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Copenhagen's Geranium rated best restaurant in the world for 2022

It's the second year in the row that a restaurant from the capital of Denmark was at the top of the list. Last year, Noma won the No. 1 spot

London's Heathrow goes from Europe's gateway to UK's travel nightmare

For Heathrow and the rest of the aviation industry, I think it's key to focus on getting sorted for summer 2023, although the gloomy economic outlook makes it much harder to forecast demand

Scotland Yard investigates man arrested for assault on Air India flight

The unnamed individual was taken to a west London police station last week and released under investigation.

London's Heathrow airport imposes capacity cap of 100,000 passengers a day

Forecasts show that the airport would have to handle as many as 104,000 passengers a day over the summer, the airport said.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 50th birthday with family, friends in London

Former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, who turned 50 on Friday, celebrated his birthday with family and friends in London.

Amazon unveils 1st fleet of e-cargo bikes for sustainable deliveries in UK

With an aim to offer more sustainable deliveries, tech giant Amazon has launched its first UK micromobility hub in Central London

Covid-19 cases rise 23% in Britain, with London becoming a hotspot

Britain's new COVID-19 cases have jumped by 23 per cent in just a week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday

Most of UK's Monkeypox cases are in London, as infections reach 366 mark

An expert virologist reinforced the need to avoid intimate contact as the number of Monkeypox cases in Britain reached 366

Queen Elizabeth II to miss Jubilee service due to 'some discomfort'

Queen Elizabeth II stepped gingerly onto the Buckingham Palace balcony, drawing wild cheers from the tens of thousands who came to join her at the celebrations of her 70 years on the throne

London thumakda with desi Michelins

Experimentation and innovation have driven the rise and rise of Indian cuisine

UK elects first Dalit female mayor Mohinder K Midha in London council

An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party, Councillor Mohinder K Midha, has been elected mayor of Ealing Council in west London, becoming the first female mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community. Midha was elected for the next year's term of 2022-23 at a council meeting on Tuesday. We are so proud that Cllr Mohinder Midha has been elected Mayor of Ealing for the next year, the Labour Party in Ealing said in a statement. The election is being celebrated by the British Dalit community as a proud moment. The first ever Dalit woman mayor in the UK. A proud moment for us, said Santosh Dass, chair of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation (FABO) UK, an umbrella group representing Dalit rights in the country. Midha, who was re-elected as a Labour councillor for the Dormers Wells ward in the Ealing Council in the May 5 local elections in London, had been serving as the Deputy Mayor for the council previously. Tackling the

BJP attacks Rahul for meeting Labour MP Corbyn in London; Cong hits back

The Congress justified Gandhi's meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask whether he too endorsed the "anti-India" views of the UK Labour leader and MP

Monet painting, sold for $56.6 mn, becomes the most valuable view of Italy

Monet's previous record was $36.5 million (£29.6 million) achieved by Le Palais Ducal, sold at Sotheby's in London in 2019

Vistara launches fast-track security clearance for biz travellers at London

Vistara has at London's Heathrow airport launched a fast-track security clearance mechanism for business class passengers who have to depart on its flight to Delhi.

Citigroup behind error that wiped out $315 billion from European markets

The bank said it identified the error "within minutes" and corrected it

Sadhguru sets off on 30,000-km Save Soil road trip from London

London's Parliament Square was the flag off point for environmentalist Sadhguru's 30,000-km motorbike tour on Monday, as he set off on his Save Soil awareness campaign

UK lifts all Covid testing requirements for vaccinated travellers

Unvaccinated people still have to take tests both before and after arriving but no longer need to self-isolate until they get a negative result

Indian-origin British cop in short-list to be Scotland Yard chief

Neil Basu, an Indian-origin British police officer, is widely believed to be in a short-list of candidates who could become the next London Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya faces eviction from luxury home in London

The fugitive Kingfisher tycoon Vijay Mallya is facing the prospect of a humiliating eviction from the luxury Central London home he currently occupies

London's iconic red buses under threat in pandemic funding crisis: Mayor

London's famous red buses are in danger of being forced off the streets in a funding row between City Hall and the British government, Mayor Sadiq Khan warned