Thousands of crosses are being placed at Westminster Abbey today as the nation gets set to remember fallen servicemen and women. Volunteers are laying more than 12,000 crosses over 380 plots laid out in the names of military associations and other organisations. But remembrance services are under threat as a second lockdown looms over the UK, with … Read more
Members of the Royal Family, the Government and the Armed Forces will not be allowed to sing hymns or even the national anthem when they gather at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day. This year, November 11 marks 100 years since London came to a halt for the two events which have defined the way Britain … Read more
Scotland’s new 0-4 tier system Nicola Sturgeon laid out plans for a new 0-4 tier lockdown today. Here is how it would work. Level 0 As close to normal as possible. Broadly in line with the situation in Scotland in August when the virus was suppressed but still around. At this level people would be able … Read more
‘Armed police’ put St Thomas’s Hospital on lockdown and shut Westminster Bridge over ‘security alert’ By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: 10:23 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 10:36 BST, 13 October 2020 A London hospital has been placed on lockdown and Westminster Bridge has been shut over a ‘security alert’. ‘Armed police’ rushed to St … Read more
Westminster townhouse which has entertained glamorous guests such as Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier could be yours for £3.9m The London townhouse is for sale with estate agents Savills Guests over the years have ranged from Queen Alexandra to Marilyn Monroe The property spreads across five floors and has three bedrooms By Myra Butterworth For … Read more
SNP’s Margaret Ferrier sparks coronavirus alert in Westminster after travelling 400 miles to the Commons before testing positive for Covid-19 By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:08 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 18:20 BST, 1 October 2020 An SNP MP tonight sparked a coronavirus alert in the heart of Westminster after admitting … Read more
Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds had their son Wilfred christened a Catholic, the largest Catholic cathedral in England and Wales has confirmed. Westminster Cathedral said the couple had their four-month-old son baptised there in a ceremony on September 12 by Father Daniel Humphreys. It is understood the christening was a small ceremony held … Read more
Teenager, 18, is charged with defacing Winston Churchill’s Westminster statue branding the wartime leader ‘a racist’ Benjamin Clark, 18, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 9 He was arrested after Churchill’s plinth was yesterday daubed with yellow paint A slogan branding the wartime leader ‘a racist’ was sprayed on the stone plinth Scotland … Read more
The morning after Boris Johnson announced he was clawing back another raft of civil liberties, a vapour trail of anarchy hung over Westminster. In Parliament Square, where Extinction Rebellion has been camped out for the past ten days, female protesters removed their brassieres and chained themselves to the New Palace Yard railings. Those of a … Read more
The lost sacristy of Westminster Abbey: 13th century room where monks kept sacred items is unearthed at site where ‘hundreds’ of its brothers were buried The Great Sacristy would have been on the Abbey’s North Green where monks kept sacred items used in mass Abbey authorities want to fully understand grounds’ medieval footprint before building … Read more