Rishi Sunak‘s half-price meals announcement has already been picked apart by savvy diners plotting to rinse the scheme by going out for a ‘safari supper’. Customers plan to avoid straying beyond the £10 cap on the Chancellor’s 50 per cent discount program by hopping between restaurants for each course. People pointed out that if a … Read more
Tributes have flooded in for a ‘loyal and caring’ 85-year-old woman who was killed when a 65ft crane collapsed on to her home in east London. Specialist firefighters are working to recover the body of June Harvey from the first floor of her house in Bow after it was crushed by the huge rig. The … Read more
BBC will scrap free TV licence for all over 75s from August 1 meaning more than three million households will have to start paying £157.50 fee Controversial plans to end free licences for all aged over 75 given the green light Only those who receive the Pension Credit benefit won’t have to pay the fee … Read more
Top civil servant at HM Revenue & Customs refused to sign off on Rishi Sunak’s £9bn furlough jobs bonus plan and discounts on eating out because of doubts they are ‘value for money’ Rishi Sunak has been defending latest huge coronavirus response package HMRC chief Jim Harra asked for specific instruction to proceed with policies … Read more
Massive explosion at a Chinese firecracker factory sends a huge mushroom cloud into the air A large fire triggered a series of blasts at a factory in Guanghan last night State TV footage shows a mushroom cloud of smoke billowing into the sky Other clips show locals screaming at home and on the street moments … Read more
The Government has failed to hit its target of sending everyone their coronavirus test results within 24 hours by the end of June. Just over half of all test results (55 per cent) are received within a day of the swab being done, NHS Test and Trace data showed today. Nine out of 10 tests … Read more
The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation after a ‘woman in her 80s’ died and four people were injured when a 65ft crane collapsed on houses in east London. The rig, which had been working on a new block of flats, smashed through the roofs of two terraced homes on Compton Close, Bow, … Read more
Search underway as Seoul’s mayor, 64, goes missing after ‘leaving a message like a will and turning his phone off’ Officers are looking for Park Won-soon at a site where his phone was detected The 64-year-old did not turn up to work today, the mayor’s office has revealed His daughter called police to say her … Read more
More than a quarter of London‘s black 15 to 24-year-olds were stopped and searched by police during the coronavirus lockdown – with more than eight out of ten frisks resulting in no further action. Some 21,950 searches were carried out on young black men between March and May, but less than 20 per cent of … Read more
A couple who used their life savings to transform wasteland into a garden have been ordered to return it to its original condition. Adam and Barbara Keatinge spent £22,000 on the land next to their house and set about transforming it into a private area for their family to enjoy. The couple, who have lived … Read more