Let us fly again! Furious pilots and cabin crews march on Westminster

Let us fly again! Furious pilots and cabin crews march on Westminster to demand ministers reopen our skies fully to save the travel industry Travel industry workers called on PM to expand the quarantine-free green list Around 400 protesters gathered outside the Commons on Travel Day of Action Senior Conservative MPs, including Sir Iain Duncan-Smith, … Read more

Priest demands to know how Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds could wed at Westminster Cathedral

A priest last night demanded to know how twice divorced Boris Johnson was able to marry his fiancé Carrie Symonds, whilst he has to tell ‘practising Catholics’ who are divorced that they cannot re-marry in the Church. Mr Johnson, who was baptised a Catholic but converted to Anglicanism while at private school Eton, wed Ms … Read more

Incredible before and after images show bomb-hit Westminster Abbey in World War Two

Caught in the cross fire: Incredible before and after images show bomb-hit Westminster Abbey following its worst night of the Blitz… and its reconstruction Abbey suffered worst bomb damage of Second World War on the night of May 10 to 11, in 1941 Clusters of incendiaries fell on the Abbey roof and in the church’s … Read more

Incredible before and after images show bomb-hit Westminster Abbey in World War Two

Caught in the cross fire: Incredible before and after images show bomb-hit Westminster Abbey following its worst night of the Blitz… and its reconstruction Abbey suffered worst bomb damage of Second World War on the night of May 10 to 11, in 1941 Clusters of incendiaries fell on the Abbey roof and in the church’s … Read more

Prince Philip dies: Westminster Abbey to toll bell every 60 seconds, 99 times in tribute

A Death Gun Salute will be fired at noon today to pay tribute to Prince Philip after Westminster Abbey tolled its bell 99 times in 99 minutes.  Saluting batteries will fire 41 rounds at one round every minute for 40 minutes at Cardiff Castle, Edinburgh Castle and Hillsborough Castle in Belfast and in Gibraltar, the Ministry … Read more

Prince Philip dies: Westminster Abbey to toll bell every 60 seconds, 99 times in tribute

A Death Gun Salute will be fired at noon today to pay tribute to Prince Philip after Westminster Abbey tolled its bell 99 times in 99 minutes.  Saluting batteries will fire 41 rounds at one round every minute for 40 minutes at Cardiff Castle, Edinburgh Castle and Hillsborough Castle in Belfast and in Gibraltar, the Ministry … Read more

MPs’ summer holidays could be extended to refurbish the Palace of Westminster

MPs’ summer holidays could be two weeks longer so refurbishment team can repair the Palace of Westminster Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is responsible for tabling motions It is unlikely Government will be won over by the idea to extend summer holiday More time is needed for refurbishment team to carry out repairs on building  By … Read more

MPs’ summer holidays could be extended to refurbish the Palace of Westminster

MPs’ summer holidays could be two weeks longer so refurbishment team can repair the Palace of Westminster Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is responsible for tabling motions It is unlikely Government will be won over by the idea to extend summer holiday More time is needed for refurbishment team to carry out repairs on building  By … Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton remember UK Covid victims at Westminster Abbey

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have today visited a vaccination centre at Westminster Abbey where they lit a candle and laid flowers to remember the 126,000 people who have died in Britain during the pandemic. The royal couple praised the efforts of those driving the UK’s world-leading Covid-19 jab scheme as Britain remembers the … Read more

Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey will be used for Covid vaccinations

It’s the final resting place of some of Britain’s greatest writers, including Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Lord Tennyson. But from tomorrow, Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey will be more than just a monument to literature when it is converted to a Covid vaccination centre. As the mammoth roll-out continues to deliver on its great … Read more