Royal palaces plead for help: Treasured sites including Hampton Court and the Tower of London face financial ruin from the loss of £96m after three months with no tourists Historic Royal Palaces has lost 85% of its annual income due to the pandemic Its chief executive admitted the expected shortfall …
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In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here, we take a closer look at some of the developers making the biggest splash in this fast-emerging market – which in recent years has become probably …
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A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and …
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1917 was a big year in royal history. As World War I raged and anti-German sentiment exploded, King George V hastily changed the name of the royal house from the decidedly Teutonic House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor. His Majesty then backtracked on offering political asylum …
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Met Police have imposed a curfew on Black Lives Matter activists who are expected to march in London today amid an increasingly rancorous national debate over the proper place of statues with links to Britain’s colonial past – and despite warnings from Boris Johnson not to break social distancing rules. …
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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be among the first members of the royal family to leave lockdown and attend a major event when they welcome French President Emmanuel Macron to the UK. Charles, 71, and Camilla, 72, will travel from their home at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, …
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The Mail on Sunday today calls on our readers to help block any attempt to remove the statue of Sir Winston Churchill from outside the Houses of Parliament. Our petition urges Boris Johnson to make a public pledge that the monument to Britain’s celebrated wartime leader will never be moved …
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A man identified as a far-right protester has been carried to safety from protestors as animosity was briefly set aside on a day of clashes in London between rival groups and police. Following violent clashes in Trafalgar Square, Black Lives Matter protestors and some counter protestors headed over the River Thames towards Waterloo …
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Jobs for help desk staff at London’s new field hospital are being advertised for £13,500 more than the average nurse’s salary. The NHS Nightingale Hospital is due to open this week at the ExCeL Centre in east London, providing up to 4,000 extra coronavirus patient beds. But online job adverts …
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Prince Harry emailed the Queen and Prince Charles to say he and Meghan Markle were quitting the Royal Family, it has been revealed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will officially step down as royals next Tuesday, March 31, for a new, financially independent life in the US. It emerged …
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