The Royal Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace in 2011 will take place on Wednesday 29 June, Tuesday 12 July and Tuesday 19 July.

A second explosion has occurred at the Pike River Coal Mine on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand which has ended all hope of finding the 29 Pike River miners alive.

A statue of New Zealander Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, commander of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command, responsible for the protection of London and the South East of England throughout the Battle of Britain, has been unveiled in Waterloo Place, London.
 

The National Landlords Association (NLA), the largest landlord association in the UK, has issued a statement regarding a new internet scam on the website Gumtree.com