The £8.5million Chelsea mansion which collapsed during construction work to build a mega-basement is owned by the family of a Hollywood film mogul. Neighbours reported hearing a thunderous thud late last night at the mid-terraced house in exclusive Chelsea, west London. At least 40 people were evacuated from surrounding buildings by firefighters. The collapsed home … Read more
AT A GLANCE: HOW VALLANCE AND WHITTY DEFENDED THE LOCKDOWN SATURDAY’S GLOOMY SLIDES The pair admitted what one MP called the ‘avalanche of data’ they presented in Saturday’s briefing may have been too much to handle for the public. Sir Patrick said: ‘I would always like to get things simpler than they were and clearer … Read more
Dido Harding admits her under-performing NHS Test and Trace operation needs to take a ‘big leap forward’ to help the country get through the second lockdown but tells the CBI: ‘We will crack this’ Tory peer admitted the operation needed to get faster and better at using data She found time to take part in … Read more
Council REMOVES hated Covid lockdown bike lanes because they cause traffic jams while being ignored by cyclists West Sussex Council is removing pop-up cycle lanes from at least five towns Residents complained the cycle lanes were causing major traffic congestion Special monitoring equipment showed very few cyclists were using the lanes Officials said as a … Read more
Care homes are using glass visitor pods during the second lockdown so residents can still see their family. Loved ones sit in one half of a conservatory while their relatives are in the other, with them separated by a window. The move has been hailed as a ‘lifeline’ for elderly patients who ‘come alive’ with … Read more
White New Zealand author has her books pulled after calling face tattoo on country’s first Maori foreign minister ‘ugly, uncivilized wokedom’ Olivia Pierson took to Twitter to comment on the appearance of Nanaia Mahuta She claimed that Prime Minister Jacinda Arden had ‘gone full wokelette’ Mighty Ape NZ has since confirmed that it had made … Read more
The BBC has revealed it will investigate Earl Spencer’s claim journalist Martin Bashir used ‘false bank statements’ to convince his sister Princess Diana to do a Panorama interview – but it may take a while because Bashir is currently unwell with Covid. Princess Diana sent shockwaves through the monarchy when she told the BBC ‘well … Read more
Children as young as EIGHT are investigated in France after several cases of youths interrupting memorials to beheaded teacher to say he deserved to die Strasbourg prosecutors said children suggested Samuel Paty deserved to die Paty was beheaded last month near his school outside Paris by a Chechen teen Teacher Paty showed cartoons of Mohammed … Read more
Joe Biden visited his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning where he left a poignant message on the wall, before being mobbed by fans in the battleground state, after starting election day attending mass and visiting his son Beau’s grave in Delaware. The Democratic candidate scrawled the message ‘from this house to the White … Read more
Business Secretary Alok Sharma defends decision to continue South Korea trade trip where he met local politicians after staff member in his private office tests positive for Covid He jetted to Seoul on Saturday October 24 for a series of trade meetings Two days previously he attended a meeting with staff from his private office … Read more