Pro-Palestine protesters will gather for a rally in Westminster on Saturday after police curtailed organisers’ plans for a march past the BBC and near a synagogue. The Metropolitan Police denied putting a “ring of steel” around Broadcasting House as the forces said officers would be posted nearby after preventing plans by protesters targeting the BBC to gather in Portland Place.

Organisers of a major pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday have entered a standoff after the Metropolitan Police took the unprecedented step of announcing a new route for the marchers to follow - having banned a previously permitted route.

LONDON - Britain's parliament will shut a bar popular with lawmakers from Monday as it reviews its security arrangements following an alleged drink spiking incident that police are investigating. Read more at straitstimes.

Police pledge ‘significant resources’ for planned protest outside the BBC that passes near the Central Synagogue amid fears of disruption

Police have launched a manhunt for two teenagers as part of an investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old on a bus in London earlier this month. Kelyan Bokassa, 14, was stabbed to death on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, southeast London, just before 2.30pm on 7 January.