One of Britain's favourite comedians, Jimmy Carr, will begin a mammoth tour starting on May 1 2019. He is set to play 125 dates in the UK stretching through until December 4 2020. As part of the tour, Carr will play five dates in London including two at the Eventim Apollo, one at the O2 Academy Brixton, one in the Richmond Theatre and one in the New Wimbledon Theatre. The show, entitled "Terribly Funny" will follow on from his current "The Best of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits Tour" which ends in Limerick's South Court Hotel at the end of this year. Jimmy Carr has been a fixture on British TV since the early-noughties. He rose to prominence as both a regular presenter on Channel 4 and as a stand-up comedian who earned rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival. Away from his tours, Carr can be seen on the popular C4 show '8 out of 10 Cats' and it's spin-off show '8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'. If you wish to catch one of his previous stand-up specials, "Funny Business" is currently … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carr to play five London dates on UK tour
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This is why trains from Newcastle to London will terminate in Peterborough in 2019
0 Have your say Trains travelling from Newcastle to the capital are set to terminate more than an hour away from their destination next year, due to a major upgrade of London King's Cross Station. Essential engineering works in 2019 and 2020 could see the station closed for whole weekends, with trains forced to terminate at Peterbrough instead.Travellers on services from Newcastle, Sunderland, Durhum, Darlington and Morpeth would be affected.Major travel disruptionClosures for the remodelling work at King's Cross will begin in March and continue in June, August and October on selected weekends, with partial closures between Christmas 2019 and spring 2020.Individual platforms will also be shut off at other times, as part of the mammoth project to cut journey times and increase the number of long-distance trains.During each closure, some or all of the services run by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and other operators, such as Govia Thameslink, will need to … [Read more...] about This is why trains from Newcastle to London will terminate in Peterborough in 2019
Pumpkin pie ice cream, served in a real pumpkin, has launched in London – here’s how it’s made
You can get pumpkin ice cream served in a real pumpkin. Snowflake at Selfridges in London serves the Pumpkin Pie Gelato. It follows the success of the Avolato, an avocado ice cream served in a real avocado shell. A Pumpkin Pie Gelato costs £9.50 ($US12.40). Snowflake at Selfridges in London has launched pumpkin ice cream served in a real pumpkin. It’s called Pumpkin Pie Gelato and it follows the success of the Avolato, an avocado ice cream served in a real avocado shell, which the store launched last summer. The original video on INSIDER went viral with over 40 million views. The Pumpkin Pie Gelato has a baked pumpkin base mixed with soya milk, coconut cream, syrup, cinnamon, and other spices. “We receive the pumpkins from a UK farm and we carve them here in the store, directly in front of the customers,” Snowflake Gelato Chef Silvia Gaetta told INSIDER. “The gelato is served in a cute, small gourd and is coming from a soft serve gelato machine. So … [Read more...] about Pumpkin pie ice cream, served in a real pumpkin, has launched in London – here’s how it’s made
This is why trains on the east coast line to London will terminate in Peterborough in 2019
0 Have your say Trains travelling on the east coast line to the capital are set to terminate more than an hour away from their destination next year, due to a major upgrade of London King's Cross Station. Essential engineering works in 2019 and 2020 could see the station closed for whole weekends, with trains forced to terminate at Peterborough instead.Major travel disruptionClosures for the remodelling work at King's Cross will begin in March and continue in June, August and October on selected weekends, with partial closures between Christmas 2019 and spring 2020.Individual platforms will also be shut off at other times, as part of the mammoth project to cut journey times and increase the number of long-distance trains.During each closure, some or all of the services run by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and other operators, such as Govia Thameslink, will need to terminate at alternative stations.East Coast Main Line passengers will likely be offered … [Read more...] about This is why trains on the east coast line to London will terminate in Peterborough in 2019
Residential developer London Square secures £200m for expansion
Flats builder London Square on Thursday shrugged off jitters in the capital’s high-end home markets and secured £200 million of new funding to work on more sites. The property developer said it has got new debt facilities totalling £150 million from Natwest, HSBC and Allied Irish Bank GB. On top of that it has got a £50 million loan from Pricoa Capital. The lending comes despite clouds hanging over the London luxury flats market, with concerns Brexit will freeze or slow down buyer demand. London Square will use the funding to go ahead with building some of its £2 billion pipeline, including sites in Bermondsey and Caledonian Road. In the year to March the firm completed 490 homes, up from 294. It notched up sales of £287.5 million, up from £197.7 million. Finance chief Scott Brown said: “London Square is taking a long term view of the future. We have established a business that can grow in uncertain times.” … [Read more...] about Residential developer London Square secures £200m for expansion