A Swedish prosecuting official has arrived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to be present while Julian Assange is interviewed about a sex allegation.

USA: Firefighters put out a blaze at an office building in New Jersey — after waiting for 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored inside to explode.

Home prices in the best areas of central London fell by the most since June 2009 in the six months through February as turmoil in financial markets and higher taxes deterred buyers.

A new artwork by Banksy criticising the use of teargas in The Jungle refugee camp in Calais has appeared on a wall opposite the French Embassy in London.

Ecuador and Sweden have signed a pact that would allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned at Ecuador’s embassy in London where he has been for more than three years, the Quito government said.

The widow of the late film director Michael Winner is in hospital after she was beaten with an iron bar during a raid at her home.

Conor Kane takes advantage of the new Waterford-London route and enjoys a day trip in the city.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be cleared of three sex assault claims as the prosecution time limits are set to expire while he remains in hiding in London.

Bernie Ecclestone believes one of his most trusted female aides could succeed him as Formula One supremo, almost a decade on from suggesting a woman’s place was in the kitchen rather than a race track.

The luxury Maybourne London hotel group — which is the source of a bitter dispute between Irish developer Paddy McKillen and the billionaire Barclay brothers — last year returned to pre-tax profit.

Wait, that's 94 euros. What?!

"London, it’s a great city." It’s the type of stock line that gets thrown about because it sounds like the right thing to say.

Oooooof.

Ukraine are due to play the United States tomorrow in one of those matches which cries out for George Orwell to do the post-match analysis in the studio.

In early November 1915, on the weekend of the All-Ireland final, the Tralee Republican leader Austin Stack dispatched three men disguised as Kerry football supporters to Dublin.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny rightly condemned those responsible for the mindless bombing outside a busy Belfast restaurant on Friday night.

Highlights includethe return of Anne Doyle, and Simon Reeve's new show on pilgrimages

Teeming with common lodging houses, and home to a criminal underworld of murderers, pornographers and child gangs, TV show Ripper Street is back tonight for a second series.

IT is Friday, 4.30pm. I am at home, up a tree. I’ve been doing more site-maintenance (old farmhouse, three acres: it never ends), what with the vintage shop closing.

Fulham chairman Shahid Khan believes removing the controversial Michael Jackson statue outside Craven Cottage is the “right thing” to do.

The familiar green uniform of the Harrods doorman proved the inspiration as the store launched its summer sale today.

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today published more than 1.7 million United States records covering diplomatic or intelligence reports on every country in the world.

I THINK Paul Costelloe is flirting with me. I won’t let it go to my head though, because I think he flirts with everyone.

Radiation experts investigating the death of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky have given his mansion the all clear.

Ulster Bank approached Seán Dunne about financing the purchase of the Jurys /Ballsbridge site in Dublin in Jul 2005, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Angry fans booed Lady Gaga after she arrived over an hour late for a public appearance – and then dashed indoors before many had even caught a glimpse of her.

A menu from the Titanic is to go up for auction in London.

A complaint by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange that a television show infringed his privacy by showing footage of him dancing in a nightclub has not been upheld by the UK's communications watchdog Ofcom.

William Hague has urged Ecuador to resume talks “as early as possible” over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could remain holed up inside Ecuador’s embassy in London for a year, he has predicted.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has thanked the nation of Ecuador for taking a “stand for justice” in giving him political asylum.

Julian Assange is spending his first full day in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since being granted political asylum by the South American country’s government.

The attempt by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to avoid extradition from Britain took a dramatic turn yesterday, as he was granted political asylum by the government of Ecuador.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by Ecuador after taking refuge in the country’s embassy in London.

The diplomatic row between the UK and Ecuador over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has deepened after the Foreign Office said the Government would seek to extradite him even if he is granted political asylum by the South American nation.

One of the weirdest things for me, when I participated in the Olympics, was waking up the day after the opening ceremony going to the dining hall before training and seeing people with Olympic medals already hanging around their necks.

Former England captain John Terry has often been close to controversy during his career.

With the Games just around the corner and tickets all but sold out, Brian Canty looks at how you can watch it on the cheap in London

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he will “almost certainly” ignore a surrender notice issued to him by Scotland Yard.