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I must be the happiest person alive. If anyone can soothe the pain after a long, long day of having an existential crisis (or less dramatically, just working from home), it’s Sir David Attenborough. And it turns o...
The Welsh travel ban begins tonight. Bad news if you were planning a Welsh getaway anytime soon: as of 6pm tonight (Friday, October 16), anyone travelling from parts of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland with high...
A change to London’s lockdown status is coming, as the city will enter Tier 2 at the weekend. When the three-tiered coronavirus alert system was formally introduced on Monday, sending cities such as Manchester, Li...
Regent Street will have a greener, more pleasant look once works are completed. The pedestrianisation of adjoining Oxford Street may not be going ahead, but Regent Street will be undergoing some changes between now and...
A tiered system for controlling the spread of coronavirus has been unveiled for the UK today. Addressing Parliament today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a new series of measures designed to slow the worryingly-i...
Avanti West Coast has launched the UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train. Back in August, the UK’s very first, rainbow-covered Pride train set off from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly on its first official service...
The scheme has already received £11 million funding from the Mayor of London’s office. Finding a solution to London’s homelessness crisis is a long-running problem, but a new scheme might just pave the way t...
You’ll need to wait until 2021 to see the Alexandra Palace fireworks. Fireworks displays are starting to bear the brunt of social distancing measures, as a couple of weeks after London’s New Year’s Eve...
Businesses can no longer sell or distribute these plastic items from October 1 – a win in the fight against plastic! It’s official. From today you won’t be finding a plastic straw in your Starbucks Fra...
Government is reportedly discussing a local lockdown for the capital, closing bars and restaurants and banning mixing with other households. If the emergency lockdown comes into play, bars, pubs and restaurants may be t...