The Queen's £2million royal barge that led the Diamond Jubilee flotilla down the Thames in 2012 will get a new sumptuous home on the Greenwich peninsula. The 88-foot-long vessel will be moved from St Katharine Docks in the borough of Tower Hamlets to a boathouse on the Greenwich Peninsula. It …...Read More
Queen's £2million royal barge will get new sumptuous home on Greenwich peninsula
Nazi concentration camp guard, 93, is spared jail
A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been spared jail after being found guilty of accessory to 5,230 murders. Bruno Dey was handed a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday by a court in Hamburg. In what could be one of the last such cases involving surviving Nazi guards, Dey …...Read More
Daredevil wingsuit pilot rides on her stunt partner's back as they leap from a plane at 13,000ft
Amazing footage shows a couple of thrill-seeking wingsuit pilots performing a stunt known as a 'rodeo'. Wingsuit professional Alessio Spina leaps from a plane at 13,000 feet with 28-year-old Giulia Calcaterra straddling his back. The pair freefall towards the ground in Sardinia, Italy, with Giulia Calcaterra waving, saluting and giving …...Read More
RAY MASSEY tests the new £26,000 Honda e on UK roads
Advertisement You can fall very quickly and deeply for the charms of Honda's new all-electric supermini. The perky zero-emissions Honda e, hitting UK showrooms now and built in Japan, is eye-catchingly cute, has bags of personality, a lively pace, and a great sense of style without being overly formal, and …...Read More
Wuhan family rushes to take coronavirus tests after finding a dead bat in their half-eaten pork soup
A family in Wuhan has rushed to get tested for the coronavirus after spotting a whole dead bat in a pot of pork soup that they ordered from a Chinese restaurant. A revolting image shows the small black mammal with its wings and body curled up together as it was …...Read More
Duchess of York acts out a children's book (so is this where Beatrice's reception took place?)
Princess Beatrice and new husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi tied the knot in a secret surprise wedding last week, and details of the day have remained tightly under wraps. But it appears mother-of-the-bride Sarah Ferguson, 60, might have offered royal fans a glimpse at where the couple's intimate reception took place. …...Read More
Hogmanay cancelled: Edinburgh's New Year's Eve party that attracts 150,000 scrapped due to Covid
The world famous Hogmanay street party in Edinburgh has been scrapped - as festival chiefs confirm tickets will be pulled from sale and refunds issued. Event producers Underbelly, which has an £800,000 contract to produce the Hogmanay festival for the city council, said it was ‘clear’ it could not take …...Read More
Coronavirus testing in England is getting SLOWER, official data shows
Waiting times for coronavirus swab test results have surged in the past week and now one in three people at drive-through centres have to wait more than 24 hours. Damning statistics today published by the Department of Health show NHS Test and Trace is failing on one of its most …...Read More
Lawrence of Arabia's nine-bedroom Victorian childhood home in Oxford up for sale for £2.6million
Advertisement A lavish nine-bedroom Victorian house in Oxford which was once Lawrence of Arabia's childhood home, with a bungalow specially built for the adventurer, is up for sale for £2.6million. Renowned archaeologist and military officer T.E. Lawrence, who is better known as Lawrence of Arabia, moved into 2 Polstead Road …...Read More
LUX La Baraquette: Amazonico interior designer stamps his style on these French holiday homes
It's one of the trendiest new restaurants on London's dining out scene, with its interiors sparking delight among customers. And now the man behind the interiors of Amazonico in Mayfair, which opened late last year, is recreating his magic at a new development of luxury holiday homes in the South …...Read More
