Thatchers death prompts sharply divided opinion

LONDON: British MPs and peers cut short their holidays to reconvene for a special Parliament session today to pay tributes to Margaret Thatcher. However, reflecting the deeply divisive legacy of Britain's former Conservative Prime Minister, several ...

A massive security operation is underway in central London ahead of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher. Some 4,000 police officers have been drafted in to police the operation with protests expected along the route. The former Prime Minister's coffin ...

One Sunday recently while staying in London I took a stroll in the gardens of Temple, the insular clod of quads and offices between The Strand and The Embankment. It's kind of a luxury, rent-controlled ghetto for lawyers and barristers; there is a ...

LONDON - Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation - breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, ...

Margaret Thatcher's death has already sparked an outpouring of praise and vitriol, while for football followers she is synonymous with the Hillsborough disaster and the ill-treatment of supporters in the 1980s. Hooliganism was rife, but the ...