English courts can halt foreign proceedings that violate arbitration clausesThe United Kingdom Supreme Court held Wednesday that the English courts have jurisdiction to restrain foreign proceedings that would violate an arbitration agreement, even where arbitration proceedings are not being pursued.18:24 14.06.2013
London urges airlines not to let Snowden board flights to UK - reportThe British government is urging airlines around the world not to allow former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to Britain because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."12:17 14.06.2013
British police arrest four suspects of arson attack on Islamic schoolThe police have arrested four individuals suspected of setting fire to Darul Uloom Islamic school in the outskirts of south-east London.12:15 10.06.2013
Coroner calls for public inquiry into Litvinenko's deathSir Robert Owen, the coroner overseeing the investigation into the death of the Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko has urged the British Ministry of Justice to start a public inquiry into his death.10:26 06.06.2013
British national sentenced to death in Egypt for drug smugglingA court in Egypt has sentenced a British national to death for the alleged attempted to smuggle three metric tons of cannabis (hashish) into the country.09:56 04.06.2013
British air force pays out GBP 2,200 over parrot's death - reportThe UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) paid out GBP 2,200 to a pet owner after the noise from a low-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) plane scared his parrot to death.11:45 03.06.2013
Ecuador urges UK to discuss fate of AssangeMOSCOW, June 3 (RAPSI) - Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino has called on London to discuss the fate of Wikileaks' Julian Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since June 2012, even after having been granted political asylum by the South American country last August.10:11 03.06.2013
Charges brought against suspected murderer of Lee RigbyCrown Prosecution Service has brought charges against one of the suspects in the murder of a British serviceman in London on May 22.13:45 30.05.2013
UK Justice Ministry denies court privatization rumors – reportEarlier reports that the UK Ministry of Justice was considering a “wholesale” privatization of the country’s courts have been officially denied.11:51 29.05.2013
Four men arrested over British soldier's murder released on bail – reportFour men who have been arrested in the past week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in connection with the savage killing last Wednesday of British soldier Lee Rigby have been released on bail.13:04 27.05.2013
Large-scale investigation underway into public murder of British soldierAssistant Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Simon Byrne announced Wednesday that a major investigation is underway in connection with a brutal machete attack carried out Wednesday in the south London district of Woolwich, and called on local citizens to assist in the effort by submitting photographic or video evidence taken at the scene.16:34 23.05.2013
UK denies legal funds for cocaine trafficker facing death in BaliThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales released a judgment Wednesday detailing its earlier decision to dismiss an appeal launched by Lindsay Sandiford – a 56-year-old British woman sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after having been caught with ten packets of cocaine in the Bali airport – challenging the Secretary of State’s decision not to assist in funding her death-penalty appeal.15:02 23.05.2013
Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – reportAn individual referred to as a “US-based former Russian spy” and a key witness in the investigation of the 2006 death by polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko has expressed willingness to provide evidence during a public inquiry.13:37 20.05.2013
Google whistleblower offers evidence of tax avoidance – reportFormer Google manager turned whistleblower Barney Jones has evidence of the search giant’s “immoral” tax avoidance via upwards of 100,000 emails from his time spent working for the company, according to a report by The Sunday Times.10:22 20.05.2013
Sun journalist charged with bribing tax officialBritain's prosecutors say The Sun's Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley has been charged over a conspiracy to pay thousands of pounds worth of bribes to a press officer of the British government's tax department.10:47 15.05.2013
UK citizen sentenced to one year for ordering heroin in Russian hotelA UK citizen who ordered heroin to be sent from his home country to his hotel in Belgorod has been sentenced to one year in prison.17:41 13.05.2013
Berezovsky drafted will, picked executors shortly before death – reportThe recently deceased self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky drafted a new will a mere nine days prior to his death. The document listed five potential executors, none of whom have agreed to take responsibility for the estate, including: two attorneys, old friend Yuli Dubov, daughter Ekaterina Berezovskaya, and ex-girlfriend Helena Gorbunova.15:06 08.05.2013
PKN Orlen’s claims against Yukos International over refinary dismissedArbitration proceedings initiated by Polish company PKN ORLEN against Yukos International UK B.V. (Yukos) over a stake sale in Mazeikiu Nafta (currently Orlen Lietuva), an oil refinery in Lithuania, have been concluded, all claims dismissed.11:34 08.05.2013
Media magnate accused of battery allowed to go to LondonThe Ostankinsky District Court has allowed businessman Alexander Lebedev, who has been accused of beating another businessman, Sergei Polonsky, to travel to London for several days, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Tuesday.16:54 07.05.2013
Berezovsky's funeral may be postponed to avoid publicityBoris Berezovsky's family may postpone his funeral, initially scheduled for May 6, so as to avoid as much publicity as possible.11:05 06.05.2013