Operation Heartbreak: Police to stop Valentine’s Day drivers going in and out of London for lockdown loving Motorists coming into London will be stopped, quizzed about their intentions Force not conducted regular spot checks as Covid enforcement until now Failing to stay at home without a valid reason can result …
Read More »More than 16m people faced post delays in January as Royal Mail suffered staff crisis amid pandemic
More than 16m people were left waiting for post in January as Royal Mail suffered staff crisis amid Covid-19 pandemic Nearly one in 20 households said they had not received a single item last month Citizens Advice survey showed households in London were worst the affected There was a 365% …
Read More »Covid UK: How Piers Corbyn leads an anti-vaxxer movement that thinks jabs are a conspiracy
New Year’s Eve at St Thomas’ Hospital in London is always gruelling. Booze-fuelled accidents, injuries and domestic incidents test staff physically, mentally and emotionally. For those on duty as 2020 waned, it was a particular challenge — and not just because of Covid-19, which was already filling intensive care unit …
Read More »Rishi Sunak wants post-Brexit City of London financial services boom
Rishi Sunak hails chance of ‘Big Bang 2.0’ for City of London after Brexit as he hints red tape will be slashed to help forge ‘exciting’ future Rishi Sunak has hailed the prospects for a ‘Big Bang 2.0’ in the wake of Brexit The Chancellor hinted that red tape could …
Read More »Hasnat Khan: Inflamed by unfolding scandal, the heart surgeon gives his first interview in 12 years
Hasnat Khan remembers the first time he met Martin Bashir as if it was yesterday. The Pakistan-born heart surgeon had been on operating duty at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex when a message came through on his radio-pager. It was from Princess Diana, with whom he had begun a deep and loving …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: London intensive care unit shows extent of crisis
Shocking footage from an intensive care unit has revealed the extent of the coronavirus crisis and the strain it is piling on the NHS. Emotional doctors and nurses were seen struggling at London’s University College Hospital while caring for the growing amount of coronavirus patients. Operating theatres and some paediatric …
Read More »Prince William made THREE secret visits to London homeless centre
Prince William made THREE secret visits to a London homeless centre before Christmas where he helped pack food and chatted to residents Prince William visited The Passage on three separate occasions in December The Duke first visited homeless centre with his mother Princess Diana in 1993 William worked alongside team of volunteers …
Read More »London open: Stocks in the black despite lockdown, ahead of Sunak statement
London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the imposition of a third national lockdown in England, as investors eyed a statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on a fresh business support package. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 6,609.84, faring well considering England was set …
Read More »Covid UK: Critically-ill patients from overwhelmed wards in London will be sent to West Country
Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer …
Read More »Covid UK: Liverpool’s Labour-run city council calls for another national lockdown
Liverpool’s council leaders today called for a third national lockdown to contain the new ‘mutant’ strain of Covid and prevent a ‘catastrophe’. The city’s acting mayor, Wendy Simon, and the Labour-run city council’s cabinet say the speed of the rise in coronavirus cases have reached ‘alarming levels’ and urgent action …
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