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‘Transgender women are women,’ organizers say after controversy over women-only pond in London

Women & Gender

The Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond has been a place where women having been taking a dip for over a century. But earlier this year, there were complaints when transgender women used the pond

A bus in London.

Coffee-enhanced fuel set to power London buses

Technology
Paddington Bear, the children's character who first appeared in stories in the 1950s, might find himself an illegal migrant in modern Britain.

If Paddington Bear came to the UK today, he might be detained for illegal entry

Justice
A protester shouts with both his hands in the air while marching through a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014.

Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through

Conflict
A selfie in front of the marquee at the Hammersmith Apollo. Kate Bush as called her series of concerts 'Before the Dawn'

Kate Bush fans from around the globe descend on a London pub

Music
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A baker in London's Rinkoff Bakery shows off his cronuts.

Cronuts hit London’s streets, and they’re not just for breakfast any more

Arts, Culture & Media

Cronuts have sold like the proverbial hotcakes in the US since bursting out of the bakery case earlier this year. But recently they’ve crossed the pond and become all the rage in the UK as well.

Summer in ‘Another’ Global Village: London’s Carnival Steelpan Rehearsals

Global Hit

In the lead-up to Notting Hill Carnival's "Panorama" steelpan competition, reporter I got swept up in the excitement of the Mangrove band's rehearsal.

British bell manufacturer enjoying rush of fame in advance of Queen’s jubilee, Olympics

The Whitechapel Foundry has been making bells for more than four centuries. They’ve made the bell atop Big Ben, in Westminster Abby and a host of less prominent ones as well. Now, the foundry’s employees are enjoying some very high-profile work — a series of bells for Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee and another bell for the Olympics.

Hundreds arrested in London riots

A police incident sparked riots across London neighborhoods — looting and violence left at least 35 police officers injured

A Musical Take on the Tube: A Dark Song That Shines With Brilliance

There’s a song that perfectly encapsulates the darker side of traveling on the London Underground, The Jam’s 1978 classic “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.” […]

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