London: An environmental waste company in London had a surprise discovery last week when they uncovered a reliquary in the garbage containing a bone of St. Clement, a Church Father and the fourth pope. The company, which posted about the discovery on their website April 25, said they could notContinue Reading
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has said he favours the banning of pro-life vigils outside abortion clinics. His intervention follows a call by 113 MPs, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, for the Government to introduce “buffer zones” outside clinics to stop the vigils. Two local authorities in England have nowContinue Reading
London: A group of nuns is launching a soup restaurant in London — and plans to give away everything for free. The Daughters of Divine Charity, a Catholic order based in Norfolk, are swapping rural England for Shoreditch in Central London in order to launch the pop-up location, which has been named NUNdos. AccordingContinue Reading
Several commuters have reportedly suffered burn and stampede injuries after an explosion at Parsons Green underground station in west London. Witnesses described flames and a “fireball” following the incident at 08:20 BST (12:50 IST) . Security services and counter-terror teams are monitoring the situation. Armed police, paramedics and firefighters are also onContinue Reading
London: A van plowed into worshippers near a London mosque on Monday , June 19, injuring 10 people in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims. Shortly after midnight, the vehicle swerved into a group of people leaving prayers at the Muslim Welfare HouseContinue Reading
London: An Indian-origin man has been killed in the UK by an unidentified person who attacked him with a baseball bat, Scotland Yard said on Friday as it offered a reward of 10,000 pounds for inputs leading to the accused’s arrest. Satnam Singh, 45, was walking with a friend inContinue Reading
London: A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in England, who secured two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in the British Mensa IQ test, has been invited to join the coveted society as a member. Rajgauri Pawar appeared in the British Mensa IQ Test in Manchester last month, andContinue Reading
London: An Indian-origin educationist in the UK, who moved to Britain after her marriage with no English language skills, has been named the ‘Asian Businesswoman of the Year’ in an award ceremony in Birmingham. 65-year-old Dame Asha Khemka, Principal and CEO of West Nottinghamshire College, was honoured for her effortsContinue Reading
London: During renovations at the former site of a medieval church in London, England, construction workers uncovered the entranceway to a hidden crypt. Inside lay 30 lead coffins, including the remains of five former Archbishops of Canterbury. It’s a completely unexpected archaeological finding—showing that even London’s most famous historical sites stillContinue Reading
London: A giant Indian flag comprising 900 chrysanthemums from Assam, Sikkim and other states is coming up for a major Orchid Festival from Saturday, bringing the sounds, colours, food and music from India at the iconic Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, southwest London. The festival includes an Indian street thatContinue Reading