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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A Hermes delivery driver quit his job after just two days because he had to spend 45 minutes a day sorting through parcels without pay, he claims. Matt Solomons worked two shifts at Deliveries247, a company based in Greenford, North London, which is contracted by Hermes. Sharing pictures of the …

P olice have shut down a large illegal New Year rave in London’s Royal Docks, with organisers facing a £10,000 fine for breaching coronavirus rules. Pictures from the scene in the riverside industrial district showed officers clearing the venue, which was left littered with bottles and N20 canisters. Officers said …