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Musician performs inside London’s ‘Super Sewer’ to mark end of tunnelling
Composer Rob Lewis played the cello to accompany his own piece dedicated to the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
Hancock apologises for pandemic ‘pain and anguish’ after care home ruling
More than 20,000 elderly or disabled care home residents died from Covid-19 in England and Wales during the first wave of the pandemic.
‘Nothing wrong with a drink!’ Tory MP squirms trying to justify drinking culture in Commons
The Conservative MP failed in an attempt to justify the culture of drinking alcohol during work hours in Parliament.
Don’t they know there’s a war on? Daily Mail front page comes back to haunt them
The newspaper splashed allegations of a lockdown-busting Labour party, 15 days after telling people to drop the issue.
Nadine Dorries drops another howler – this time she’s got Channel 5 all wrong
Another day, another car crash interview from our esteemed culture secretary.
‘Creepy’ and ‘misogynistic’ Spectator article prompts fierce response
The British Transport Police (BTP) even had to weigh in on the matter after Cosmo Landesman argued in favour of a man’s right to “stare at women”.
Tory peer’s London home raided by police over multi-million pound PPE fraud probe
The £11 million property is owned by an offshore company linked to her husband’s Isle of Man business.
‘Leave your pervy bloke stares at home’, BTP warn male Tube travellers
An article published by The Spectator on Thursday has forced the British Transport Police to issue a warning against 'pervy bloke stares'.
‘I used to wonder if it was the same desk!’ Tory defence secretary drags up Prescott affair in Porngate row
Defence secretary Ben Wallace got his back up in an interview on Sky News today.