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Heathrow executives are defending their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day.
Almost 20 adults and children from Jacksonville had their mission trip unexpectedly extended after thousands of flights were canceled at Heathrow Airport in London due to a power outage. The outage was caused by a fire at a nearby electricity substation.
Hundreds of flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were canceled after a fire at a nearby substation knocked out power to Europe’s busiest airport.
Heathrow Airport is stirring back to life, with flights slowly resuming about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub and left 200,00 passengers stranded.
A fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to Heathrow Airport for most of Friday, forcing Europe’s busiest hub to shut down for roughly 18 hours, causing widespread cancellations and rerouting headaches, and stranding roughly 200,000 passengers.
Senior military officers from countries across Europe and beyond are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out.
The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S. The decision by the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday was widely expected, and comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged.
Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump.
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz.” Prosecutors informed the court Monday that he died Sunday.
The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker earlier this week appeared in a U.K. court where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to “keep the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine.
The British economy unexpectedly shrank during January, piling pressure on Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before a key statement about the state of the public finances later this month.
A lawyer has argued in a London Court that global mining giant BHP should be held liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster 10 years ago when a dam collapse released toxic mining waste that killed 19 people and devastated villages.
There were 127,350 reported cases of measles, including 38 deaths, in Europe and Central Asia last year, marking the highest total in nearly 30 years, according to figures from UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
A man has been arrested after climbing the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag.
Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia.
The disposal of what Paris police called an “excessively dangerous” unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of transportation chaos on rail and road networks in the French capital.
The Glastonbury Festival in southwest England is clearly aiming to go out with a bang this summer before it takes a year off to allow the farmland to recover.
Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.
Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, or “Pancake Day.”.
The U.K.’s data protection watchdog says that it's investigating how TikTok uses the personal information of teenagers to deliver content recommendations to them when they use the social media platform.
The U.K. government has provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London.
Soccer fans in England and Wales might be allowed to spend more time in pubs if their teams go far at the Women’s European Championship being held in Switzerland in July.
Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge has been dented by an unexpected 1-0 home loss to West Ham that featured a fifth red card of the season for Mikel Arteta’s team.
Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Mikey Madison and other stars of the top Screen Actors Guild Awards film nominees will be among the presenters at Sunday’s ceremony.
A judge has approved an emergency plan to keep Britain’s largest water company afloat and averted a possible temporary government takeover.
Formula 1 has kick-starting its 75th anniversary season with music, glitz and glamor Tuesday as the race series aims to reach beyond a sports audience with a two-hour televised arena show.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son.
Papal thriller “Conclave” won four prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards, at a ceremony with no single dominant winner, “The Brutalist” also won four trophies on Sunday including best director for Brady Corbet.
The British economy managed to eke out quarterly growth of 0.1% in the final quarter of 2024 following a stronger than anticipated performance in December.
A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards.
Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.
Chelsea part-owner Todd Boehly is looking to buy a slice of another English sports team — this time in cricket.
Manchester City has survived a scare against third-tier Leyton Orient to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
The U.K. government has announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower.
The Bank of England halved its growth projection for the British economy this year as it cut its main interest rate for the third time in six months.
“Another Simple Favor,” Paul Feig’s sequel to his 2018 noir comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, will open the SXSW Film and TV Festival.
Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minister to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago.
Erling Haaland has experienced an uncomfortable return match against Arsenal in the Premier League as two opponents teased him after goals and the crowd at Emirates Stadium reminded the striker of his provocative past comments.
Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their response times.
The BBC has apologized to staff members who felt unable to complain about the conduct of actor and comedian Russell Brand because of his status after an internal review found that concerns about his behavior weren’t handled appropriately.
It’s a question Roger Goodell gets when he’s in London: Would the NFL stage a Super Bowl internationally.
U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport.
The British Museum is partially closed to the public after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after five people were stabbed on Thursday morning in south London, emergency services said.
Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at the FireAid benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief.
The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.
Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is consulted.
An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England.
Britain’s new government, which is already facing anger over higher taxes, unpopular spending decisions and political scandals just six months after taking office, is now being battered by rising borrowing costs that threaten to derail its left-leaning program.
Inflation in the U.K. unexpectedly fell in December, a move that will likely fuel pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates again next month.
Britain’s anti-corruption minister has resigned amid a controversy over links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina who is the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister.
Some of the most iconic guitars in rock history are going on display in London before they go under the hammer at auction.
Nearly $40 million in funding for the Sunshine State will help increase EV charging stations and some of that money will go to two projects in Northeast Florida.
A commemorative coin featuring the image of an eye and the inscription “Big Brother is watching you” is being released to pay tribute to “Nineteen Eighty-four” author George Orwell and mark his death 75 years ago.
Cleveland, Jacksonville and the New York Jets each will play a home game in London in 2025.
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was “conscious” after being carried off on a stretcher in the 14th minute of a match against Liverpool in the English League Cup semifinals after falling to the ground at a corner.
Formula 1 has extended its contract with the Belgian Grand Prix but one of the sport’s most established races is set to be dropped from the schedule in 2028 and 2030.
An adviser says Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has left the country to travel to London for medical treatment.
Serious flooding swamped parts of England and snow forced three airports to close temporarily as wet and icy weather combined to extend travel chaos that has plagued the U.K. since the start of the year.
British rapper Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after admitting that he drove his Rolls-Royce through London while using his phone.
Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro have been awarded New Year Honors that celebrate artists, athletes, politicians and others who make notable contributions to British society.
Blake Lively's claims that “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni unleashed a smear campaign against her have gained support from a new lawsuit that Baldoni's former publicist filed against him.
British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as $100 million, which would be the largest political donation in U.K. history.
The U.K.’s central bank has warned about “heightened uncertainty” as it kept interest rates on hold after inflation moved further above target even at a time when the British economy is flatlining at best.
Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young stars managed to reunite in London for a conversation at the British Film Institute.
The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius.
A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer has had not guilty pleas entered for him in court.
The ATP men’s tennis tour is paying out $1.3 million to a total of 26 players in 2024 under a new financial program called Baseline that guarantees minimum annual incomes for players ranked in the top 250.
The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper has confirmed that it has sold the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media for an undisclosed fee.
