31 h. ago UK’s oldest Indian restaurant faces closure in dispute with crown estate

Owner of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, London, heads to high court to object to ‘heartless’ plans to upgrade buildingIt has been a fixture of British-Indian dining since it first opened its doors in April 1926 on the day of Elizabeth II’s birth, serving guests over the decades ranging from Marlon Brando to the late Queen herself.Yet despite surviving the Blitz and London’s relentlessly competitive restaurant sector, a dispute with the current monarch’s property developer threatens the survival of London’s oldest Indian restaurant just short of its 100th anniversary. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Warwick Davis’s wife died hours before planned hospital discharge – inquest

Samantha Davis died aged 53 at University College Hospital in London on March 24 last year.

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67 h. ago The tiara made for a princess and worn by queens that is now on show in London

The tiara made for a princess and worn by queens that is now on show in London  Royal Central

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3 d. ago Olly Alexander review – part night creature, part light entertainer

Palladium, LondonThe singer and actor hints at an outre new synth-heavy sound, drawn largely from latest album Polari. He stops short, though, of scaring his daytime TV fans“I’m all about playful subversion,” declares Olly Alexander with a grin on the final night of his UK tour. Clad in a series of outfits whose shiny buttons nod towards London’s pearly kings and queens and the dressing-up box – there’s one handily located on the left side of the stage – he is outlining the essence of Polari, the slang once used by the LGBTQ+ community, showfolk and the denizens of London’s Soho, as was.Evolving out of the vocabularies of Italian immigrants and Travellers to evade the understanding of law enforcement and mainstream society in the 19th and early-mid 20th centuries, Polari also doubles as the title of Alexander’s latest, queer-club pop-themed album. Released two months ago, it was the first under his own name; previously, he had traded as Years & Years, first as a band, then as a ...

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4 d. ago 'Richie Rich' Bid Goodbye To Queen's City: Why 11,000 Millionaires Left London?

'Richie Rich' Bid Goodbye To Queen's City: Why 11,000 Millionaires Left London?  Times Now

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8 d. ago Girl named Amy becomes first baby in the UK born from a womb transplant

The news gives hope to thousands of women born without a womb or whose womb fails to function.

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8 d. ago Baby girl 'doing really well' after being first born in UK from womb transplant

Baby Amy Isabel was born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London on February 27, after her mum received a uterus from her older sister two years ago

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8 d. ago Womb transplant surgeons ‘shed tears’ at delivery of first baby

Professor Richard Smith and Isabel Quiroga have pioneered womb transplants in the UK.

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2 w. ago Queen Camilla cracks on with royal duties as she views London's incredible Big Egg Hunt

Queen Camilla cracks on with royal duties as she views London's incredible Big Egg Hunt  Daily Express

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2 w. ago Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, S.F., demand justice for late drag queen

Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, S.F., demand justice for late drag queen  San Francisco Chronicle

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2 w. ago Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London and S.F. to demand justice for late drag queen

Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London and S.F. to demand justice for late drag queen  San Francisco Chronicle

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2 w. ago Manchester drag queens join London rally following tragic and unexplained death of beloved star

'Queer people deserve to be treated fairly and equally and we demand change'

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2 w. ago Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, demand justice for late S.F. drag queen

Photos: Crowds rally for Heklina in London, demand justice for late S.F. drag queen  San Francisco Chronicle

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2 w. ago Queen Camilla marks ITV's 70th birthday with a special visit to the Trigger Point set

The Queen, 77, was welcomed to the set in London by Dame Carolyn McCall, the chief executive of ITV, lead actress Vicky McClure, and Trigger Point's executive producer Jed Mercurio.

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2 w. ago Queen walks in footsteps of Charles Dickens on visit to his former home

Camilla visited the writer’s only remaining London home.

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4 w. ago How to enter Ealing's Queen of the Suburb's ultra marathon and everything you need to know

Challenge over 25km or 50km in West London for runners

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