Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a Tory MP throttled a young boy to death during a depraved sex party in the 1970s and that two other boys were killed by a VIP paedophile ring.

The British Government has demanded an investigation after a computer failure on Saturday at one of two air traffic control centres caused a major disruption of air traffic.

Bedecked with images of Santas, reindeer, snowflakes and happy-looking snowmen, all crafted in the finest polyester, the Christmas suit is the latest item to challenge received ideas about what looks good for the festive season.

Friends of Scot Young, the tycoon who died in a fall from his fourth-storey London flat, have claimed that he owed millions of pounds to the Russian and Turkish mafia.

The BBC is to turn shows such as Doctor Who, Top Gear and Sherlock into theme park attractions in Britain's answer to Disneyland.

A British multimillionaire was impaled on an iron railing after plunging four storeys from his London penthouse.

New Zealand won silver and bronze on the opening day of the second UCI track cycling World Cup in London yesterday.

Incredible CCTV footage has emerged that shows a thief steal from an upmarket off licence in North London after appearing to hypnotise the shop's owner.

The London world premiere for the final film in the Hobbit trilogy is underway, while a special screening is held in Wellington.

A bombshell report claims MI5 could've prevented the brutal murder of soldier Lee Rigby if Facebook had alerted authorities to his killer's violent threats online.

London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.

Comedian Russell Brand is considering running as London Mayor - despite saying that voting is a waste of time.

Thousands of passengers at Britain's biggest airport Heathrow face severe delays and cancelled flights due to stormy weather.

The recent detailed analysis of DNA collected from a shawl, allegedly of one of Jack the Ripper's first victims, appears to carry a fundamental maths error.

Australian DJ Mel Greig has attacked those who bullied her after 2DayFM's infamous 2012 prank phone call to the hospital treating Kate Middleton.

London police are refusing to comment on a claim they'd previously searched an area where the main suspect in the killing of a teenage girl was found hanged.

The British govt plans to criminalise the manipulation of more benchmarks to revive confidence in the integrity of London as a financial centre.

Daryl Tuffey and Mel Cairns will not face charges after being questioned in relation to the impending Chris Cairns perjury trial.

The British nurse found dead just days after a royal prank by two Australian DJs pleaded for hospital colleagues to forgive her.

A tiny house where residents have to climb on the kitchen units to reach a mezzanine bed is on the market in London.

Police have named the 82-year-old woman who was beheaded by machete in her back garden, as the motivation for the attack remains unclear.

An electronic, auction-based mechanism will replace a ritualised negotiation for silver pricing that's been in place for 117 years.

Personal stories distinguish this war museum, which has reopened on London's South Bank following an $80 million refurbishment. Its showpiece, the display in the new World War I Galleries, was completed just in time for the centenary of the century-defining conflict.

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The Herald's Geoff Cumming and Greg Bowker visit London's Imperial War Museum to mark the centenary of World War One's outbreak.

Police have released CCTV images showing the moment a child in a buggy on a London Underground platform was blown onto the track by a gust of wind.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

Years of history lie under the hallowed ground of one of the world's most famous cricket venues. But the best bit is the tea and scones ritual, writes Kevin Pilley.

Britain's 70 billion-pound pub industry has fallen on hard times. But the industry is fighting back, thanks in part to investors like Noah Bulkin.

Sky News political reporter Adam Boulton showed ultimate professionalism after swallowing a fly live on air.