👏👏 @OllieSun for nailing all the reasons why approving #China's #London mega-embassy would be a terrible idea for Britain and #HongKongers.
@Chloe_chc_25 told @TheSun: “Do not approve it. It will be a spy hub that would harm everyone in the UK.”
https://t.co/1QG0IMnCfb
The brilliant waiters race this afternoon at the Lamb’s Conduit Street Summer Solstice festival! Well done to everyone who took part, Well done to The Lamb and The Perseverance pubs for taking part.
The last living grandson of President John Tyler has died.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928 and died in 2025.
His grandfather, the 10th President of the United States, was born in 1790 and died in 1862.
Going for Gold in the cellphone Olympics. My favourite photo from Paris so far? Mobile-addicted Millennials not realising they’re sitting next to Mick Jagger. #Olympics
On Friday (19 July), there was a trespasser of an unusual nature on the tracks at Ascot as an escaped tortoise called Solomon was moving ‘at pace’ (according to the incident report) towards Bagshot.
Absolutely insane that Lord Lovat exercised his right as Chief of Clan Fraser to have a personal piper accompany him in the vanguard of the D-Day landings on Sword Beach (pipers were by then no longer allowed at the frontline in the British Army)
Thousands of snow geese were captured taking flight at their winter home in Skagit Valley, Washington.
They will travel about 3,000 miles to Wrangel Island in Russia, where they spend their summers.
Watch below 👇
In accordance with ancient tradition (and the Port of London Thames Byelaws) a bundle of straw is dangled from Millennium Bridge to warn shipping of work under the bridge (we’re not making this up, honest). Robert, from our rope access contractor CAN Ltd, does the honours.