King Charles and Queen Camilla will acknowledge the “painful aspects” of the UK’s shared history with Kenya as they visit the nation to mark 60 years since its independence. It will be the King and Queen’s first state visit to a Commonwealth country. And the five-day state visit will see them joining the east African […]
Snug Sofa manages to fit couch into smallest house in UK It may be only 122 inches tall and 72 inches wide, but the smallest house in Britain still had room for a new sofa. But with only one room upstairs and a second on the ground floor, it was a tight squeeze getting the […]
A British woman claimed there were too many “rude” Spanish people at her Benidorm resort. Pensioner Freda Jackson and her friend decided to head off to warmer climes on a trip to Alicante, Spain. But their dreams of a sun-soaked Spanish trip quickly turned into a disaster, with Freda left in tears after the hotel […]
A man has died following a crash on a major London road. Police and paramedics were called to the scene on the A13 Thames Gateway in Rainham at around 6am on Sunday. Nothing could be done to save the man, who was in his 40s, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A number […]
Officers are searching for bricklayers who helped build a police station in Merseyside and left a time capsule at the scene of the “crime”. Merseyside Police launched an appeal to find the brickies and hod-carriers who buried a message and copy of the Daily Mirror dated October 29, 1971, at St Anne Street Station in […]
Conducted every 10 years, the census is the most wide-ranging and revealing survey about the residents of England and Wales carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). An important endeavour for social scientists and policymakers going back two centuries, its seriousness was undermined in 2001 when a voluntary question about religion was first […]
Some UK restaurants have begun introducing ‘carbon footprint charges’, saddling diners with the cost of the meal’s environmental impact. Customers have noticed charity donations for a scheme called Carbon Friendly Dining appearing on restaurant bills, on top of service fees. Backed by retail consultancy Lightspeed, the scheme is aiming to charge £1.23 per person to […]
There’s nothing more British than a pint by the fire in a cosy old pub. And Americans love this one so much that they make pilgrimages to it. The Mayflower in Rotherhithe, South East London, is one of the oldest pubs on the River Thames dating back to 1550. The reason Yanks feel such a […]
TABLE OF CONTENT What is the Tower of London? How much does it cost to visit the Tower of London? What are the Tower of London’s opening times? Does the taxpayer fund the Tower of London? Situated next to the River Thames in the heart of bustling London, the Tower of London is one of […]
As a result, 60 per cent are worried it’s slowing the purchase down, and 52 per cent fear they could miss out on a better deal because they can’t get to grips with the terminology. The study of 1,000 adults in the process of getting on the property ladder also found terms like annual percentage […]