Prince Philip dies: Downing Street asks mourners not to gather or lay flowers due to Covid risk

Downing Street has today asked mourners not to gather or lay flowers for Prince Philip outside royal residences due to the risk of Covid – as palace staff prematurely removed an official notice announcing his death. It comes as hundreds of tributes pile-up at palace gates, including Buckingham, Windsor and Balmoral, following the Duke of Edinburgh‘s … Read more

Railway bosses plan to lay on 1,000 extra trains EVERY DAY

Railway bosses plan to lay on 1,000 extra trains EVERY DAY from next week to help cope with predicted ‘staycation’ boom Demand for domestic getaways soared ahead of easing of lockdown restrictions  Rail bosses are expecting a passenger surge fuelled by reopening of hospitality  Services will hit almost 18,000 a day from Monday, up from … Read more

Brit lay unconscious next to her dead husband for hours after they fell into a ditch in Spain

British woman lay unconscious beside her dead husband, 74, for nine hours after they fell into a 7ft ditch while walking to their home on Costa del Sol The fall happened on the San Juan de Capistrano residential estate, north of the town of Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol The unnamed couple fell … Read more

Mourners break down in tears as they lay flowers at spot where Sarah Everard was last seen

Floral tributes and messages have been laid at the spot where Sarah Everard was last seen as mourners broke down in tears.  A planned vigil for Sarah Everard was cancelled after the organisers cited the Met Police’s ‘lack of constructive engagement’ to help make it Covid secure. But groups of mourners gathered to lay dozens of tributes … Read more

BA-owner IAG to lay bare toll coronavirus took in 2020

British Airways-owner IAG to lay bare toll coronavirus took in 2020, and forecasts for its annual results are grim By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 19 February 2021 After the pandemic laid waste to holidays and business travel last spring and summer, winter breaks … Read more

Engineers lay out parts of WWII Lancaster bomber like a giant AIRFIX model

Looking like the largest Airfix model you could possibly imagine, parts of a World War Two Lancaster bomber are laid-out in a hangar waiting to be assembled. But this is not a toy.  The pieces of wing, fuselage, bombs, machine guns and propeller blades are all real. The famous aircraft is three years into a … Read more

Body of missing mental health worker, 61, lay undiscovered for three years

A mental health worker who died from an overdose lay undiscovered for three years after he was reported missing because police failed to search his mother-in-law’s garage, an inquest has heard.  Staffordshire Police launched a missing persons appeal for Gerald Frost, 61, in 2017 after he went missing from his home in the Baddeley Green … Read more

Joe Biden will lay a wreath at Arlington with former presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama

Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery shortly after he takes the oath of office with former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama joining him in a show of unity. Jill Biden will also be there as will Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, … Read more

Woman, 49, who lay next to mother in intensive care as she died from Covid reveals last moments

Woman, 49, who lay next to her dying mother in intensive care as they both battled Covid tells GMB the 76-year-old asked for her mask to be removed so she could tell her daughters she loved them in her final moments Anabel Sharma, 49, taken to hospital with Covid along with mother Maria, 76 Took … Read more

X Factor contestant, 38, lay dead in bed for days after cutting her neck, inquest hears

A former X-Factor contestant lay dead in her bed for days after cutting her neck before she was found, an inquest heard today.  Ariel Burdett, 38, who was credited with having one of the show’s most memorable auditions when she appeared in front of judges in 2008, was found dead at her home in Leeds, West … Read more