Posts Tagged ‘U.K.’
Weather causes U.K. travel chaos
London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest travel hub, cancelled half its daily flights on Sunday as European countries coped with an unusually heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
U.K. riot Facebook page authors get 4 years
Two men in northwestern England were handed stiff jail terms for inciting disorder during Britain's recent riots through social networking site Facebook. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
U.S. ‘supercop’ warns U.K. riot arrests not enough
A U.S. law enforcement expert who has agreed to help tackle gang violence in Britain in the wake of recent riots in urban centres says the government cannot "arrest their way out" of systemic problems facing the country. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
U.K. riot charges and arrests keep rising
Police in London say they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
U.K. riot victim’s father calls for calm
The father of one of three men killed during the London riots has helped ease the tension in Birmingham by pleading with people not to retaliate, an Anglican bishop of the community said. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
U.K. riots reveal social media double standard
When social media helped protesters organize and overthrow corrupt regimes in the Arab world earlier this year, while also providing citizen journalism when the mainstream media was shut out, it was lauded as a tool of democracy. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
