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A new report from global real estate firm JLL has claimed that 2021 will be the year when the mammoth new Nine Elms Battersea neighbourhood will start to flourish. The regeneration area on the banks of the Thames, one of the largest ongoing projects in Europe, is aiming …

London’s Chinatown stands eerily deserted as thousands of revellers keep their distance from the tourist spot as coronavirus panic sweeps the UK. The normally-busy restaurants are empty after Britain’s ninth confirmed case of the virus, a woman who travelled from China, became the first in London. The total number of …

The Queen continues to use social media to shine a spotlight on the ‘quiet achievers’ within the royal family in the wake of Megxit. The official royal family Instagram account yesterday shared a rare photo of the Duke of Kent, 84, the Queen’s cousin, carrying out an engagement in Dresden, Germany …

Two MPs have today revealed they have gone into ‘self-isolation’ after attending a Westminster bus conference that was attended by one of the UK’s nine coronavirus patient and 250 other delegates. Labour MPs Lilian Greenwood and Alex Sobel both announced their decisions on Twitter, revealing they have cancelled upcoming engagements …

One of Britain’s nine confirmed coronavirus cases attended a Westminster bus conference just a stone’s throw from Parliament, it was revealed today. The virus-carrier was reportedly one of 250 delegates at the UK Bus Summit at the QEII Centre on February 6, whose star speaker was Boris Johnson’s Buses Minister, Baroness …

A GP surgery in Islington, north London, closed abruptly today after a coronavirus scare – a day after the capital last night announced its first case of the killer disease. Cleaners wearing protective clothing were pictured scrubbing down the Ritchie Street Health Centre, near the Angel underground station. The surgery blamed …

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall appeared in good spirits as they visited the Tower of London today.   Charles, 71, and Camilla, 72, were on hand to mark 535 years since the creation of Yeoman Warders, better known as the Beefeaters. And the Duchess of Cornwall laughed along with …

Two prisoners in Oxfordshire are reportedly being tested for the coronavirus after a man who transferred from a jail in Thailand collapsed in his cell last night. A total of 33 cases of the coronavirus, now named COVID-19, have been diagnosed in Thailand – it was the first country outside …

The microbiologist who co-discovered Ebola and the presence of Aids in Africa warns that Britain is at risk of a ‘major’ coronavirus outbreak likely to become a pandemic.   Professor Peter Piot, an ex-under-secretary-general of the UN who championed the fight against Aids, said he was ‘increasingly alarmed’ by the speed at …

A frantic but farcical hunt is on for anyone who spent more than 15 minutes with a businessman who became the third person in the UK to test positive for coronavirus – but officials have not told the public who he is. Officials are desperately hunting for anyone who came into brief …