An iconic south London shopping centre built in 1965 on a bomb-damaged 1890s estate is being torn down to pave the way for a £1billion town centre regeneration. It was initially hoped that the three-storey Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in Southwark, which was named after a former 18th century tavern in the area, would become a … Read more
An iconic south London shopping centre built in 1965 on a bomb-damaged 1890s estate is being torn down to pave the way for a £1billion town centre regeneration. It was initially hoped that the three-storey Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in Southwark would become a commercial hub for south London, with its 115 shops taken on mostly … Read more
Scandal-hit Boohoo splashes £72m on new office in London’s West End after acquisition of Arcadia brands New Soho office needed after acquisition of Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton Boohoo’s presence in London has grown ‘significantly’ since 2019 Some 600 staff will be working from the new office on a ‘flexible’ basis By Camilla Canocchi for … Read more
Retailers on Oxford Street finished off their window displays today as they prepare to reopen next Monday in a bid to lure shoppers back into stores after more than three months shut due to the third national lockdown. Workers at Selfridges, Office, Lacoste, Accessorize and Swatch were all seen putting the finishing touches to their … Read more
Three of Faberge’s most exquisite eggs will be displayed in the UK for the first time – alongside a cigarette lighter made by the master jeweller and given to Edward VII by his mistress Exhibition on the Russian goldsmith, who died in 1920, will open in November London was home to the only branch of Carl … Read more
Just five people are dying with Covid every day in London — nearly 40 times fewer than during the peak of the crisis in January, according to official figures. And the capital now has the second lowest Covid death rate in England, amid dwindling death tolls across the country and a mammoth vaccine drive. Britain’s … Read more
The ‘Black Widow’ killer Linda Calvey has opened up about the crimes she committed in London’s East End – adding that they are very ‘surreal’ to her now. Linda Calvey, from Ilford in east London, was jailed for 18 years in Holloway Prison, London, over her involvement in the death of her lover, Ronnie Cook – … Read more
Only one London borough suffered a spike in coronavirus cases last week, Government data has revealed as the capital’s second wave remains firmly in retreat. Department of Health’s most-up-to-date data showed 31 out of 32 local authorities saw their infection rate dip over the seven-day spell to March 6. Hammersmith and Fulham recorded the sharpest … Read more
Only one London borough suffered a spike in coronavirus cases last week, Government data has revealed as the capital’s second wave remains firmly in retreat. Department of Health’s most-up-to-date data showed 31 out of 32 local authorities saw their infection rate dip over the seven-day spell to March 6. Hammersmith and Fulham recorded the sharpest … Read more
London’s world-renowned Science Museum reopens as a Covid-19 vaccination centre on Thursday (March 11). The museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, which was founded in 1857, will serve north-west London as part of the NHS’s vaccination programme. Vaccinations will take place in Special Exhibition Gallery 1, a vast temporary exhibition space where thousands of artefacts have … Read more