34 h. ago Marks and Spencer shoppers 'ditch' Easter eggs for £5 Colin the Caterpillar chocolate hampers

"This was a gift for my daughter at university which was very well received. Delivery was quick and it was a lovely surprise. It is stocked with much-loved treats"

Economics

56 h. ago Virgin customers are only just realising they can access VIP box at O2 Arena

Not all Virgin customers were aware they could take advantage of an 'electrifying' experience - seeing their favourite acts perform from a luxurious VIP box in London's O2 Arena

Economics

57 h. ago Meghan Markle's A list pals including 'momager' Kris Jenner and Zoe Saldana show off their As Ever gift packages

The Duchess's California pals including Kris Jenner and Zoe Saldana received gift boxes of the otherwise sold-out items, which they posted on Instagram.

Politics

63 h. ago Aberdeen Boxer Corey McIntosh To Represent U.S. Team During London Bout

Aberdeen Boxer Corey McIntosh To Represent U.S. Team During London Bout  Aberdeen Insider

Sport

5 d. ago Baller League UK: Fixtures, results, standings, players and teams

Star-studded indoor six-a-side competition continues at the Copper Box Arena in London

Sport

5 d. ago Baller League Night 2 LIVE results: John Terry, Gary Lineker's teams in action

The second night of Baller League action comes live from London's Cooper Box Arena with John Terry's 26ers looking to bounce back from an opening week defeat

Politics

5 d. ago Lioness and her cubs receive a gift of scented cardboard boxes | London Zoo

Lioness and her cubs receive a gift of scented cardboard boxes | London Zoo  News8000.com - WKBT

Politics

6 d. ago Cute video shows newborn lion cubs with lioness mum rescued from Ukraine

A lioness rescued from war torn Ukraine has given birth to three cubs as Yorkshire Wildlife Park release adorable video.

Events

2 w. ago How Princess Anne and a London boxer foiled a 1974 kidnap plot

How Princess Anne and a London boxer foiled a 1974 kidnap plot  ABC News

Politics

2 w. ago Between the Links: UFC London, Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady stakes, Dirty Boxing 1, more

Between the Links: UFC London, Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady stakes, Dirty Boxing 1, more  MMA Fighting

Sport

2 w. ago The new Boxpark is indoors — and has 13 of London's best restaurants

The new Boxpark is indoors — and has 13 of London's best restaurants  Evening Standard

Politics

2 w. ago Boxhall City: Boxpark announces new concept with 13 London restaurants

Sourdough Sophia, Club Mexicana and Old Chang Kee are all on the bill

Politics

2 w. ago Man City star receives lavish gift after return to homeland and Pep Guardiola comments

Abdukodir Khusanov joined Manchester City from Lens in the January transfer window

Politics

2 w. ago London Museum receives Roman artefacts and £20m gift from Bloomberg

London Museum receives Roman artefacts and £20m gift from Bloomberg  Museums Association

Economics

2 w. ago Aberdeen's Gothenburg Greats receive special gift as Clive Tyldesley pays unique tribute to the side who ruled Europe

The Reds famously defeated Real Madrid to lift the European Cup Winners' Cup 42 years ago

Politics

2 w. ago French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’

Raphaël Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump’s approach to UkraineA French European parliament member has quipped that the US should return the Statue of Liberty, which it received as a gift from France about 140 years ago, after Donald Trump’s decision “to side with the tyrants” against Ukraine.“Apparently you despise it,” said Raphaël Glucksmann of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, evidently with his tongue in his cheek. “So, it will be just fine here at home.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I think my fetish furniture hampered my career’: Allen Jones on decades of controversy

He wanted to remove sculpture’s safety valve – and blew up the 60s as a result. The great pop-pioneer looks back on an extraordinary career, from getting thrown out of art school to covering Kate Moss in fibreglassAllen Jones, painter, sculptor and print-maker – he calls himself a painter who sculpts – is arguably the first, debatably the most famous British pop artist. I meet him in the studio he built 20 years ago, when he moved out of London to the Cotswolds, the kind of chocolate-box surroundings where they’ll only let you build something if it looks like a barn. “But a barn is designed specifically to keep light out!” he says in amused frustration, and huh, yes, sounds obvious when you say it. An architect found his way round that, and the place is swimming in light.Against one wall of the studio are five of the fibreglass female figures he made as an ongoing series between the early 80s and 2015. At 5ft 2in, they are slightly smaller than lifesize mannequins. The critic Mark H...

Politics

3 w. ago Ayrshire man shares story of receiving 'best gift' from lifelong friend on World Kidney Day

James Walker of Ayr is one of 5,000 people who have received a transplant from the the West of Scotland Transplant Service

Politics

3 w. ago Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wantedSierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin.The footage of Alusine Kanneh being handed a present by Johannes Leijdekkers – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – was published by the investigative outlet Follow the Money and the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on Friday. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Lauren Price scores dominant victory over Natasha Jonas to become unified welterweight champion

The Welsh superstar dominated from start-to-finish as the 30-year-old made history at the Royal Albert Hall in London against the British boxing veteran

Sport