Stone of Scone will return to its ‘spiritual home’

The Stone of Destiny will return to its ‘spiritual home’ in Perthshire to stand in pride of place at a brand new £26.5million museum, it was announced today. Construction is due to begin in February at the City Hall museum in Perth, which is scheduled to open in 2024 following a multi-million pound refurbishment project. This … Read more

Drink-driving e-scooter rider, 22, banned from the road for 20 months

Drink-driving e-scooter rider, 22, who was spotted weaving dangerously through traffic before narrowly missing a police car is banned from the road for 20 months Mohamed Shardi, 22, was stopped by a routine patrol in Brixton, south London Officers noticed the e-scooter being driven dangerously through lanes of traffic He was arrested, breathalysed and found … Read more

Matt Hancock plunges MORE parts of England into Tier 4 from Boxing Day

The Tier 4 areas of England  In Tier 4 from Boxing Day: Surrey West Sussex East Sussex Hampshire (apart from New Forest)  Kent Buckinghamshire Berkshire  All 32 London boroughs and the city of London. Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Peterborough Hertfordshire Essex Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire  Millions more families have been ordered into Tier … Read more

Coronavirus UK: R rate is UP again to a possible 1.3, SAGE warns

Britain’s coronavirus R rate is UP to 1.5 in London, 1.3 across the UK and RISING in all southern regions as super-infectious variant sweeps across the country New variant hotspots London and the East of England have the fastest growing outbreaks, experts warn R rate is stable in Midlands, North East and North West, with … Read more

Britain’s coronavirus R rate is UP again to a possible 1.3, SAGE warns

Britain’s coronavirus R rate is UP to 1.5 in London, 1.3 across the UK and RISING in all southern regions as super-infectious variant sweeps across the country By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:52 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 13:52 GMT, 23 December 2020 The coronavirus R rate in Britain has … Read more

Will it be a white Christmas? Heavy snow blankets parts of UK with temperatures set to plunge

It is expected to be a wet Christmas – rather than a white Christmas – for most of the UK this year as heavy downpours and frost are forecast ahead of the big day, with a severe rain warning issued for southern England today and almost 100 UK flood alerts. After an unsettled week Christmas … Read more

British Land sells large stakes in three London office buildings for £401m

Ealing Broadway owner British Land sells large stakes in three London office buildings to Allianz for £401m British Land has now sold £1.1billion worth of property this financial year  Its recent six-month results showed post-tax losses widening to £730m  Real estate firms have been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic   By Harry Wise For This … Read more

New coronavirus variant has triggered ‘explosive’ outbreaks in London schools

New coronavirus variant has triggered ‘explosive’ outbreaks in schools in London and the South East, says ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson as he warns the strain has likely spread all over Europe already Prof Ferguson said there’d been ‘anecdotal reports’ of ‘more explosive’ clusters Data has suggested children more susceptible to new, rapidly-spreading variant  Also suggested every EU … Read more

Bread actress Eileen Pollock dead

BREAKING: Bread actress Eileen Pollock dead: Star of 80s BBC sitcom Bread who played Lilo Lill passes away aged 73 By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 12:32 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 12:33 GMT, 23 December 2020 Bread actress Eileen Pollock, who played Lilo Lill has died aged 70.     Her family said she died … Read more