Day: January 8, 2019

    Parliament's security spending has soared by nearly £10million a year since the Westminster terror attack, it can be revealed today. The dramatic escalation of protection for MPs and peers following the deadly attack has been underlined in figures uncovered by MailOnline - suggesting the measures now cost some £45million annually. The overhaul came amid fears about gaping loopholes, including weaknesses at the main Carriage Gates entrance, no armed officers on site on Sundays, and poor CCTV coverage. There are also mounting concerns about the security of MPs as they arrive at Westminster, after Tory former minister Anna Soubry was confronted by an angry mob who branded her a Nazi and slag. Khalid Masood stabbed PC Keith Palmer to death in March 2017 as he forced h...

    A man has died after falling from a height inside a Canary Wharf shopping centre in the second tragedy in just two days. Emergency crews were called to the scene in east London this morning after the middle-aged man was heard plunging to the ground. Shocked workers described hearing a ping then a "distinct thud" before a body was seen lying on the floor near escalators. Paramedics raced to the scene, but the man, believed to be in his 50s, sadly could not be saved, Scotland Yard confirmed. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: We were called at 8.39am today to Canada Square, E14 to reports of an incident. We sent an incident response officer, two single responders in cars and an ambulance crew to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. Sadl...