http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/london/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:52:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416846/posts LONDON, England - A London planning commission recently ruled that a London developer cannot turn St. Marks Church into a women's wellness center. In the 1800s, the Anglican Church, located in the Mayfair district on London's West End, echoed the sermons of some of Britain's great preachers. It was also the church where Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower and his staff worshipped during World War II. ... Commonwealth Church became a vital part of Mayfair, meeting the needs of the poor and elderly. But last year Commonwealth was evicted from St. Marks by the Church of England so that the... CBN News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2416846/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:52:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415696/posts Six armed officers ­surround the privileged fanatic who had tried to turn himself into a human firebomb aboard Flight 253 to Detroit. A coat is draped around his legs. They were burnt when a package strapped to them caught fire as he tried to detonate it by injecting a liquid. The would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, lives in a ­£3million Regency flat in ­London’s West End. And it is from Mansfield Street that he is said to have planned the atrocity, which would have killed 277 fellow passengers and 11 crew. Many more people could also have died... Daily Express (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415696/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:21:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415403/posts BREAKING NEWS - THE MOST COMPLETE SUMMARY OF THE LATEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON ABDUL ABDULMUTALLAB TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE OUTSIDE CLASSIFIED REPORTS - A POST SCRIPTS EXCLUSIVE On or about Oct 8th 2009, Dr. Umaru Abdul Mutallab, wealthy banker and father of Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, age 23, contacted the F.B.I. and said he was extremely concerned about his son's welfare due to his Islamic fanaticism and extremist views and feared he could get involved with Islamic terrorism. He said he and his son had not spoken directly for almost a year, but he had received reliable reports... Enterprise Record Post Scripts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415403/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415182/posts An al Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, it has been reported. The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance on a plane from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board. US sources said he was subdued by passengers and has since claimed to have been acting for al Qaida. He has been named by ABC News as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, an engineering student at University College London, with the broadcaster citing US government documents. The suspect, who has... This is London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415182/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411649/posts Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices”. The warning — the bluntest issued by police — has underlined an assessment that a terrorist cell may be preparing an attack on London early next year. The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411649/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:43:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411506/posts Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices”. The warning — the bluntest issued by police — has underlined an assessment that a terrorist cell may be preparing an attack on London early next year. Fox/The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411506/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:03:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411400/posts Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices”. The Sunday Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411400/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:03:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts SNIPPET: "Security sources said concerns had been raised by "chatter" on a prominent jihadist website two weeks ago." (David Leppard for THE SUNDAY TIMES, December 20, 2009) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410214/posts A suspected al Qaeda-inspired cell was caught filming potential terrorist targets, police claimed today. Senior officers said two Algerian brothers may have been employed to prepare the ground for an atrocity in London or at major regional shopping centres. The footage was released today in response to a backlash against police for stopping and searching innocent people taking photographs at tourist hotspots. But the move could backfire as critics will point to the fact that the men involved in the alleged plot were not charged with terrorism offences. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410214/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:56:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409497/posts A bizarre accident on a moving walkway in a British shopping centre has almost killed a four-year-old boy and left his face temporarily discoloured. Darren Webb said his son Stevie Webb looks "like an extra out of that new Avatar film" after his head became trapped between two travelators at the Sainsbury's Savacentre in Colliers Wood, south London. Stevie was playing near the walkways when his jacket became snagged — violently snapping his head backwards. He was not breathing when his mother hit the emergency stop button but later regained consciousness. While Stevie is expected to make a full recovery,... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409497/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402217/posts In what is being seen as a shocking incident, a UK police surveillance photo has revealed one Albania national handing 3,000 pounds in cash to sell a woman as a sex slave to two others in London's Oxford Street. New Kerala http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402217/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398783/posts 75% support for the ban on minarets in London Daily News poll Londoners support the Swiss government’s decision to ban minarets and mosques according to a new poll in The London Daily News, further highlighting the "sensitivities" and concerns in the capital at the growing influence of Islam. Callers to London's leading early morning radio show, the Nick Ferrari programme on LBC, also expressed their concerns with one caller citing how "out of character" a minaret would be if built in London. London is the home to one of the largest number of mosques in the western world,apart from Turkey,... The London Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398783/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:36:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396863/posts Boris Johnson's deputy: 'I had sex with a Chinese spy' EXCLUSIVE by Kate Mansey 29/11/2009 Beauty lures politician to bed then drugs him to take secrets Boris Johnson's deputy was lured into a classic honeytrap by a beautiful Chinese agent in scenes which could have come straight out of a spy novel. Ian Clement went up to his Beijing hotel room for sex with the secret service siren... but was drugged and came round hours later to find his room had been ransacked. The London Mayor's No 2 discovered the woman had rifled through confidential documents and downloaded details about... Mirror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396863/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389734/posts "Why would someone do this to her?" Breitbart TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389734/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:38:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387923/posts LONDON (Reuters) -- Counterterrorism detectives said they had arrested five men in early morning raids today in northwest England. They were being held on suspicion of committing terrorism offenses including inciting an act of terrorism overseas. Police said the suspects, aged 21, 26, 27, 52, and 62, were detained after swoops at homes in Manchester and Bolton, and at a hotel near London's Heathrow Airport. The properties were now being searched. