Visitors to the world-famous Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London, are to be charged for the first time in 10 years. Entrance to the building's courtyard ...

It was late afternoon on Monday as I stood on the Greenwich Mean Time prime meridian line in the verdant patch of London that gives it its name. I surveyed the park bathed in golden sunlight below ...

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...