Workers descended upon Westminster today to remove the metal boards covering Sir Winston Churchill’s statue ahead of the French president’s visit to London tomorrow. The team of staff, dressed in hard hats and protective clothing, set to work removing the protective box around the former Prime Minister’s monument just in time for President Emmanuel Macron’s visit … Read more
Sir David Attenborough, 94, ‘is working on BBC nature programme at home by filming in his garden and recording in a homemade sound-proof room amid coronavirus crisis’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 01:31 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 01:33 BST, 17 June 2020 Sir David Attenborough is reportedly working on his forthcoming BBC … Read more
This Grade I-listed manor was once home to the polyamorous politician Sir William Cowper who united Scotland and England – and it could be yours for £2.2m. Sir William Cowper was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and conducted the negotiations between the English and Scottish to unite England with Scotland. Ratling Court, located … Read more
Born in Cheltenham in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris emigrated to Rhodesia, modern day Zambia and Zimbabwe, at the age of 17, returning to England at the outbreak of the First World War to serve his country. He joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918, when it was created, he joined the RAF. By the … Read more
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer mark third anniversary of Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people and injured 70 as PM says Britons can ‘all remember where we were three years ago today’ Boris Johnson says people of Britain are with Grenfell community ‘in spirit’ Keir Starmer pledges to do ‘everything in my power’ to … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus death toll could have been just 10,000 if Boris Johnson had triggered lockdown a week earlier, a former government science chief said today. Sir David King said modelling expert Neil Ferguson had underestimated the casualties from the delay when he suggested the figures could have been halved. He accused the government of … Read more
‘I feel sick and angry that we’re here 60 years later’: Sir Paul McCartney reflects on The Beatles’ refusal to play segregated show in 1964… as he laments ongoing racial tensions By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 17:03 BST, 6 June 2020 | Updated: 17:29 BST, 6 June 2020 Sir Paul McCartney admitted he felt … Read more
Ex-head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove says coronavirus ‘is man-made’ and was ‘released by accident’ – after seeing ‘important’ scientific report Ex-MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove said he believes that Covid-19 is man-made He cited an ‘important’ report which claims virus was manufactured in a lab Believes China could be forced to pay ‘reparations’ to the … Read more
The chair of the government’s Sage board has backed Boris Johnson’s decision to ease lockdown measures after one professor claimed there was a risk to changing the rules now. Sir Patrick Vallance, who heads up the advisory board of scientists guiding the government through this pandemic, backed Mr Johnson’s decision by saying it is up … Read more
HARRY COLE: Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark ‘Three Jobs’ Sedwill went to a Katherine Jenkins gig on December’s General Election night after being given two free VIP tickets By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:21 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 31 May 2020 Freebies racked up by oh-so grand Cabinet … Read more