The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde joins bandmate James Walbourne busking in Covent Garden

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde shocks passersby as she joins bandmate James Walbourne busking in Covent Garden By Owen Tonks For Mailonline Published: 17:51 BST, 24 June 2021 | Updated: 17:51 BST, 24 June 2021 As a founding member of The Pretenders she’s achieved international fame. So, onlookers were taken aback to see Chrissie Hynde, 69, busking … Read more

Covent Garden landlord Shaftesbury swings to £700m loss

Covent Garden landlord Shaftesbury swings to £700m loss just as London heads into Tier Three By Tom Witherow Financial Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 15 December 2020 Landlord Shaftesbury has posted a mammoth loss just as London heads into the tightest Tier Three restrictions. Shares … Read more

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley enjoys a ‘pre lockdown 2.0’ coffee in Covent Garden

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks effortlessly chic in a polo neck and shades as she enjoys a ‘pre lockdown 2.0’ coffee in Covent Garden By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 10:47 GMT, 6 November 2020 | Updated: 10:47 GMT, 6 November 2020 She has been plunged into a second lockdown with the rest of the country. And Rosie … Read more

London’s New Covent Garden flower market is accused of failing to promote diversity 

London’s New Covent Garden flower market is caught in Black Lives Matter row as florists accuse it of failing to promote diversity Iona Mathieson and Romy St Clair who run Sage Flowers criticised the market They said it promoted British Flowers Week with ‘well-established white florists’ The florists complained the flower market in London was … Read more