Pantomimes are back… oh yes they are! Traditional festive stage shows will return in time for Christmas as theatres get cash for seats they must leave empty The National Lottery operator approached Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Cash-strapped theatres will receive money from a private fund to cover costs Pantomimes are expected to take place at … Read more
The colleagues of Matiu Ratana bought the slain custody officer a McDonald’s breakfast that he was owed to place on his empty chair in a heartbreaking tribute. Sgt Ratana, 54, was allegedly shot five times in the chest at point-blank range by a handcuffed suspect at Croydon Custody Centre, London at 2.15am on Friday. It … Read more
Mother launches £75,000 legal battle after finding out her son’s grave has been empty for 45 years after he died at just one week old Lydia Reid’s son Gary Paton died at an Edinburgh hospital aged one week in 1975 She has been fighting to find out what happened to his body for 45 years … Read more
Mother-of-three, 33, found on the loo beside empty bottle of wine in Pontin’s chalet had died of alcohol poisoning – hours after police were called out due to her drinking Police called to chalet of Gwynedd mother-of-three thought to be drunk just hours before she died of alcohol abuse Sioned Catherine Evans, 33, found with four … Read more
A drive-in Covid-19 testing centre caused chaos as hundreds of people who were queuing for swabs were turned away after not being sent QR codes to confirm their appointments. People were unable to get a coronavirus test at the site in Catford, southeast London, yesterday because they were not in possession of a QR code. A … Read more
** Have you had problems getting a test? Contact 02036152973 or email [email protected] ** Thousands have been caught up in Covid-19 chaos while testing centres stand empty and ministers say one in four people who have booked slots turn out to be ineligible. Parents in Bolton and Hull have complained of struggling to get tests … Read more
The Army could be drafted in to deliver a ‘moonshot’ vaccination drive at empty NHS Nightingale hospital sites, it has emerged. Officials believe soldiers are needed to dish out the tens of millions of jabs to the public when a vaccine is ready. Troops could be deployed to the NHS Nightingale hospitals – which have … Read more
Pop-up cycle lanes set up as part a £225million plan to get Britain moving again are lying empty while traffic is squeezing onto narrowed streets, bringing the capital to a halt, it can be revealed. MailOnline visited some of the key cycle lanes across the country at the height of the rush hour to gauge … Read more
London‘s vast array of new bicycle lanes were mostly empty this week despite Mayor Sadiq Khan launching a huge drive to get people to walk or cycle instead of using public transport. Photographs taken today and yesterday across the capital in the likes of Tooting, Streatham, Balham, Islington, Mayfair and Victoria showed how the lanes … Read more
Britain’s roads and railways were still almost empty today as the drive to get workers back to offices following the summer holidays stalled again. While some London Underground trains were beginning to look busier during rush hour this morning, hardly anyone was to be seen arriving at major terminals in the capital including Waterloo and … Read more