LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) – A British lawmaker has
hit out at defence ministry plans to install surface-to-air
missiles in his constituency during the Olympics, saying it was
appalling sites like Shooter’s Hill had been selected without
consultation.

Britain announced in December it would consider installing
missiles to protect London’s Olympic Park against airborne
attack as part of security measures for this summer’s Games.

LONDON (Reuters) – Attention seekers rather than the violent protesters who marred the torch relay four years ago will pose the biggest threat to this year’s relay during its 70-day tour of Britain prior to the London Olympics, police said on Friday.

A team of about 70 police officers will be dedicated to protecting the Olympic torch and its bearers during a 12,800 kms tour of Britain, taking in the outer reaches of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland as well as the Irish capital Dublin.

LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) – Attention seekers rather
than the violent protesters who marred the torch relay four
years ago will pose the biggest threat to this year’s relay
during its 70-day tour of Britain prior to the London Olympics,
police said on Friday.

A team of about 70 police officers will be dedicated to
protecting the Olympic torch and its bearers during a 12,800 kms
tour of Britain, taking in the outer reaches of Scotland, Wales,
and Northern Ireland as well as the Irish capital Dublin.

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s press watchdog
confirmed on Thursday it was disbanding, a move seen as
inevitable after the self-regulating body lost almost all
credibility for failing to address a phone-hacking scandal at
one of Rupert Murdoch’s British papers.

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC), funded by the
industry and whose members include serving editors, had been
lambasted by politicians and celebrities who argued it was
toothless.

LONDON (Reuters) – Flag-waving crowds of Britons lined the streets and politicians proffered gushing praise as Queen Elizabeth launched a nationwide tour of her realm on Thursday to celebrate 60 years as monarch.

Elizabeth’s four-month tour will take in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of celebrations for her reign which began on February 6, 1952.

LONDON (Reuters) – Flag-waving crowds of Britons lined the streets and politicians proffered gushing praise as Queen Elizabeth launched a nationwide tour of her realm on Thursday to celebrate 60 years as monarch.

Elizabeth’s four-month tour will take in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of celebrations for her reign which began on February 6, 1952.

LONDON (Reuters) – Flag-waving crowds of Britons lined the streets and politicians proffered gushing praise as Queen Elizabeth launched a nationwide tour of her realm on Thursday to celebrate 60 years as monarch.

Elizabeth’s four-month tour will take in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of celebrations for her reign which began on February 6, 1952.

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – The government’s top legal
adviser said on Wednesday he was looking at whether comments by
a detective leading investigations into alleged illegal
activities at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers could prejudice future
trials.

London police’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers told
a public inquiry last week that illegal payments to public
officials were rife at Murdoch’s Sun tabloid, where 11
journalists have been arrested by her detectives.

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) – British detectives
investigating claims journalists bribed public officials for
information arrested another reporter from Rupert Murdoch’s The
Sun on Thursday.

Virginia Wheeler, the paper’s defence editor, is the 10th
member of staff from Britain’s biggest-selling daily newspaper
to be arrested in the last few weeks over allegations they made
illegal payments to police and other public officials.

LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – British detectives
investigating claims of phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News
of the World newspaper in 2006 were impeded by the company’s
staff and feared violence when they tried to search its offices,
police said on Wednesday.

News International, the British newspaper arm of Murdoch’s
News Corp, was also well aware of suspicions the
practice was widespread and probably destroyed or hid
incriminating evidence about illegal activities, an inquiry into
press ethics was told.