Pooja Ravikumar

In an attempt to stabilise the Afghan forces, the UK government will retain some British soldiers after it pulls out combat troops in 2015, said the chief of British defence staff.

The U.S. seems to be wary about the security arrangements for the 2102 London Olympics in the wake of the riots in some of the English counties early this year and also the arrests made at the Games site.

On Sunday, the Queen laid a wreath at London's Cenotaph, in the Whitehall, as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies across the UK. Remembrance Day is an annual British and Commonwealth tradition that honors the contribution of soldiers from these nations in past wars and conflicts.

One year back, the body of British-Indian honeymooner Anni Dewani, was found in a taxi, after she was shot dead in Cape Town, South Africa. To commemorate the tragic event, candlelight vigils will be held at Bristol, London, Cape Town and in Sweden, to mark the first anniversary.

Jamaican Usain Bolt and Australian Sally Pearson have been named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2011 by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Veteran singer Sir Cliff Richard, "X Factor" star Joe McElderry and Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins will perform for the royal family during the "Festival of Remembrance" 2011 in London, on Saturday night.

With the constant undying craving for meat, scientists are finding new ways of cooking to satisfy the masses.

For the first time in its history, the UK will host the World Athletics Championship (WAC), following London's selection as the host city of the 2017 edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) biennial event, in Monaco on Friday.

Armed Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry and took 24 people hostage in the Sea of Marmara after it set out in the northwest Turkey on Friday evening, reports have said.

Prince William's trip to the Falklands has received irksome response from Argentina. It has condemned the Duke of Cambridge's posting to the Falklands as a "provocative act".

The National Gallery in London will display Leonardo da Vinci's rare surviving paintings including the two versions of the Renaissance masterpiece "The Virgin of the Rocks".

The Hertfordshire police have charged a second teenager in the murder of a 21-year-old man in Hertfordshire town. Billy Dove, from Hemel Hempstead, died from a stab wound following an incident on Sunday at 1.30 am, the police said.

In an inquest into the Shepshed triple deaths, the coroner at the Loughborough Magistrates Court ruled that the two children were unlawfully killed by their mother, who later took her own life, in their home Tuesday.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have leaders representing nine faiths to celebrate and create the most diverse Games experience. With 261 days for the mega event, the nine faith leaders toured the Olympic Park on Tuesday.

The Samoan centre player, Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, has been banned for three weeks by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) after being found guilty on two charges of posting critical comments on a social networking website about the Rugby World Cup (RWC)and the International Rugby Board (IRB).

A team of British archaeologists has found new evidence of a lost civilization in the country's desert regions. The team from the University of Leicester used satellites and aerial photographs to identify the remains of more than 100 fortified dams and villages with castle-like structures and several towns in the harsh desert lands.

An online petition launched by a think-tank, seeking a House of Commons debate on the issue of of immigration, has achieved 100,000 signatures.

The UK jobs front continues to be grim, even as a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report, published on Tuesday, has shown that unemployment figures rose 97 percent in local council areas over the past year.

An MPs' panel has firmly backed the Government's high-speed rail link plans but has raised concerns over the current preferred route for the project.

According to scientists, the universal flu vaccine - FLU-v - which recently completed a successful trial challenge, is expected to be available in the markets in between three and five years, subject to the National Health Service's (NHS) approval.

The Avon and Somerset police are investigating reports by eye-witnesses of black smoke on the carriageway. It is believed that the smoke could be one of the reasons behind what is one of the worst road crashes in the United Kingdom's history. On Sunday though, the Somerset section (both north and southbound, between Junctions 24 and 25) was re-opened at 9 p.m.

In 2012, Londoners and people all over the UK would get the chance to be a part of the 2012 London Games as 1,000 cities and villages will witness the Olympic Flame travel an estimated 8,000 miles journey between May 18 and July 27 next year.

Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, was crowned the 61st Miss World in a glittering ceremony at the Earls Court Two in London on Sunday night. Miss Philippines, Gwendoline Ruais, was named the runner-up, while Miss Puerto Rico, Amanda Perez, came third in the contest.

The Avon and Somerset police said the operation to forensically lift the vehicles involved in Friday's crash on M5 motorway was completed Sunday morning.

Three additions have been made to the existing 109 officially named chemical elements in the periodic table. Elements 110, 111, and 112 have been named darmstadtium (Ds), roentgenium (Rg), and copernicium (Cn), respectively.

In a landmark achievement, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will complete 25 years Sunday after being appointed in 1986. During his 25-year tenure, Sir Alex Ferguson changed the history of Manchester United with several historic wins.

In one of the worst road-collisions in history of the UK, around 27 vehicles have crashed on the M5 motorway near Taunton, Somerset, claiming several lives and leaving around 35 people hurt, the police said on Friday.

Can you imagine more than a thousand bells ringing together and welcoming the summer? Well, the United Kingdom is going to embrace an especially summery day next July 27 to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

To celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a collection of specially commissioned images by 12 of the United Kingdom’s leading artists was unveiled on Friday.