The Pigeon Express
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children are moving from Kensington Palace in west London to a cottage on the Queen’s Windsor Estate. Their new home, Adelaide Cottage, is a 10-minute walk from Windsor Castle. It marks a new chapter according to their friends, an attempt to ensure as normal an upbringing as […]
At least 500,000 learners are waiting for their driving test in the United Kingdom. In May 2021 there was a backlog of 496,124, but by May this year that had grown to 530,387. It means the average waiting time for a test slot is 14 weeks, although there are reports of learners waiting up to […]
Two of the UK’s leading hospitals have had to cancel operations, postpone appointments and divert seriously ill patients to other centres for the past three weeks after their computers crashed at the height of last month’s heatwave. The IT breakdowns at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in London have caused misery for doctors and patients […]
The starting point of England’s famous River Thames has dried up and moved downstream, following weeks of little rainfall and a heat wave in July that smashed the UK’s all-time temperature record. The Thames usually begins in the English market town of Cirencester, part of the green and hilly Cotswolds countryside, and flows through the […]
A tiny Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde has gone on sale for £350,000. The isle of Pladda, off the coast of Arran, includes a five-bedroom house, a helipad and lighthouse dating back to the 1790s. It has an asking price that could buy a three-bedroom flat in Glasgow or Edinburgh. It is well […]
A man allegedly found with a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day has been charged under the Treason Act. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, has also been charged with threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon. Mr Chail, from Southampton, is in custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court […]
Britain paid the highest price on record for electricity in London last week as the capital narrowly avoided a power blackout, it has emerged. National Grid paid £9,724 per megawatt hour, more than 5,000% than the typical price, to Belgium on Wednesday to prevent south-east London losing power. The hottest UK days on record led […]
A housing association in the United Kingdom kept collecting rent from a tenant when she lay dead in her house for more than two years. 58-year-old Sheila Seleoane had to be identified by dental records after her skeletal remains were found on the sofa in the living room of her flat in Peckham in February. […]
A British cinema chain offered people in red hair a flick for free on Monday, July 18 and Tuesday, July 19 as temperatures soared. “Free tickets for redheads on the hottest days ever!” Showcase advertised in a post, which they captioned: “You’re gonna want to let your redheaded friends know about this.” Researchers have found […]
London’s fire service had its busiest day since World War Two dealing with several blazes in record-breaking temperatures on Tuesday, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said. The city was one of 15 areas around the UK to declare a major incident. The fires started on a day which saw a record temperature of 40.3C in […]
A major incident has been declared in London after a “huge surge” in fires across the capital on the UK’s hottest-ever day. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the London Fire Brigade (LFB) is “under immense pressure” as he urged people to be safe, adding the situation is “critical”. Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of firefighters […]
As prices surge and the UK economy struggles more than most of its peers, Starbucks is reportedly looking for an exit. The company is engaged with advisers to determine whether it could or should sell its business in the United Kingdom, according to UK newspaper The Times. The report comes at a time that the […]