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387923/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382687/posts Uncontrolled mass immigration had been a deliberate, covert policy to change the country’s demographics, according to the Sunday Times. Labour's “open door” immigration policy knowingly risked allowing dangerous people to settle in Britain unchecked. This is revealed by documents of the Home Office, seen by The Sunday Times, which also mention Bulgarian organized criminal groups. “The Whitehall correspondence, which was illegally withheld by the Home Office for four years, shows how ministers were told by the country’s most senior immigration official that his staff were to be “encouraged to take risks” when granting visas, work permits and extended residency to... www.novinite.com / Sofia News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382687/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:56:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378520/posts A woman 'rescued' from an attack by a group of girls, by London mayor Boris Johnson, has spoken about the incident. Franny Armstrong called for help as she was surrounded and pushed by the girls, one of whom had an iron bar, in Camden, north London, on Monday night. The mayor, who was cycling past, stopped and chased the girls down the street, calling them: "Oiks". BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378520/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375112/posts The Queen forced to wear a burkha and Buckingham Palace turned into a mosque - that was the vision of Britain under Sharia law proposed by a Muslim firebrand today. Preacher of hate Anjem Choudary even showed mocked-up photographs of the palace sporting a golden dome and Nelson's Column as a minaret. He was speaking ahead of a demonstration calling for Sharia law planned for Central London tomorrow, which it is feared could descend into violence. Police are working to avoid a clash between moderate Muslim groups and far-right mobs who have organised rival demonstrations. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375112/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:24:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371754/posts A premiership footballer groped a woman in a nightclub before breaking her nose when she rejected his advances, a court has heard. Marlon King, 29, allegedly shouted: 'Don't you know who I am? I'm a millionaire - you're not even in my league', before hitting the petite student in the face. The £25,000-a-week Wigan Athletic striker is said to have approached the woman while she was with friends in the Soho Revue Bar in London last December. She had never met Mail Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371754/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:33:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366681/posts Jewish Speed Dating Queen Expands London, New York, Paris, Israel Events By Gayla Goodman Israel News Agency Tel Aviv, Israel ---- October 17, 2009 ..... Speed dating, a highly popular, formalized dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people traces its origins to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah. The Rabbi has said it was originally created as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry. Today, Michal Matityahu, a native of Tel Aviv is ensuring that Rabbi Deyo work is carried on and expanded. "I saw a need to bring... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366681/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:25:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2359801/posts Church records are one of our most important sources of information about the births, marriages and deaths of our ancestors. And before the 19th century, they are our only source of information on births, marriages and deaths—because churches were keeping records of important life events long before governments were. In 1538, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Vicar General, issued an order that each parish in England keep a record of every baptism, marriage and burial it performed. The UK government, on the other hand, did not start keeping vital records until 1837. (To search indexes of most of the UK government’s... Ancestry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2359801/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:50:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354167/posts 1. Meet “Ardi”Evolutionists aren’t yet sure if they should call it a human ancestor, but one thing they do know is that “Ardi” does away with the idea of a “missing link.”Although first discovered in the early 1990s, the bones of Ardipithecus ramidus are only now being nominated for evolutionists’ fossil hall of fame—via a slew of papers in a special issue of the journal Science. In it, Ardi’s researchers describe the bones and make the case that Ardi is even more important in the history of human evolution than Lucy. Despite claims of its evolutionary significance, one of the... AiG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354167/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2347050/posts Another Hate Mail from London (from a different Hate Mailer from the other London Hate Mail Bag entries) provides a thoughtful and incisive analysis: (Hate Mail Bag) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2347050/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:25:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345198/posts “MI5 hiring Asian teenagers to fight cyber terror” London, September 21, 2009 First Published: 00:09 IST(21/9/2009) Last Updated: 02:44 IST(21/9/2009) SNIPPET: “MI5 head Jonathan Evans has told his staff that the recruits were essential to combat cyber terrorism which has been traced to China, Russia and Pakistan — the hackers have also intercepted messages from terrorists in Belmarsh maximum security prison, the newspaper said. In a report to Lord West, the Security Minister, Evans has revealed that during the summer over 1,000 hits were made on computers in Whitehall. Other targets have been air traffic control, power stations and the... HINDUSTAN TIMES.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345198/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:03:25 GMT