Fire brigade ‘wouldn’t do any better in Grenfell No2’: Scathing report slams lack of improvements in the four years since inferno ripped through London tower block, killing 72 people London Fire Brigade is ‘not in a position’ to do better in a second Grenfell-like fire It has not officially dropped advice for high-rise flat residents to … Read more
Day of reckoning for the Reddit brigade: Gamestop shares plunge and silver slammed into reverse as rebel investors run out of puff By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:56 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:56 GMT, 2 February 2021 Shares in Gamestop plunged and silver slammed into reverse as rebellious retail investors … Read more
A mural of Winston Churchill wearing stockings and suspenders and giving the ‘V’ sign has attracted complaints from locals who claim the hand gesture is ‘offensive’. The mural of the wartime leader wearing lingerie was painted on a side wall of the Sandpiper guest house in Brighton by an illusive local artist who goes by the name … Read more
The Prince of Wales is set to become patron of a Jewish youth organisation as it celebrates its 125th anniversary year. Prince Charles’, 71, has been named as patron for the Jewish Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade, also known as the JLGB, having met with young members of Jewish Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade at a reception … Read more
Female firefighters hit back at sexist comments asking for a ‘calendar’ and mocking their driving skills after a snap of their ‘incredibly rare’ all-women crew goes viral Five women snapped their shift together at Chelsea Fire Station in London Nikki Upton said it was her first-ever all-female fire engine in her ten year career London Fire … Read more
As a young engineer, Stephen Lamonby was taken under the wing of an elderly colleague and given a piece of wisdom he has never forgotten – ‘Knowledge not passed on is knowledge wasted.’ Over the next half century, Mr Lamonby, now 73, designed Navy torpedoes, satellite-carrying rockets, oil rigs and special effects for Hollywood blockbusters … Read more
British shoppers have gone on a minced beef ‘feeding frenzy’ and picked up 10million extra packets while panic buying through the coronavirus crisis as fears grew about UK food shortages, MailOnline can reveal today. Farmers have warned that they cannot keep up with demand as the so-called ‘bolognese brigade’ pushed mince sales up 60 per cent in … Read more