Huge crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters march through London and surround Churchill statue in Parliament Square as up to 5,000 anti-racism activists gather in Leeds Sea of peaceful protesters holding placards walked through the Woodhouse Moor in Hyde Park, Leeds, today In London hundreds of protesters flooded the capital’s at Hyde Park before heading … Read more
Don’t try this at home… or anywhere! ‘Professional idiot’, 19, hangs off 600ft-high building in London’s Canary Wharf for YouTube stunt Adam Lockwood, 19, pretended to throw himself a London building for a prank The daredevil teenager takes videos of him climbing tall European buildings The warehouse worker from Wigan performed a similar stunt in … Read more
COVENT GARDEN 1 – Henrietta Street Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 2 – Maiden Lane Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 3 – King Street Restaurant and bar seating in street, temporary closure of road (11am-11pm) 4 – Floral Street Restaurant and bar seating … Read more
Sadiq Khan slashes his own pay by 10 per cent as he warns of £500million black hole in London’s finances from lockdown – threatening cuts to police and Tube unless the government bails the capital out London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that he is taking a 10 per cent pay cut Mr Khan said … Read more
Emin’s masterpiece! Forget that unmade bed, Tracey’s £12m home in London’s East End is a real work of art as it goes on sale Britart movement transformed an unloved post-industrial area into the hippest corner of London Now Tracey Emin has signalled end of that era by putting her home and studios there on the market … Read more
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the location of London’s first Elizabethan playhouse, the Red Lion, in the East End. The Red Lion, considered the earliest known purpose-built theatre of Shakespeare’s era, is thought to be have been built around 1567, but its exact location has long been debated. Now excavations at a site destined for luxury … Read more
Sadie Frost 2 September 1997 – 29 October 2003 Three children – son Rafferty, 23, daughter Iris, 19, and son Rudy, 17 The couple met on the set of film Shopping. In what was his first major role, Jude was just 19. Sadie was a 25-year-old married mother-of-one. Sadie Frost (pictured in 1996) She divorced her … Read more
Sadiq Khan has announced he will ‘review and improve’ the diversity of London’s public landmarks and called for the removal of all slave trader statues in the capital. It follows the tearing down of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol over the weekend by Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrators. Last night, some people … Read more
London’s secret Covid raves: How organisers are using WhatsApp and Instagram to run £15-a-head illegal all-night parties in abandoned buildings where hundreds ‘risk lives’ by flouting social-distancing Organisers charged £15-a-head for the illegal raves in Leytonstone, east London Private social media pages would direct customers to shady WhatsApp groups Customers are then sent a picture … Read more
Thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters including singer Liam Payne and actor John Boyega gathered in London today as a show of force against the death of George Floyd in the US. Huge crowds gathered in Hyde Park this afternoon despite ongoing social distancing rules as many campaigners wore face coverings and held signs with messages such … Read more