Sinfonia of London albums review: Some of the finest string playing ever put on disc

English Music For Strings by Sinfonia of London embraces some of the finest string playing ever put on disc by a British orchestra By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 English Music For Strings   Sinfonia of London, conducted by John Wilson  Chandos, out January 29 … Read more

Vogue Williams defends decision to fly to St Barts and assures fans she ‘HASN’T broken any rules’

Vogue Williams defends decision to fly to St Barts with her family as she assures fans she ‘HASN’T broken any rules’ to go on trip which had been ‘booked since last year’ By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 21:02 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:02 GMT, 9 January 2021 Vogue Williams has insisted she … Read more

Priyanka Chopra marks her last day on set.. after insisting she didn’t break Covid rules in London

She’s been living in London for the past three months while shooting her upcoming movie, Text For You. And Priyanka Chopra, 38, celebrated her last day on set for the film as she shared a face mask selfie with the ‘incredible crew’ to Instagram on Saturday. It comes days after the actress sparked a furore … Read more

A Full English lockdown: Met Police probe officers spotted ‘flouting’ Covid curbs INSIDE London café

A Full English lockdown: Met Police probe officers spotted ‘flouting’ Covid curbs by tucking into breakfast INSIDE London café – despite cracking down harder on public who break rules A passer-by caught squad cars outside Chef House Kitchen in south east London Brian Jennings, 44, regularly walks past the cafe, near the Greenwich Patrol Base … Read more

A Full English lockdown: Met Police probe officers spotted ‘flouting’ Covid curbs INSIDE London café

A Full English lockdown: Met Police probe officers spotted ‘flouting’ Covid curbs by tucking into breakfast INSIDE London café – despite cracking down harder on public who break rules A passer-by caught squad cars outside Chef House Kitchen in south east London Brian Jennings, 44, regularly walks past the cafe, near the Greenwich Patrol Base … Read more

London property firm ‘tried to skip vaccine queue by offering GPs £5,000-a-go to inject staff’

A London property investment firm was forced to apologise after its ‘appalling’ bid to skip the coronavirus vaccine queue by offering doctors £5,000 for each jab given to its staff. Doctors across Britain are said to have been offered up to £100,000 to vaccinate the workforce of The Hacking Trust – a luxury London property firm – amid … Read more

Covid clash on Clapham Common: Police confront anti-lockdown mob chanting ‘take your freedom back’

Police confronted protesters chanting ‘take your freedom back’ as they marched through Clapham on Saturday to call for opposition against national lockdown measures ordering people to stay at home. The protest, organised by group StandupX, was attended by a few dozen people who marched from Clapham Common, in south London, and then down the high … Read more

Central London is eerily quiet as people stay at home after Sadiq Khan declares state of emergency

Some of London‘s most famous landmarks were eerily quiet today at the start of the first weekend of Britain’s third national lockdown, as calls for even tighter restrictions continue to grow. Scientists warn the current measures are too ‘lax’ and can’t contain the new coronavirus variant, so are demanding stricter rules as ‘interactions are now … Read more

Five NHS doctor siblings urge public to follow lockdown rules after their father, 81, dies

The children of an 81-year-old man who died of Covid despite shielding have urged the public to follow lockdown rules.  Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudry’s six children all work on the NHS front line, with one working at Queen’s Hospital in Romford where he died on December 28.  All six of the siblings, an ITU doctor, two GPs, a … Read more