World Briefing | Europe: Britain: London Gets Tougher on Gas-Guzzlers
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Drivers of 4x4s, high-powered sports cars and other high-emission vehicles will have to pay $49 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel-efficient vehicles will get a free ride, said the mayor, Ken Livingstone. Mr. Livingstone, left, who introduced the daily congestion charge on trucks and cars entering central London in 2003 to cut traffic and pollution, said the change is primarily aimed at the big cars owned by people in wealthy parts of the capital. The changes will come into effect in October. Mr. Livingstone said that 17 percent of the cars that visit each day, about 33,000, will pay the $49 charge, while 2 percent will go free. The remaining 81 percent, along with trucks, will continue to pay the current $16 fee.
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The area covered by London's congestion charge doubled to the anger of many residents and businesses, although the city's mayor insisted it would cut emissions and traffic jams.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first country to propose legislation setting binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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London- Following the deaths by shooting of four young men in London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced harsher penalties for possessing firearms Sunday.Comment
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Science & environment: Owners of the worst polluting lorries and buses will from today have to pay Â£200 per day to enter London
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A controversial charge on cars that enter the centre of the the British capital is to be extended Monday to some of London's plushest districts -- threatening a new wave of anger.
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Crude oil was little changed in London after a three-day slump fueled by the biggest rise in US fuel inventories in four months. Oil prices in London had fallen about $5 a barrel since
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Britain on Tuesday became the first  country to propose legislation setting binding limits on  greenhouse gases as it stepped up its campaign for a new global  warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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France, Britain and Germany have toughened their stance on Iran&#39;s nuclear programme, demanding that Tehran halt all parts of the atomic fuel cycle that can
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Â· Prime minister says MPs can protect British vetoÂ· Britain to call for more liberalisation of markets
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What Tony Blair disarmingly calls his &quot;damn high wire act&quot; is getting shakier. The bridge between Europe and the United States has become a frayed rope in a tug-of-war match.
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Business & money: Prospect of pound-a-litre petrol on Britain's forecourts moves a step closer.
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Immigrants to the UK may be told not to touch people without permission, spit in the street or play loud music.
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LONDON, June 29 -- British police thwarted a pair of apparent terrorist attacks in central London's crowded theater district Friday, defusing bombs fashioned from gasoline, gas cylinders and nails and hidden inside two parked Mercedes sedans. Police said that if the explosives had detonated, they...
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LONDON: The British government announced yesterday a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as Queen Elizabeth set out its new lawmaking agenda.
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LONDON British Airways announced Friday that it was increasing its fuel surcharge on both short-haul and long-haul tickets because of rising oil prices.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first country to propose legislation setting binding limits on carbon dioxide emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.