The £8.5million Chelsea mansion which collapsed during construction work to build a mega-basement is owned by the family of a Hollywood film mogul. Neighbours reported hearing a thunderous thud late last night at the mid-terraced house in exclusive Chelsea, west London. At least 40 people were evacuated from surrounding buildings by firefighters. The collapsed home … Read more
AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data’ they presented in Saturday’s briefing may have been too much to handle for the public. Sir Patrick said: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer … Read more
Dido Harding admits her under-performing NHS Test and Trace operation needs to take a ‘big leap forward’ to help the country get through the second lockdown but tells the CBI: ‘We will crack this’ Tory peer admitted the operation needed to get faster and better at using data She found time to take part in … Read more
Council REMOVES hated Covid lockdown bike lanes because they cause traffic jams while being ignored by cyclists West Sussex Council is removing pop-up cycle lanes from at least five towns Residents complained the cycle lanes were causing major traffic congestion Special monitoring equipment showed very few cyclists were using the lanes Officials said as a … Read more
Care homes are using glass visitor pods during the second lockdown so residents can still see their family. Loved ones sit in one half of a conservatory while their relatives are in the other, with them separated by a window. The move has been hailed as a ‘lifeline’ for elderly patients who ‘come alive’ with … Read more
China forces billionaire Jack Ma to suspend £26billion stock market launch for Ant Group as Beijing tries to maintain grip on financial tech sector Firm has suspended its record-breaking listing in both Shanghai and Hong Kong Regulators ordered it to postpone amid concern it would not meet requirements Ant Group’s Alipay has revolutionised commerce with … Read more
White author has her books pulled by retail store after calling New Zealand Maori foreign minister’s face tattoo ‘ugly, uncivilised wokedom’ Olivia Pierson took to Twitter to comment on the appearance of Nanaia Mahuta She claimed that Prime Minister Jacinda Arden had ‘gone full wokelette’ Mighty Ape NZ has since confirmed that it had made … Read more
The Tunisian jihadist who slaughtered three people at a church in Nice before being gunned down by French police has tested positive for coronavirus – which could delay his questioning. Brahim Issaoui, 21, remains hospitalised after being shot several times by police after the knife rampage at Nice’s Notre-Dame basilica on Thursday. ‘He hasn’t yet been … Read more
Children as young as EIGHT are investigated in France after several cases of youths interrupting memorials to beheaded teacher to say he deserved to die Strasbourg prosecutors said children suggested Samuel Paty deserved to die Paty was beheaded last month near his school outside Paris by a Chechen teen Teacher Paty showed cartoons of Mohammed … Read more
Joe Biden visited his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning where he left a poignant message on the wall, before being mobbed by fans in the battleground state, after starting election day attending mass and visiting his son Beau’s grave in Delaware. The Democratic candidate scrawled the message ‘from this house to the White … Read more