Oxford Street is closed as 70 firefighters battle huge blaze at a souvenir shop 

Oxford Street is closed as 70 firefighters battle huge blaze at a souvenir shop Fire broke out on ground floor of a five-storey souvenir shop in Mayfair on Friday  70 firefighters and 10 engines from six boroughs were scrambled to tackle blaze  Oxford Street was partially shut from Marble Arch to Oxford Circus stations By … Read more

Wall Street King Dimon ‘recovering well’ after emergency heart op 

Wall Street King Jamie Dimon is ‘recovering well’ after emergency heart surgery By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 The ‘King of Wall Street’ Jamie Dimon is recovering well after emergency heart surgery, JP Morgan said. Dimon, who has led the US … Read more

Coronavirus ’causes CHAOS on the Coronation Street cobbles as one star is placed in isolation

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Five out of the six High Street banks allow customers to bank cheques made out to their middle names

Five out of the six High Street banks allow customers to bank cheques made out to their middle names By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 10 September 2019 | Updated: 09:13 GMT, 11 September 2019 Current account holders can still bank cheques made out to their middle names in five out … Read more

High Street braced for a slump as shoppers stay home

High Street braced for a slump as shoppers stay home and scientists say a coronavirus epidemic is ‘highly likely’ By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 5 March 2020 The High Street is bracing for a slump as shoppers stay at home amid the coronavirus … Read more

Loyal puppy Magnus pushes his elderly owner’s wheelchair as he shepherds him along street 

Loyal puppy Magnus pushes his elderly owner’s wheelchair as he shepherds him along street Dog Magnus is seen helping his owner Anatoly Derbenev, 70, move down street Puppy moves underneath the wheelchair and appears to use his head to push it Mr Derbenev said Magnus is ‘only family’ and has been helping him since a pup … Read more

Romanian burglars who carried out a raid on Fleet Street jewellers found guilty of £300,000 heist

Two Romanian burglars who drilled through the walls of a Fleet Street jewellers as part of a £300,000 heist have been jailed for a total of 12 years. Florin-Cristin Neagu, 46, and Sorin Munteanu, 44, carried out the ‘daring’ raid at George Attenborough & Son in central London on March 23 and 24 last year. … Read more

Greggs on a roll! High street bakers sees 13.5% sales rise

Greggs enjoyed a 13.5 per cent sales rise to £1.2billion last year boosted by its vegan sausage rolls – but today warned February sales have been much lower because of the poor weather.  The business said that it had a very strong start to 2020 in January, ‘but significant slowdown in February due to storms’. Profit … Read more

Carrie Symonds could have a home birth at Downing Street Chequers or Chevening

Carrie Symonds is considering giving birth at home, it has been claimed today.  Miss Symonds, 31, is said to be keen on a home birth, which could mean Boris Johnson’s baby is born at No10 Downing Street or Chequers.  His partner announced the pair are engaged and expecting their first child together in late May … Read more

The mixed blessing of being a Downing Street baby

Boris and Carrie’s apartment on the top two floors of Number 11, Downing Street is, in some ways, the perfect place to raise a baby. It’s spacious, with four bedrooms, a modern stainless steel kitchen and living area set in an open-plan arrangement designed by previous incumbent, Samantha Cameron. At present it’s just Boris and … Read more