The Orange Tree Theatre's new artistic director found out on his first day that all its Arts Council of England (Ace) funding had been cut. Almost a quarter of its total income has been wiped from the balance sheet. New artistic director Paul
Tempers flared at a cabinet meeting over controversial proposals to permanently house the Gloriana at Orleans Gardens. Campaigners turned out in force, displaying banners, after the public was invited to attend and speak at the meeting at York
The Hampton Court Flower Show always strikes me as a giant conjuring trick. Only magic, you would think, could transform 34 flat grassy acres almost overnight into an English woodland, an Ethiopian valley, the Australian outback and the First World
A bungling thief was left facing bird after stealing £140 from a Nando's employee's rucksack. Tony Graco, of Crieff Court in Teddington, who is already serving 16 months for a similar offence, was sentenced to four months behind bars after pleading
A plane captain killed while on a mission to get to safety Madame De Gaulle and her family was awarded a posthumous medal at a ceremony in France. Norman Edward Hope, who lived in Richmond, died when trying to evacuate from Brittany the De Gualle
