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China’s plans to build a huge embassy at a historic site in central London has sparked fears it could unearth thousands of bodies of bubonic plague victims. The People’s Republic of China wants to use the former Royal Mint, which sits opposite the Tower of London, as its new embassy …

Albert Finney left £100,000 from his £400,000 estate to NHS cancer hospital the Royal Marsden where he was cared for before he died aged 82, documents reveal The five-times Oscar nominee bequeathed a £402,743 estate after he died  The Hollywood star passed away after a chest infection in February last year …

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told Christmas shoppers to keep off public transport and wear face masks at all times as they splurge £1.7billion on the high street ‘before the capital plunges into Tier 3’.  More than £3million is expected to be spent every minute over the nine hours of …

Prince Andrew’s Pizza Express ‘alibi’ is in tatters following a bombshell Daily Mail investigation. In the first instalment of an exclusive four-part series we can reveal astonishing details about the day he is alleged to have slept with his teenage sex accuser Virginia Roberts. She says she was trafficked to …

Britons flocked to the High Street after for the first weekend following the lifting of the nationwide lockdown – but footfall remained lower than pre-pandemic levels.  The number of shoppers out this weekend was down 30% on the same period in 2019.   Crowds keen for a Christmas bargain flocked to …

Image: Selfridges In a year when going to actual, physical shops has been a rare treat for many of us, London’s department stores are pulling out all the stops to make their festive window displays extra special. If you’re out shopping in the West End this month, take the time …

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Tour London’s Royal palaces with TV star Suzannah Lipscomb By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 12:02, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 12:02, 16 November 2020 For lovers of TV series The Crown, which returns to our screens this week, here’s a fascinating tour that …

Like the previous three series of The Crown, the latest is riddled with factual errors. Here, Royal historian Ian Lloyd highlights some of the worst examples. DIANA AND CAMILLA’S LUNCH ‘DISASTER’ TV VERSION The two women in Charles’s life are shown meeting for lunch at the London restaurant Menage a …

China’s furious war of words with East End mayor over proposed new embassy in London could derail plans for Britain’s diplomatic mission in Beijing China’s Ambassador to the UK wrote to the mayor of Tower Hamlets last month He referred to local opposition over ‘Xinjiang and Hong Kong related issues’ …

A disabled man has won a £14,000 compensation payout from Royal Mail for disability harassment in what he described as a “toxic work culture”. The case is the latest of a series of discrimination cases Royal Mail has lost. At a hearing at London Central employment tribunal earlier this month …