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Newly-elected London Mayor officially accepts his position at City Hall
London's Mayor-elect, Boris Johnson arrives at City Hall to sign the "Declaration of Acceptance of Office" for the Mayor of London, in central London on May 3, 2008. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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Johnson, cyclist-mayor, annoys cyclists
Johnson, cyclist-mayor, annoys cyclists
LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- London Mayor Boris Johnson, a self-described militant cyclist, said many cyclists share blame for crashes because they don't follow the rules.
Olympic torch begins trek across U.K.
CORNWALL, England, May 19 (UPI) -- British Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie Saturday led off the 8,000-mile journey of the Olympic torch in the runup to the Summer Games in London.
Olympic torch handed to Britain
Olympic torch handed to Britain
ATHENS, Greece, May 17 (UPI) -- The Olympic Torch was handed to Britain Thursday, in anticipation of the London Summer Olympics, in a ceremony in Athens, Greece.
Boris Johnson wins in London
LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- Boris Johnson won a second term Friday as mayor of London, defeating former Mayor Ken Livingstone by 3 percentage points.
Cameron apologizes for his party's rout
Cameron apologizes for his party's rout
LONDON, May 4 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron apologized Friday for his Conservative Party's rout in local elections. He said the party "inherited" a bad economy.
Taxi magnate's remarks anger bicyclists
LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- A London minicab magnate went into reverse Friday on an article he wrote blaming bicyclists killed in road crashes for their own deaths.
Poll shows Tories, Lib Dems down, UKip up
LONDON, April 18 (UPI) -- A poll this week showed British voters are disenchanted with the Conservatives and downright hostile to their coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.
Boris Johnson wants driverless trains
LONDON, March 27 (UPI) -- London Mayor Boris Johnson, facing a hard fight for re-election, promised Monday to introduce automatic driverless trains on the Underground.
Four plead guilty in London terror plot
LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Four Islamic militants in Britain pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting a Christmas 2010 bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange and other sites.
Outrage over bonus for RBS chief
LONDON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Politicians and labor leaders went on the attack Friday over the bonus awarded the head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, mostly owned by the British government.
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“One of the things that we were thinking of doing was to have hand-held devices, BlackBerry-type gizmos, that you could be issued with when you come in the (Olympic) park telling you what's going on, or giving you instant replays,”
London mayor wants friendlier Olympics
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“The demands being made by the leadership of Aslef are monstrous. It has been clear ever since the Gregorian calendar was reformed in the mid-18th century that Boxing Day 2010 would fall on a Sunday. So why do they demand more money with three weeks to go?”
Strike shuts London Tube on Boxing Day
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“We may have lost the People's Princess but we have the People's Plinth.”
Britons volunteer as 'living statues'
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“If all U.K. shoppers cut out just one in five bags, it would save about 40,000 tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases a year -- equivalent to taking over 12,500 cars off the road for a year,”
London's mayor trashes plastic bags
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“Londoners have shown that they will not be deterred from their daily business by these pointless strikes.”
Transport workers strike in London
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