The world-famous Boat Race will be moved away from the River Thames for only the second time in its 165-year continuous history due to safety fears over Hammersmith Bridge. Health and safety officials banned all river traffic from passing under the 133-year-old suspension bridge in August after inspectors discovered cracks in the structure. The closure … Read more
The world-famous Boat Race will be moved away from the River Thames for only the second time in its 165-year continuous history due safety fears over Hammersmith Bridge. Health and safety officials banned all river traffic from passing under the 133-year-old suspension bridge in August after inspectors discovered cracks in the structure. The closure has … Read more
Night is falling on Chiswick Mall as hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents suddenly encounter a fresh challenge: the route home is now under water. Ever since the total closure of Hammersmith Bridge three months ago, after years of neglect, life has been increasingly complicated in West London. Many people now have to walk or … Read more
A promising law graduate who fell 30ft to her death from a gap between carriageways while escaping from a burning car had been drinking and was ‘unsteady on her feet,’ an inquest has heard. Azra Kemal was travelling home to London with a friend in the early hours of July 16 when the car they … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a late-medieval era soldier, complete with his sword and boots, at the bottom of a lake in Lithuania. The 500-year-old skeleton was discovered during an underwater inspection of a bridge over Lake Asveja, about an hour outside Vilnius. The body was under a layer of silt and sand some 30 … Read more
You know what they say about the best-laid plans… Here we reveal five eye-catching bridge designs for famous waterways around the world that never saw the light of day. Scroll down for mesmerising renderings of the bridges, from the incredible seven-storey Crystal Span Bridge in London to the six-lane Brooklyn-Battery Bridge in New York. Crystal … Read more
Frankie Bridge has admitted she is struggling with the country’s second lockdown. But The Saturdays star looked in better spirits on Tuesday as she ran into a friend while enjoying a walk in the countryside. The mum-of-two forgot social distancing rules in her excitement, and rushed to hug her female friend and her young child. … Read more
Frankie Bridge revealed that she had coronavirus ‘at the beginning’ of the pandemic as she admitted that she is struggling with England’s second lockdown. The Saturdays singer, 31, said that her and her husband Wayne, 40, had planned to come out of the four-week lockdown ‘lean and healthy’ but admitted that their plans have already … Read more
Frankie Bridge has told how she was left in tears after her car was towed and no one could tell her where it had been taken. The singer, 31, took to her Instagram Stories and explained she had missed a suspended parking sign and had to call her father Kevin, who is a cab driver, … Read more
Tower Bridge is reopened after it was sealed off by police and caused traffic chaos in London as officers dealt with ‘incident’ By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 12:16 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 12:32 GMT, 11 November 2020 Tower Bridge has now reopened after being sealed off by police as officers dealt with … Read more