If you’ve been anywhere near Battersea Power Station in the last twelve months, you’ll have noticed that its iconic towers have become a hive of activity, lined with cranes and construction vehicles as redevelopment gets underway in earnest. It’s been an insurmountable project for countless investors over the last fifty ...
It's polling day for councils around the country and the definite winner for the nation's favourite story on social media is #dogsatpollingstations! These are some of our favourite dogs at polling stations that you have plastered all over Twitter. And don't forget, if you want to to see an actual ...
Chris Hobbs is a former officer of the Metropolitan Police who served for 32 years Well Home Secretary, you certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest with your carefully timed statement over the weekend that spiralling violent crime involving shootings and stabbings is not as a result of reductions in police numbers. ...
New research has unearthed a series of shocking stories of London business owners who have been forced out of their premises because of spiralling rents, with one committing suicide after a 200 per cent rent increase. 230 small businesses have united to call on London politicians to join them in confronting ...
Feisty Emily Thornberry stood in at PMQs today, for Jeremy Corbyn, with David Lidington standing in for the PM as she in China. Thornberry said that the DUP and Tories were a “coalition of cavemen” because of their opposition to lower the voting age to 16, which all other main ...
Residents and agency staff are digging in to clear mountains of rubbish which has been piling up on the streets of Birmingham for five weeks - after a strike by binmen. Dozens of fed-up homeowners in the Sparkhill area of the city have not had their refuse collected while binmen ...
A recent court case in Bristol saw a group of property guardians granted legal recognition as tenants for the first time, thus phasing out property guardianship in the city. Bristol’s property guardians have been told they will need to leave their accommodation “as and when the buildings are needed” by ...
Of all the disturbing photos, live video reports and sensationalist news accounts of the shocking events at Westminster yesterday satirist site News Thump was the rag that got it right this morning. The people of London, it reported, showed their defiance by "stoically remaining unfriendly and really quite impatient" on ...
The results of the EU referendum took everyone by surprise. The pollsters had predicted victory by a narrow margin for the remainers, but in the end, the ‘Vote Leave’ campaign stole the show with a 52% majority. Overnight the pound fell to its lowest point for 31-years. It still hasn’t ...