Meghan Markle sponsors a kennel costing £10-a-month in Archie’s name at London dog rescue centre

Meghan Markle sponsors a kennel costing £10-a-month in Archie’s name at London dog rescue centre The Duchess of Sussex is sponsoring a dog’s kennel in her son Archie’s name The Mayhew shelter in north London asks people to sponsor ‘deluxe’ dog rooms Meghan has remained patron of rescue centre despite quitting royal duties  Here’s how … Read more

Scandal-hit NHS trust at centre of baby deaths review receives another warning

Scandal-hit NHS trust at centre of baby deaths review receives its FOURTH warning in eight months from CQC over the safety of its emergency services Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust warned over its lack of paediatric staff  Young emergency patients weren’t getting care in 15-minute national guideline Latest in string of scandals at beleaguered trust being … Read more

Residents near former Earls Court Exhibition Centre seek reassurance over Saudis £2.3bn deal 

Residents near former Earls Court Exhibition Centre seek reassurance amid possible Saudis’ £2.3bn deal Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Candy are in talks to buy Capital & Counties Local residents want reassurances from the potential new owners They have been in a decade-long battle with Capco and fear for their homes  By Ben Harrington For … Read more

Mum gives birth at garden centre as dad uses shoelaces to tie umbilical cord

Mother who gave birth at garden centre after she didn’t make it to the hospital in time reveals her partner was forced to deliver his own daughter – and used SHOELACES to tie the umbilical cord Emily Rumney, 28, from Sebastapol, near Pontypool, gave birth in garden centre Was dashing to hospital with partner James … Read more

City centre parking charges could be AXED in a bid to tempt commuters off buses and trains 

City centre parking charges could be AXED in a desperate bid to tempt commuters off buses and trains Grant Shapps said parking charges may be waived to ward commuters off trains The Transport Secretary said people have ‘a civic duty to avoid public transport’ His warning comes as Sadiq Khan threatened to run fewer summer … Read more

Taking the controls in a British Airways A350 simulator at BA’s Flight Training Centre near Heathrow

Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more

Heartbreak and hope in a bank’s Covid hotline call centre

Normally, Mark spends his working hours sat among hundreds of colleagues in Santander’s busy Glasgow office.  But, since lockdown started, he has instead been fielding calls from the bank’s customers at his home, in a makeshift, one-man call centre. The banking giant is receiving an unprecedented number of calls from customers worried about their finances. … Read more

Will empty Nightingale hospital be moved into hibernation? ExCel Centre could be mothballed

Will empty Nightingale hospital be moved into hibernation? ExCel Centre facility could be mothballed within days after it treated just 51 patients in three weeks The ExCel Centre, which opened on April 3, has the capacity for 4,000 beds  But it faces closure after remaining largely empty, with just 51 patients treated Staff told that … Read more

Horrific stabbing rampage through a Kmart at a South Hedland shopping centre leaves one man dead

A tradesman has been shot dead after a terrifying stabbing rampage through a shopping centre which left five people in hospital. The crazed man in a hi-vis went on a rampage at South Hedland Square shopping centre, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, just before 10am local time on Friday.  Eye-witnesses described the knifeman, believed to be … Read more

British make-up brand Charlotte Tilbury at centre of £1bn bidding war

British make-up brand Charlotte Tilbury at centre of £1bn bidding war between Unilever, L’Oreal and Estee Lauder By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 29 April 2020 A bidding war has broken out over British make-up brand Charlotte Tilbury, with beauty giants Unilever, L’Oreal and … Read more