Henman in the first round of the grass-court tournament at Queen's Club, a tuneup for Wimbledon.

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The Times of London to Launch U.S. Edition

Rupert Murdoch's London-based The Times newspaper said Friday it will launch a U.S. edition next month as part of a push to make the paper an international brand, entering a competitive New York market at a challenging time in the newspaper industry.

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LSE Posts Rise in Annual Profit

The London Stock Exchange Group PLC, a longtime takeover target in which the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has recently built a large stake, posted an 8.8 percent rise in profit for fiscal 2006 on Thursday and forecast a strong 2007.

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Nasdaq Raises LSE Stake to 25.1 Percent

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said Friday it has increased its stake in the London Stock Exchange to 25.1 percent, a level that gives it the power to block some corporate actions.

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Nasdaq Now Has 24.1 Percent Stake in LSE

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., which dropped a takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange PLC earlier this year, said Thursday it now holds 24.1 percent of the bourse — bolstering its position as the largest shareholder.

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Nasdaq Increases Stake in LSE to 18.9 Pct.

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., which dropped a takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange PLC earlier this year, said Wednesday it has increased its stake in Europe's oldest bourse to 18.9 percent from just under 15 percent.

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LSE: No Takeover Approach From NYSE

Shares in the London Stock Exchange PLC, a perennial takeover target, fell Monday after the bourse said it had not received an approach from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Deena Kastor, Felix Limo Win London Marathon

Deena Kastor broke her American record to win the London Marathon on Sunday, while Felix Limo out-sprinted defending champion Martin Lel to take the men's race.

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LSE Shares Soar on News of Nasdaq Stake

Shares in the London Stock Exchange shot higher Wednesday, spurred by revelations that former takeover suitor Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has acquired a 14.99 percent stake, making it the British exchange's biggest shareholder.

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LSE Shares Soar on News of Nasdaq Stake

Shares of London Stock Exchange PLC shot higher Wednesday, spurred by revelations that former takeover suitor Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has acquired a 14.99 percent stake, making it the British exchange's biggest shareholder.

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Blair: Olympics Will Bring Prosperity

Prime Minister Tony Blair predicts the 2012 London Olympics will generate economic prosperity and revive run-down parts of the city.

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LSE Value Soars As It Spurns Offers

LONDON — London Stock Exchange shareholders must be happy they didn't leap at a 1.35 billion pound takeover bid from Germany's Deutsche Boerse back in 2004.

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Nasdaq Abruptly Drops LSE Takeover Bid

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. abruptly dropped its 2.4 billion pound (euro3.5 billion; US$4.2 billion) bid for London Stock Exchange PLC without explanation on Thursday, sending shares in the bourse sharply lower.

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LSE Sees 'Excellent' Results for 2006

The London Stock Exchange PLC, which is being targeted for takeover by the Nasdaq, said Tuesday it is on track for "excellent" annual results as it unveiled a sharp rise in trading volumes in the current financial year.

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Exhibition Celebrates London Satire

Cartoons can be shocking, as illustrated by the fierce protests that erupted around the world when a Danish newspaper published images depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Their shock value was equally true in the 18th century, when visitors to London were often startled to see pictures lampooning the royal family — a freedom unknown in much of Europe.

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Northwest Adds Minneapolis-London Service

Northwest Airlines planned to resume daily nonstop service between the Twin Cities and London on Friday, the airline announced.

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Court Weighs London Mayor's Suspension

London's mayor can keep doing his job while a court decides whether he deserves a four-week suspension for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard, a judge ruled Tuesday.

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London Mayor Defiant Over Nazi Remark

Mayor Ken Livingstone refused to apologize for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi camp guard, and now he's facing four weeks off the job — suspended for bringing his office into disrepute.

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Detectives Eye TV for Heist Clues

Detectives studied closed-circuit television footage Thursday in the search for thieves who impersonated police officers and robbed the equivalent of up to $74 million from a security company in one of the largest heists in British history.

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Tour De France to Visit London Landmarks

The 2007 Tour de France will start by weaving its way past London's best known landmarks, then travel to the historic city of Canterbury.

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Gay day for London as EuroPride festival parade attracts thousands

From the page: -- Tens of thousands of men, women and children turned out on the streets of London today for a parade marking the culmination of Europe's largest gay and lesbian festival. --

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Pamela Anderson Bares All for PETA and McCartney in London

Canadian born Pamela Anderson, an ardent animal rights activist, appeared in the nude in Stella McCartney's shop window at Bruton Street, London. The actress stripped off to show that she would rather go nude than wear fur as the famous PETA slogan suggests.

