London’s Nightingale hospital is being quietly broken down because there aren’t enough medics

Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more

Reality of London’s high-rise flats has been shown in unearthed snapshots

High Rise Britain: Italian photographer peeks inside the brutalist buildings of London’s council estates Italian photographer Marco Sconocchia said that his fascination for the British working classes prompted him  Council estates built in the fifties and sixties encompassed the Brutalist architecture of the postwar period They quickly became home to hundreds of family who were … Read more

Reality of London’s high-rise flats has been shown in unearthed snapshots

High Rise Britain: Italian photographer peeks inside the brutalist buildings of London’s council estates Italian photographer Marco Sconocchia said that his fascination for the British working classes prompted him  Council estates built in the fifties and sixties encompassed the Brutalist architecture of the postwar period They quickly became home to hundreds of family who were … Read more

London’s Cafe De Paris closes its doors after 95 years as historic cabaret venue

London’s Cafe de Paris has announced it is closing its doors permanently after 95 years as an iconic caberet venue that hosted the like of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. The venue in London’s West End survived a direct hit during The Blitz, but it was finished off by the ‘devastating’ effect of the Covid-19 … Read more

London’s Cafe De Paris closes its doors after 95 years as historic cabaret venue

London’s Cafe de Paris has announced it is closing its doors permanently after 95 years as an iconic caberet venue that hosted the like of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. The venue in London’s West End survived a direct hit during The Blitz, but it was finished off by the ‘devastating’ effect of the Covid-19 … Read more

Sadiq Khan blasted over Transport for London’s £25million pension fund with Chinese firm

Sadiq Khan is blasted over Transport for London’s £25million pension fund with Chinese firm linked to Beijing’s oppression of minorities The pension fund operated by TfL has placed more than £25 million with Tencent Tencent is Chinese technology company that UN accused of covert surveillance Its said to be spying on persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in … Read more

Sadiq Khan blasted over Transport for London’s £25million pension fund with Chinese firm

Sadiq Khan is blasted over Transport for London’s £25million pension fund with Chinese firm linked to Beijing’s oppression of minorities The pension fund operated by TfL has placed more than £25 million with Tencent Tencent is Chinese technology company that UN accused of covert surveillance Its said to be spying on persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in … Read more

Rishi Sunak rejects plea by Sadiq Khan to bail out London’s hospitality industry

Rishi Sunak rejects plea by Sadiq Khan to bail out London’s hospitality industry after it was plunged into Tier 3 lockdown Sadiq Khan demanded extra support for pubs and restaurants amid job loss fear The Treasury said Mr Sunak had already announced support for hospitality firms Theatre bosses said new rules, forcing them to close venues, … Read more

How Havering became London’s Covid capital

The national lockdown failed to stop the spiralling spread of coronavirus in London’s infection hotspot of Havering, official data reveals, because residents could not work from home and school outbreaks rumbled on. Across the borough, in the east of the city, the number of Covid-19 cases almost doubled between the end of October and December … Read more

How Havering became London’s Covid capital

The national lockdown failed to stop the spiralling spread of coronavirus in London’s infection hotspot of Havering, official data reveals, because residents could not work from home and school outbreaks rumbled on. Across the borough, in the east of the city, the number of Covid-19 cases almost doubled between the end of October and December … Read more