Photographers take pictures of Thug, a pygmy hippo, exploring his new enclosure at the zoo in London on Thursday, when Thug and his lifelong companion Nicky were unveiled to the media in their new home as part of the zoo's "Into Africa" exhibit. Image via Matt Dunham/AP.
Right now, large parts of Central and South London are flooded with shitwater. Lucky for those of us not drowning in poop, the Telegraph's Lewis Whyld is wallowing through the muck, taking pictures and videos.
Wednesday afternoon, a jury ruled that, though he was unarmed at the time, Mark Duggan was lawfully killed by London police in August 2011. Duggan's death sparked giant riots in London's Tottenham neighborhood that ended with dozens of arrests and several injuries.
Three women were rescued Thursday morning from a south London home, where they'd been held as slaves for at least 30 years. Police arrested two suspects–a 67-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman—at the same address.
Here, courtesy of a longtime high end real estate broker in London, are all the stereotypes you'll ever need to know about wealthy property buyers, by nationality.
Rumor has it Shia LaBeouf found himself in yet another altercation with a random person on the street — this one involving a swift kick in the LaBalls.
A London man called the London Fire Brigade to report that his penis was stuck in a toaster. While the firefighters were not given a sufficient explanation as to how his dick ended up in the appliance, they were able to safely extricate the organ.
30 people had to be rescued from a Duck Tour boat in the river Thames on Sunday after the “amphibious bus” caught fire right outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Many of the 28 passengers had to jump into the water to escape the flames.
Never trust your smartphone again. According to the British website Trending Central, Richard Barnes, the former deputy mayor of London and member of England’s right-wing Conservative Party, accidentally uploaded several pictures of his naked torso and unclothed crotch to his public Facebook page—apparently because…
Earlier this month, British stencil artist DS painted one of his signature characters, an old Hello Kitty spoof he'd long ago dubbed Bad Kitty, on an Islington wall along Essex Road. The next morning, the 28-year-old saw someone buffing the figures and photographed the removal process from across the street. Then DS…
Two monsters crashed a car into a soldier named Lee Rigby on Tuesday in southeast London, and then they hopped out and murdered him with meat cleavers and a machete. In the interminable lull before police arrived to shoot the men, they danced over Rigby's body and demanded passers-by take pictures and video. Here it…
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has identified Wednesday's victim of the Woolwich psychopaths as Lee Rigby, father of a 2-year-old son and veteran of military campaigns from Cyprus to Afghanistan who was currently based in London as part of the drum corps.
Of yesterday's horrific terror attack in London, a former British soldier writes in the Guardian: "We need to recognise that, given the continued role our government has chosen to play in the US imperial project in the Middle East, we are lucky that these attacks are so few and far between."
The horrific beheading of a soldier in southeast London today by two young black men has mobilized mobs of thugs to take to the streets. The Woolwich terrorists warned witnesses of "a war in London tonight" and they just might get it.
A horrifying daytime attack by local terrorists armed with meat cleavers took the life of U.K. soldier Lee Rigby, who was butchered and left dead in the street in southeast London. The crazed killers shouted "Allahu Akbar" after completing their grisly crime and then demanded stunned passers-by take video.
The film was shot by Claude Frisse-Greene, an early British pioneer of film.
In fashion typical of the day, a horse-drawn carriage delivered Margaret Thatcher's coffin to St. Paul's Cathedral in London earlier this morning. The procession route passed a divided crowd, split between cheerers and hecklers. The threat of demonstrations, particularly those from Irish Republicans, caused an influx…
While his son Jaden is off opening for Justin Bieber at the O2 Arena in London, Will Smith, 44, is spending his time touring the city's south side flanked by two members of Parliament.
You may have heard by now that Urban Outfitters' favorite street artist, Banksy, was arrested in London last night on charges of vandalism. Even better, after hauling him in, police reportedly revealed Banksy's identity to the press, a huge development considering that for years everyone—including Gawker—has been…
Great Britain won its first gold medal of the 2012 Olympics today — in women's pair rowing — and the country celebrated the only way it knows how: with a rich buffoon doing something embarrassing and ridiculous.
