Three men were on Saturday in police custody after being arrested by armed police at London's Heathrow airport on suspicion of making a bomb threat. Officers boarded the Emirates flight, bound for Dubai, after a "verbal threat was made to staff" as the plane was taxiing shortly before take-off late Friday, London's Metropolitan Police said. Three men aged ...

A man was jailed on Friday for pretending to be a police officer over several years, even duping his wife, police said. Stuart Howatson, 31, told guests at his wedding in 2006 that the chief of London's Metropolitan Police was due to join them and even set him a dinner place. Howatson explained his absence in his speech, blaming ...

Knives and guns seized from London thugs are being recycled into building materials for the 2012 Olympic Games, police said Tuesday. London's Metropolitan Police said it collected more than 52 tonnes of scrap metal from guns, knives and old keys in the last financial year. The force said the recovered steel, iron and other valuable metals were melted down ...