From shopkeepers and middle-class writers to Sikh communities and right-wing soccer "fans," Londoners are ready to take action to protect their homes and businesses from rioting.
Residents of a London housing estate laughed at a televised plea by police for parents to call their children and help rein in the youths who looted and burned swathes of the city.
Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.
Authorities have arrested at least 1,300 people, including over 900 people in London alone, for different charges including violence, rioting and looting across the country.
A Malaysian student whose videotaped mugging became one of the defining images of the London riots said Thursday he felt sorry for his attackers and would finish his studies in Britain.
Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week.
Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has made it clear that the criminal elements using social media to cause the London riots to spread across the country will be brought to justice. Cameron said officials are looking into ways to implement restraints on social media in order to stop the spread of violence that has led to some 1,500 people being arrested.
David Cameron, prime minister of Britain, on Thursday said the law abiding citizens of London will be protected and that those who have had their livelihood and property destroyed in the riots will be compensated for the damages.
Most Britons under 30 have probably never heard of Powell, or perhaps he was someone their parents and grandparents have mentioned.
The annual Perseid meteor shower is round the corner, but conditions are sub-optimal this year: sky gazers will not be able to watch meteors falling through night sky in abundance as the celestial display is predicted to be hampered by the full moon.
Oil is likely to remain weak in the short term due to the sluggish global economy, while gold reaches new peaks on its increasing safe haven appeal and an expected further easing of U.S. monetary policy, a London-based fund manager said.
The public have not laid eyes on the heavenly depiction of "The Seraph's Watch" for over a century and many people thought the painting was lost.
The London riots will not undermine confidence in the city's ability to stage a trouble-free Olympics next year, organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said on Thursday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is working with London police, intelligence services and industry officials to see if they can stop potential rioters from communicating through the social media. On Thursday, Cameron told British lawmakers that the free flow of information can be used for good, but can also be used for ill.
It was supposed to be the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, but instead it proved to be a fast failure.
Britain?s Prime Minister David Cameron ? facing a crisis that dwarfs the News of the World phone-hacking scandal ? has vowed that courts will remain open round-the-clock to handle the huge volume of rioting suspects.
Malawian activists are planning a mass protest for Wednesday after talks with the government on political reforms that could see the United States and Britain resume aid to the country became deadlocked.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron considers banning social media after London riots.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry warns against travel to the UK during the riots as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the U.N. Security Council to investigate "savage aggression" by police.
The shadow of Powell, who died in 1998, looms over the burning buildings, gangs of marauding youths and wounded police across the modern British landscape.
World's fastest Aircraft Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, capable of reaching speeds of up to 13,000 miles per hour is scheduled to be tested on Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
