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A smashed up car is seen in Kingsway opposite Holborn Tube station in central London, after a woman was killed when large chunks of masonry fell onto a Skoda Octavia vehicle she was in, London, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. The taxi driver was killed late Friday in central London opposite Holborn subway station during a heavy windstorm when her car was crushed by falling masonry from a building that partially collapsed, police said. She was identified as Julie Sillitoe, a 49-year-old with three sons. (AP Photo/PA, Laura Lean) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

UK taxi driver crushed to death in windstorm

Gregory Katz · February 15, 2014 7:45 pm

Piers Morgan interviewed by police in hacking case

Gregory Katz · February 14, 2014 5:30 pm

In this undated photo provided by Peter Blegvad, Erik Blegvad poses on the Danish island of Samso. Children's book artist Erik Blegvad, known for his whimsical illustrations of more than 100 books, has died in London. He was 90. His eldest son, musician and cartoonist Peter Blegvad, said his father died on Jan. 14, 2014. The wide-ranging artist was a native of Denmark who studied at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts before developing his reputation in the New York and Paris publishing worlds. Among his best known works are the illustrations for "Bed-Knob and Broomstick," ''The Tenth Good Thing About Barney" and his own translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "Stories and Fairy Tales."(AP Photo/Peter Blegvad)

Children’s book artist Erik Blegvad dies at 90

Gregory Katz · February 12, 2014 12:38 pm

British orchid display provides hint of spring

Gregory Katz · February 9, 2014 12:43 pm

FILE - This is a Wednesday May 23, 2007 file photo of the Sellafield Nuclear Power Station in Sellafield, England. Sellafield said in a statement Friday Jan. 31, 2014 it had found "elevated levels of radioactivity at one of the on-site radiation monitors at the north end of the site." It is being operated with reduced staffing. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, File)

UK nuclear alert: naturally occurring radiation

Gregory Katz · January 31, 2014 2:31 pm

Mau-Mau veteran Mathenge Iregi, 81, waves a a ceremonial whisk to celebrate as he and others await a press conference about an announcement regarding their legal case for compensation against the British Government, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, June 6, 2013. The British government is set to announce compensation for Kenyans abused during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenyan joy: Britain ‘regrets’ colonial abuse

Gregory Katz, Jason Straziuso · June 6, 2013 4:00 am

In this undated image released Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, showing Lee Rigby known as 'Riggers' to his friends, who is identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. The Ministry web site included the statement "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London, is believed to be Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers." (AP Photo / MOD)

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

Paisley Dodds, Gregory Katz · May 23, 2013 4:00 am

UK: 7 men convicted of sex crimes against girls

Gregory Katz · May 14, 2013 5:56 pm

Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon

Gregory Katz · April 15, 2013 4:00 am

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

Gregory Katz, Robert Barr · April 8, 2013 4:00 am

Insurance costs push Lloyds Banking into 2012 loss

Gregory Katz · March 1, 2013 10:10 am

FILE - A Thursday Sept. 16, 2010 photo from files showing Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien speaking to the media in Edinburgh, Scotland. Cardinal O'Brien resigned Monday Feb 25, 2013 due to allegations of misconduct. (AP Photo/Scott Campbell, File)

British Cardinal to skip papal conclave

Nicole Winfield, Gregory Katz · February 25, 2013 5:00 am