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Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife such as seals and polar bears, a leading British polar scientist said on Thursday.

Police arrest a man in connection with an alleged assault on former X Factor winner Leona Lewis at a book signing in London.

A City banker is found guilty of killing his unfaithful wife at their north London home.

Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with this month's brazen London jewelry store robbery of millions of dollars worth of gems, Metropolitan Police said.

Armed men steal £40m of items from a central London jewellery store in what is said to be Britain's second biggest robbery.

Queen Elizabeth II was at home at Windsor Castle, the sentries who guard her were on duty, and the large park surrounding the magnificent building was full of tourists on a Sunday afternoon.

Passengers were shocked to discover that Israel had been wiped off the map by Britain's BMI airline, which omitted the Jewish state from its digital charts on flights from London to Tel Aviv.

Many hotels claim to be original, but this one, which could double as an art installation, actually is.