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London fails civility test in survey of world cities

ENGLISH good manners, did you say? No, they don’t exist. In fact, we’re as rude as the French, and that’s saying something. They’re more polite even in Zagreb.

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Henman to play 'a few more years'

Tim Henman insisted he will play on for the foreseeable future despite suffering a heavy defeat against Roger Federer at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The Briton lost 6-4 6-0 6-2 in one hour 24 minutes as he made a second-round exit for the second year in a row.

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Macquarie Bank bank boards London buses

Macquarie Bank moves into a London icon: the Stagecoach buses of London will provide Macquarie Bank with not only a solid income stream, but one that offers solid prospects for revenue growth, as increasingly car unfriendly London looks to shift people away from private transport …

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Heathrow hijackers planned to hide bombs in cameras - Britain - Times Online

AL-QAEDA terrorists considered using bombs and stun guns disguised as cameras and flash attachments to hijack an aircraft from Heathrow and crash it into the Canada Tower at Canary Wharf in East London, according to a report from the US Department of Homeland Security.

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Associate of bombers claims he warned of London attacks

i have no idea whether it's true or false , but just don't want to see any bleeding , or any injuries .

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Razorlight tracklisting revealed

In case you're wondering. This 'up and coming' British-based outfit could hit it big this year. I've heard the new album. It's a mixture of garage rock and great American songbook mentality. Which, when you think of it, sounds pretty awesome.

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Cooked Terror Plot Recycles Politics of Fear

Paul Joseph Watson: In another bizarre example of Tony Blair's government playing with the politics of fear, a discredited terror plot concerning Al-Qaeda plans to fly planes into London skyscrapers, an admitted fairy tale manufactured by government lobbyists, resurfaced today a …

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Doherty chronicles rise to fame with book deal

Would you believe it?

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BBC urged not to play games over big move

The Bishop of Manchester has warned the BBC not to "play games" over the move of hundreds of new jobs to Greater Manchester. Last week, BBC bosses opted in principle for a site at Salford Quays for a new £400m media centre as part of plans to move 1,500 staff north.

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Salford bid wins BBC move north

On Thursday, Salford won the race to host the BBC’s new media zone. The Salford Quays site was chosen ahead of Manchester’s Central Spine after the BBC’s Board of Governors decided it was the best location for the £400m move north.

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I feared they were going to kill us all, says man shot by police

A man shot in the chest during a dawn raid on his home by anti-terror police told yesterday how he feared his family were going to be killed "one by one". Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, broke down in tears as he described being wakened by his younger brother's screams as 250 police  …

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Blow to BBC as violence results in a pulled plug for World Cup Big Screens

It's a damn shame that this had to happen - why is it always beered-up Sun and Mirror-reading idiots (the two most notorious tabloids here in the UK for all Americans) who end up kicking off and instigating this kind of trouble? I'm in Birmingham myself, where you have to pay  …

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Renowned architect designs car for magazine

"Zaha Hadid, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, designed the Leipzig factory where BMW builds the 3 Series car.

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Muslims 'should stop helping police'

Yvonne Ridley, the former journalist who was kidnapped by the Taliban, has said that Muslims in east London should stop co-operating with the police after last week's terror raid in which a man was shot

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Londonistan

June 4, 2006 -- AFTER 9/11 plotter Zacarias Mous saoui was sentenced to life im prisonment, his family blamed - the British.

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Terror suspects planning nerve gas attack in London

A recent discloser by the UK security sources reveals that Islamic terror suspects were planning a chemical attack in London similar to the 1995 outrage on the Tokyo underground, which prompted last week's counter-terrorist operation in east of London in which 1 person was shot  …

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Reporter returns painting looted in World War Two

Amazing story!

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Man Shot During London Anti-Terror Raid

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Chem, Bio, or Radiological substance suspected in Bomb Factory in London

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Man shot in anti-terrorism raid

A man was shot by police during a raid on a London home under terrorism suspicions early this morning. Another 23 year old man has also been arrested. Security sources have described the Forest Gate raid as "potentially significant" and said it followed months of surveillance.

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F-Word Banned in Hotel!!!

Not that F-Word!

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Sex Park: Pleasure Center Coming to London Lovers

A sex theme park designed to enhance its visitors' lovemaking skills will open in the heart of London within months, the academy's director announced Wednesday.

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V22 Contemporary Art Collection

The V22 Collection launch is imminent. V22:ON is a major exhibition showcasing the first contemporary artworks to enter the Collection.

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