Matt Hancock tells Britons they can expect ‘a happy and free great British summer’ THIS YEAR thanks to Covid vaccine rollout – as a top medical expert warns lockdown restrictions will have to be lifted ‘very slowly’ to avoid a surge in cases Hancock confident majority of Brits will have jab within the next six months … Read more
Great British boltholes: Finally, a hotel with food and rooms that befit the class of honeypot Henley-on-Thames Crockers in Henley-on-Thames is a Grade II, converted Georgian townhouse with seven large bedrooms It’s the second opening from Luke Garnsworthy, who once worked under Heston Blumenthal There are three restaurants serving everything from modern British fare to … Read more
Roman Abramovich’s British property empire is worth more than £200million and includes a 15-bedroom London mansion as pressure grows to freeze his UK assets. The Russian billionaire, 54, reportedly boasts a British property empire that includes a 15-bedroom mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens that is believed to be now worth £125 million. Russia‘s most prominent opposition … Read more
Roman Abramovich’s British property empire is worth more than £200million and includes a 15-bedroom London mansion as pressure grows to freeze his UK assets. The Russian billionaire, 54, reportedly boasts a British property empire that includes a 15-bedroom mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens that is believed to be now worth £125 million. Russia‘s most prominent opposition … Read more
The new bank set to be launched in the UK by JP Morgan Chase over the next few months could upend Britain’s current account market but is unlikely to be a saviour for savers, experts have suggested. The world’s seventh-largest bank has hired 400 people and is preparing to launch an ‘innovative’ app-based bank in … Read more
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng slams Black Lives Matter for a ‘cartoon-like view’ of the British Empire and attacks calls to ‘decolonise’ history lessons by saying that schools should teach MORE about the UK’s imperial past By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:56 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 20:30 GMT, 29 January 2021 … Read more
China was branded ‘weak, bullying and petulant’ today as it refused to allow Hong Kong citizens to leave using British passports amid a furious row over UK plans to grant residency to thousands of people. The communist regime’s foreign ministry today said it would not recognise the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document. … Read more
The UK’s 2020 vaccine chief today revealed she cracked open the wine and ‘broke dry January’ last night after learning another jab set be made in Britain was proved to beat Covid-19. Kate Bingham, who stepped down as chairwoman of the UK Vaccine Taskforce on January 1, also revealed that she was one of the people who … Read more
Two British Army soldiers are arrested in Berkshire by Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad on suspicion of firearms offences Two serving members of the British army yet to be named after firearms arrest The suspects in their 30s and 40s were detained by police for questioning They were arrested in two separate raids on properties in … Read more
Children’s books by black British authors will be given to every primary school in England to increase diversity in literature Collection of stories by black authors, Happy Here, will be published in August It will be given to every English primary school to increase ‘diversity of voices’ It features writers Yomi Sode, Clare Weze, Dean … Read more