City hotspot Coq A’rgent did all it could to stop suicide says coroner June 8, 2015 A CITY restaurant did everything it could to prevent a man jumping from its seven-storey roof garden, a coroner’s inquest has ruled. Food blogger Wilkes McDermid jumped from the Coq D’Argent restaurant on Poultry on 8 February. The City of London coroner Dr Roy Palmer recorded his death as suicide, saying the cause was severe [...]
European Court of Human Rights rules that UK prosecutors correct not to charge officers in Jean Charles de Menezes police shooting case March 30, 2016 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today decided, by 13 votes to four, that UK prosecutors were correct not to charge individual police officers over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. De Menezes, a Brazilian national, was fatally shot in July 2005 at Stockwell tube station when police mistook him for a suicide bomber. The [...]
House prices soar by 47,000 per cent in the 90 years since the Queen was born April 4, 2016 The price of the average British home has ballooned by 47,000 per cent since Queen Elizabeth II was born in April 1926, new research shows, rising from £619 to £291,505 over the past 90 years. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and analysed by Jackson-Stops & Staff to mark the Queen's birthday later [...]
Premier League: Mourinho revels in silverware march as Premier League coronation nears April 29, 2015 LEICESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 3 CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho insists his side are the envy of English football after a ruthless second-half fightback at relegation-threatened Leicester last night moved the Blues one step closer to their Premier League coronation. Winger Marc Albrighton gave Leicester a shock lead, only for veteran battering ram Didier Drogba to [...]
Dobson fuels City’s spring of discontent April 29, 2016 Appearances can be deceptive. At first glance, yesterday’s vote on Michael Dobson’s accession to the chairmanship of Schroders resembled a conventional boardroom coronation – but then it would, wouldn’t it? Just 15 per cent of investors in the fund management group opposed his re-election to the board, but with 47 per cent of the company, [...]
City restaurant Coq D’Argent did “all it can” to stop suicide of food blogger Wilkes McDermid, coroner rules June 8, 2015 A City restaurant did everything it could to prevent a man throwing himself from its seven-storey roof garden, a coroner's inquest has ruled. Food blogger Wilkes McDermid jumped from the Coq D'Argent restaurant on Poultry, near Bank, on 8 February. The City of London coroner Dr Roy Palmer recorded his death as suicide, saying [...]
Win over United tees Chelsea up for April league title coronation April 19, 2015 CHELSEA’S victory over Manchester United on Saturday means the Blues could clinch their first Premier League title for five years before the end of the month. A win at their nearest challengers Arsenal on Sunday would leave Jose Mourinho’s men able to take an unassailable lead with three more points at Leicester the following Wednesday. [...]
Lancaster desperate to confirm England Six Nations coronation March 19, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster insists it is time to wrestle the demons of previous Six Nations disappointment and claim the first major trophy of his tenure in tomorrow’s championship decider against France at Twickenham. Despite being widely credited with stabilising the England ship since his appointment in 2012, a catalogue of Six Nations near [...]
Tory bullying scandal: City law firm Clifford Chance to take full control of investigation into Mark Clarke claims after Grant Shapps resignation November 30, 2015 The Conservative Party has handed over full control of an investigation into allegations surrounding the apparent suicide of a Conservative party activist to City law firm Clifford Chance, CCHQ confirmed today. CCHQ said Rob Halfon and Lord Feldman, who have both come under pressure to step down over the scandal, will recuse themselves from a board meeting held to consider the [...]
The Woodford review: Fine dining hits TOWIE country April 19, 2016 Food | ★★★★☆ Value | ★★★☆☆ Atmosphere | ★★★★★ 159 High Rd, London E18 2PA Tel: 020 8504 5952 I’m going to open a restaurant. It’s going to be just outside the North Circular – not technically in Essex, but close enough that people from central London will sneer – in a former nightclub that was shut down [...]