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You’ll no longer need to get a test before catching flights from England. From Friday (January 7) at 4am, travellers will no longer be obligated to take a pre-flight test before leaving the country, as long as the...
Rules for follow up PCR tests have been tweaked. Anybody who tests positive for Covid-19 on a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) will not be required to book a mandatory PCR follow up test to confirm their result. Previously, PCR...
2021 was a truly memorable year, and here are your highlights. Or should that be lowlights? Hello, it’s Twixmas and I foolishly elected to work rather than book this week off to enjoy a full Christmas and New Year...
The London Eye New Year’s Eve celebrations are going virtual. Shorn of the New Year’s Eve fireworks, the London Eye has – like the vast majority of us – had to make other plans for December 31. S...
Selfridges has just been sold, but it hasn’t come cheap. If your name happens to be Central Group and/or Signa Holding, and all you wanted for Christmas was a famed London department store, all your wishes just ca...
The teams covered a 35-mile radius. December may be the month of Christmas, but for many – particularly those who are forced to sleep on the street – it’s one of the toughest times of the year. Short d...
No New Year’s Eve fireworks, and now no shindig in Trafalgar Square either… Already down on London’s explosive New Year’s Eve fireworks display, cancelled thanks to Covid, there’s more grim...
Covid is sweeping through the cast of performances which has led to cancellations. Since restrictions were loosened earlier in the year, we’ve been lucky enough to have one of London’s finest offerings back:...
The Natural History Museum has been forced to close its doors due to staff shortages brought on by Covid. It’s not been the easiest couple of years for London’s cultural attractions, and the new emergence of...
Londoners can finally get a proper glimpse of Big Ben for the first time since 2017. It’s been four long years since Big Ben (yes, fine, the Elizabeth Tower) disappeared under scaffolding, and it’s a bit of...