Helena Bonham Carter, 53, wraps up warm in a padded jacket and scarf as she braves the rain to pick up her shopping during lockdown By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 15:30 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 15:30 BST, 1 May 2020 Helena Bonham Carter was seen braving the rain as she stepped out … Read more
Tower Bridge is reopened after being shut down by armed police over discovery of ‘suspicious package’ By James Robinson for MailOnline Published: 13:13 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 1 May 2020 London’s Tower Bridge has reopened after it was sealed off by armed police following reports of a suspicious package. Officers cordoned … Read more
Sadiq Khan is at the mercy of militant unions which are threatening to use the coronavirus crisis to demand a new deal for workers – amid warnings London‘s transport network will be buckle under the pressure once the lockdown eases. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash – who represents Tube workers – today wrote a column … Read more
People living in the poorest parts of England and Wales are dying from coronavirus at more than double the rate of those in affluent areas, shocking figures show. An Office for National Statistics report found the most deprived regions suffered 55 deaths per 100,000 people, compared with 25 deaths in the wealthiest areas. London, the heart of Britain’s … Read more
‘Boy, have we got a lot to talk about’: Loose Women release promo video ahead of their return to air following six-week absence due to coronavirus pandemic Loose Women was taken off-air in March in accordance with precautionary social distancing measures The long-running panel show is traditionally filmed live in front of a packed studio … Read more
FTSE 100 opens down 2.2% by 144 to 5757 points as data shows slump in UK housing market – after government put brakes on lockdown easing and Trump threatened $1trillion tariffs on China The FTSE 100 of Britain’s biggest firms opened down by 144 or 2.2 per cent Newly released figures show house prices were … Read more
Revealed: Two-thirds of pavements in London are NOT wide enough for people to keep two metres apart to meet social distancing guidelines Experts analysed the available pavement widths for all streets in Greater London Only 36 per cent of streets had 3-metre-wide pavements allowing for distancing Hammersmith & Fulham and Wandsworth were the boroughs with the … Read more
Simon Cowell ‘is granted permission to revamp his £15m London mansion with outdoor pool, extended sunroom and state-of-the-art security’ The music mogul, 60, has reportedly been given the go-ahead from the council to transform the seven-bedroom property into his dream home Sources claim the media personality is adding a pool house, a bar, three new … Read more
The Queen has her throne. Trump has his Oval Office chair. I have seat 2A in first class on a British Airways A380. Yes, it feels that epic. And so it should. This is, after all, BA’s top offering. The biggest and poshest suite in its fleet. Before sitting down in it on a flight … Read more
A local council is seen spending £150,000 removing three football pitches worth of waste left by fly-tippers in a North London suburb, on tonight’s ITV documentary ‘Fly Tipping: Britain’s Lockdown Problem’. This week the government told councils to prepare to reopen tips after seeing an increase in fly-tipping since the lockdown, a problem highlighted after … Read more