Security services have foiled an attempt to bring more terror to the heart of Westminster.

A man armed with several knives has been arrested in Whitehall, London, on suspicion of planning a terror attack, Scotland Yard said.

British politicians described chaotic scenes in Westminster after a security alert meant many had to be evacuated from the UK Parliament.

THERE are still some supreme optimists who bask in the notion that the UK’s departure from the EU will enrich this country rather than damage it.

Eddie Izzard was forced to give chase in high heels while at a protest in London when his pink beret was snatched from his head.

Eddie Izzard was forced to give chase in high heels while at a protest in London when his pink beret was snatched from his head.

AT precisely 7.25am today a salvo of artillery fire from three First World War guns resounded in London’s Parliament Square.

The potential benefits of investing in the North will be pitched to an audience of property professionals in London today.

Hundreds of student protesters flooded onto Parliament Square yesterday after bursting through police barriers in London.

Ten people have been arrested as thousands of anti-capitalist activists took to the streets of central London to protest against political oppression.

If you take a walk through Trinity College's Front Gate today, you'll be met with an unusual sight - a full-sized confessional in the middle of the famous Parliament Square.

WHETHER in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd puller.

One of Scotland Yard’s most senior police officers will be quizzed by MPs over the investigation into the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

A task force for tackling radicalisation in the UK set up by the British Prime Minister in the wake of soldier Lee Rigby’s murder is to meet monthly in a bid to deal with extremism head on, a Downing Street spokesman has said.

A second man is to appear in court charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, Scotland Yard said.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Say proved the star of the show in Cork last evening, romping to an impressive nine lengths victory in the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Say should open her account in tonight’s finale in Cork, the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden.

The London Marathon will go ahead as planned, organisers said today after the Boston Marathon explosions prompted an urgent security review.

The Turf Club announced yesterday that, following a course inspection at Tipperary, the sprint course was unfit for racing due to waterlogging.

Trainer Clive Cox is excited about seeing unbeaten juvenile Reckless Abandon shoot for Group One glory in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville tomorrow.

Trainer Clive Cox is excited about seeing unbeaten juvenile Reckless Abandon shoot for Group One glory in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on Sunday.

Aidan O’Brien’s Parliament Square swooped inside the furlong pole to land the featured Listed Danehill Dancer Stakes at Tipperary yesterday.

Tommy Stack’s Cape Of Approval is the nap choice to get off the mark at the sixth attempt in the Fillies Friday Night 10th August Maiden at Tipperary this afternoon.

When it became clear, in the early part of the season, that Joseph O’Brien was essentially first jockey at Ballydoyle it looked to be an extraordinary decision.

London taxi drivers brought Westminster to a standstill today in a protest over their ban from dedicated Olympics traffic lanes.

Having won the Grand Prix de Paris on Imperial Monarch in Longchamp on Saturday (Bastille Day) Joseph O’Brien returned to domestic action with a bang at Fairyhouse yesterday, completing a fine treble on Parliament Square, Warwick Avenue and Chicago while giving up the ride on After in the featured Belgrave Stakes when deemed to be “feeling unwell”.

Marvada gave trainer Ken Condon his second group-race success when swooping late, under Shane ‘Dusty’ Foley, to land the Group 3 Brownstown Stakes in Naas last night.

Dropped to maiden company after a creditable run at Royal Ascot, Parliament Square should get off the mark in tonight’s opener in Naas, the six-furlong Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Maiden.

YOU really have to wonder what inspires race-planners at times.

The UK government is to establish an independent panel to give victims of the riots a chance to “have their voice heard”, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today.

The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was jailed for 16 months today for going on a drink- and drug-fuelled rampage at a student fees protest.

The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour could face jail today when he is sentenced for going on the rampage at a student fees protest in London.

Fascinators and morning suits topped the fashion stakes today among the royal wedding guests.

Two more people arrested by British police investigating disorder during the tuition fee demonstrations were in custody today.

IN Britain’s worst political violence in years, furious student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalised government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees.

Protesters marching against plans to increase student tuition fees have clashed with police in London’s West End.

“THIS IS the room from which I will direct the war,” declared Winston Churchill shortly after becoming prime minister in 1940, as he toured the warren of underground rooms built to endure the German air raids on London.

Several hundred Tamil protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka brought roads outside the UK Houses of Parliament in London to a standstill today.

Jade Goody will be “present in spirit” at a rally today to press for the minimum age for cervical smear tests to be reduced, her publicist said.

MARK WALLINGER, the artist whose work includes dressing up as a bear, has won this year’s Turner Prize for his replica of the one-man anti-war protest in Parliament Square.

Members of the Iranian resistance movement rallied in London’s Parliament Square today and called on the British government and the United Nations Security Council to “stop the mullahs’ unbridled terrorism” against innocent Iraqi citizens and Iranian political refugees in Ashraf City.

DON'T know about you, but here's one who will be desperately sorry to see the back of the National Hunt season.

Sublimity will try to improve on his Cheltenham Festival fourth in the VC Bet Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown later this month.