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Britons flying home from Wuhan on an emergency evacuation flight tomorrow are expected to have to sign a waiver allowing the Government to keep them in military quarantine for two weeks in case they’re infected. Up to 200 British expats with a place on the emergency flight out have finally …

Kate visited the Evelina London Children’s Hospital yesterday morning to see with her own eyes the creative workshop set up by the National Portrait Gallery. During the visit, which allowed the Duchess of Cambridge to see how two of her patronages work together for the wellbeing of children, Kate was …

Wandsworth Council’s planning committee has approved plans to build 2,550 homes in Battersea. The controversial plans on the Winstanley and York Road estates will include include replacement council homes for all existing secure tenants and homeowners plus a leisure and community centre, library, children’s centre and nursery. At the same …

Santa rally or election elation? The UK stockmarket posted its biggest gains for more than three years in the week following Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory on 12 December, despite a simultaneous jump in the value of sterling that might have been expected to hit large firms with hefty international …

The latest headlines in your inbox A postman today told how he found a newborn boy on a doorstep in Hackney.  Edward Holton, 36, was on duty when he spotted a blanket “wrapped in a cocoon” shape outside a vicarage in Sandringham Road on Saturday. He carried on delivering post …

Could Magway develop a cleaner approach for eCommerce deliveries The idea from British start-up Magway could reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions by six million tonnes per year, its CEO claims A British engineering start-up looking to embed an innovative freight delivery system using underground pipes has succeeded in crowdfunding more …

EDF is to deliver electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to the Royal Mail Group in the UK. The three-year framework agreement will support Royal Mail Group’s commitment under the ‘Optimise Prime Project’ – the world’s largest commercial electric vehicle project. EDF will provide charging points, associated maintenance and ancillary items such …

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Your guide to what’s hot in London I’m standing on the roof of the King’s Head theatre — a ramshackle former boxing ring behind a vintage Islington boozer — with its artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher, looking at the future.   London’s oldest pub theatre has hosted early performances from Hugh Grant, …

Royal Mail is adding another 87 electric vehicles to its London fleet. The vans, Mercedes eVitos and Peugeot Partners, will arrive at the Mount Pleasant depot over the next two months. The vehicles will be used in the Optimise Prime project, a back-to-base smart charging project funded through Ofgem’s innovation …