Two people have died after a helicopter crashed into a crane in London. Scotland Yard said the chopper appeared to have hit a crane on top of a building.
Flames and smoke could be seen at the crash site near the River Thames. Vauxhall bus station has been cordoned off and more than 60 firefighters are said to be at the scene. Witnesses said they feared there had been a terrorist attack. The helicopter landed in the middle of Wandsworth Road and parts were scene on an adjacent roof. Two cars were reported to be on fire following the crash. A spokesman for London Fire Brigade was unable...
According to eye witness reports and local activists, police are preventing protesters from demonstrating at the adventure playground set for demolition in Battersea Park, South London.
Police are said to be denying entry to the park, meaning that people already inside the protest area are having to use bottles instead of using the toilets outside of what is effectively a kettle.
Some participants have travelled a long way to join Occupy in Battersea Park, saying it is an example of how the financial crisis impacts locally. (NewsPoint)
(NewsPoint) – Last week London Ambulance Service experienced its busiest week ever for potentially life-threatening incidents with the arrival of colder weather and Christmas celebrations
London Ambulance service staff responded to 9,662 seriously ill and injured patients last week, a 12 per cent rise over last year.
With the busy festive season, the London Ambulance say that demand on the Service has continued to remain high in the last few days.
The Ambulance service say that among the types of calls that they have received, there was an increase patients with...
An East Devon-based holistic cosmetic clinic dedicated to face and body skin health both physically and visually, is expanding to larger, brand new premises in central Exeter. South West Skin & Laser based in Budleigh Salterton has acquired the 125-year leasehold interest of an extensive suite in Augustus House, a large residential development on Isca Place located in New North Road. The 7,233 sq.ft. unit based near Central Station is currently nothing more than a concrete shell, however the Mother and daughter team Dr Ros Debenham a qualified doctor and Katie Debenham a fully...
Jackpotjoy.com succeeded in bringing a smile to the faces of chilly Londoners this morning as an enormous rubber duck floated down the Thames as part of the website's 'FUNdation' launch.
The oversized bath toy was launched from West India Dock in the Isle of Dogs, east London, at 8.30am this morning. It floated along the Thames past the O2, Canary Wharf, and on towards Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast as part of a publicity stunt organised by a website.Jackpotjoy.com's new Facebook FUNdation, is part of a marketing campaign to grant funds to people who have good ideas to make people...
King Edward VII hospital, where the Duchess of Cambridge was recently admitted for acute morning sickness, has paid tribute to "a first class" nurse who has been found dead after falling victim to a hoax phone call.
The nurse, named as Jacintha Saldanha, who was married with two children, was tricked into putting the prank call through from two Australian DJs pretending to be the Queen and Prince Phillip, who subsequently gained access to confidential information about the Duchess' medical condition.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a statement saying that...
Amid much press furore, the Duchess of Cambridge has now left King Edward VII hospital in central London after several days of treatment for acute morning sickness - hyperemesis gravidarum - since Monday.
St James's Palace said in a statement that she was now heading to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
St James's Palace have said: "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank the staff at the hospital for the care and treatment the Duchess has received."
Following a bill aimed at ending discrimination against women in the succession to the British throne, Kate...
The Exeter and London-based private, independent bank, Arbuthnot Latham & Co, Limited, today announced the appointment of Martyn Elliott-Cannon to the role of Senior Private Banker. Martyn takes up his role with Arbuthnot Latham with immediate effect.
Arbuthnot Latham Chief Executive, James Fleming, said:
“I am delighted that Martyn is joining us at this important time in the Bank’s growth and development. Martyn brings a great deal of experience in the Private Banking field.”
My blog’s late and that is just one symptom of a newly acquired disease. I’ve fallen in love. With London. As you may remember from my previous blogs, I was feeling the pain of leaving Devon behind. My circumstances dictated much of the change – I needed a job, I couldn’t seem to get one in Devon – and so whilst I was excited about London, I was worried that I may not be doing the right thing. Well already my doubts have gone. It feels like having been in a rut personally for some years, I am now living again. And a lot of that is down to London. I wish I could give you some deep and...
As I told you last time, I got a job in London. And so for the last week or so I have been hurriedly packing up my Devon life and saying my goodbyes.
Two things have struck me about the packing up side: firstly how much ‘stuff’ I have accumulated over the years; and then how the most unlikely material possession can prompt such vivid memories.
Given this move is all about a new start for me, I was keen to sort my belongings and clear out the rubbish so I could start afresh. It was this desire to clear out that led me to inadvertently dumping all my jeans and trousers in a...
