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Opinion: Albrecht Dürer's lesson for all of us today

8:32am December 18, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bank," by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. The previously unknown drawing was unveiled this week in London.

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Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale, London, in 2015 with plans to put up luxury apartments in its place. Community activists filed suit and the developer was forced to rebuild the pub brick for brick.

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Pair Your Pints With A Trip Through History On This British Pub Crawl Across London

5:22pm July 09, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

The quintessential British institutions have changed over time and now face threats to their very existence.

British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee is selling the source code for the World Wide Web as an NFT. Here, Berners-Lee delivers a speech during an event at the CERN in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland.

The Father Of The Web Is Selling The Source Code As An NFT

8:33am June 17, 2021

by Josie Fischels

The original source code for the World Wide Web, written by British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is being auctioned as a non-fungible token.

Posters seeking information about Sarah Everard appear near Clapham Common in London in March after her disappearance. Her body was later found in Kent in southeast England. Wayne Couzens, a London Metropolitan Police officer, has admitted to kidnapping a

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An Officer Admits To Rape And Kidnapping Of Sarah Everard In A Case That Drew Outrage

3:13pm June 08, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Police constable Wayne Couzens, 48, also took responsibility for Everard's death but did not enter a formal plea on a murder charge in the 33-year-old marketing executive's killing.

Photo released by the City of London Police showing the first "cannabis factory" discovered in the City.

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Police Find 1st 'Cannabis Factory' In London's Financial District, Destroy 826 Plants

1:07pm January 21, 2021

by Reese Oxner

Growers likely took advantage of less-populated streets due to the coronavirus pandemic, police say. But the reduction in city traffic also made the cannabis plants' pungent odor more noticeable.

Paramedics prepare an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital on Friday. Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident," warning that hospitals in the British capital could soon be overwhelmed after a surge in coronavirus infections.

London Mayor Says City 'At Crisis Point,' Declares 'Major Incident'

11:49am January 08, 2021

by Merrit Kennedy

"The stark reality is that we will run out of beds for patients in the next couple of weeks unless the spread of the virus slows down drastically," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday.

A Julian Assange supporter holds up a placard of the WikiLeaks founder outside Westminster Magistrates Court, the site of his bail hearing, in London on Wednesday.

U.K. Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Bail Request, Citing Flight Risk

10:32am January 06, 2021

by Bill Chappell

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the WikiLeaks founder must be held in custody while the U.S. government appeals an extradition request.

A jetliner arrives at London's Heathrow Airport earlier this year. On Wednesday, the U.K.'s highest court reversed a ban on the airport's controversial plans for a third runway.

U.K.'s Top Court Lifts Ban On Heathrow's Plans For 3rd Runway

2:13pm December 16, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The unanimous judgment represents a stinging reversal for climate activists, who had won a lower-court ruling earlier this year against the major international hub on environmental grounds.

A phone shows the Uber app in front of a taxi stand at Waterloo station in London on Monday. The ride-sharing service won its appeal after Transport for London denied a renewal of its operating license late last year.

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Uber Can Keep Operating In London, Magistrate Rules

6:02pm September 28, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Regulators had refused to renew Uber's license, finding its lax security controls had put passengers at risk. But a court found that Uber had fixed the problems and was fit to operate in the city.

Trauma surgeon David Nott, shown above in Bangladesh, has volunteered in war zones and disaster areas around the world. Now he's treating COVID-19 patients in London.

'War Doctor' Says Treating COVID-19 Is Like Fighting An Invisible Enemy

1:42pm April 02, 2020

by Terry Gross

Trauma surgeon David Nott has volunteered in war zones and disaster areas around the world. Now he's treating COVID-19 patients in London. He calls the pandemic a "disaster zone for the whole world."

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