🔴Today marks a momentous occasion in British history, as Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is taking place
🔴As of 11am today the most senior members of the royal family, along with senior politicians and monarchs from across the globe, gathered to say goodbye to Her Late Majesty
👑Aside from feeling emotional at home, some viewers noticed something unusual on the Queen's coffin as the funeral began
🕷Several viewers took to social media to note the appearance of a spider on the Queen’s coffin as the ceremony took place
🕷The creature was seen crawling across a piece of card placed on the coffin alongside the crown and a floral display.
💬One viewer said: "The spider realising it’s accidentally become a part of the Queen’s funeral #queensfuneral."
💬"Is there a Twitter account for the Queen's Coffin Wreath Spider yet? #QueensFuneral," one joker added
💬Another said: "Anyone else notice the little spider crawling along the card on the floral arrangement on The Queen 's casket?"
👑London's City Hall revealed earlier today that all viewing areas for the Queen's funeral procession are now officially full
🗞The news broke at 9.12am this morning (Monday, September 19) - just under two hours before Her Late Majesty's funeral began
📍Mourners are pouring into London this morning, with huge crowds having arrived throughout the night to get into prime position in Westminster for the Queen's funeral
👎Many may have been left disappointed now the main viewing areas are not accepting any more people
🔴There will be no bus service on as many as 46 routes across North London from October 4, after the Unite union announced that its members at Arriva London North would walk out indefinitely in an all-out bus strike over pay mylondon.news/news/north-lon…
💸They want a pay rise of at least 12.3 per cent in line with current inflation figures as the union already managed to secure 11.1 per cent for bus drivers in Merseyside and 13 per cent for their members at British Airways
Thameslink is recruiting women train drivers with £63,196 salary on offer at four London train depots 🚆
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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express have launched a recruitment partnership with consulting and networking organisation Women Returners aimed at recruiting women train drivers by January 2023. mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne…
📈 According to the 2021 Shapps Plan for Rail, 87 per cent of the workforce is male and around 30 per cent of the workforce are over the age of 51.
😡This Morning viewers are furious as Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby 'discuss the headlines' despite Queuegate being front page news mylondon.news/news/tv/itv-mo…
📰Holly and Phil began today's ITV episode with 'This Morning's View' to look at the main stories in the news
🤔However, watchers of the show have pointed out that most of the big stories centre around the presenters themselves and the allegations of them 'skipping the queue'
London property experts explain why the city's new build homes all seem to look the same 🏘️
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It doesn't matter what part of London you live in, the likelihood is you've got a new-build project around you that looks like a carbon copy of a dozen other sites.
🏘Parts of the Marble Arch Mound will be used to transform a London estate nine months after the failed tourist attraction was taken down
🌳Materials and trees featured on the £6 million landmark will be used to build gardens and a play area at the Ebury estate in Pimlico
🔴The estate is set to be rebuilt and Westminster City Council hopes the new gardens and play area will help provide more space for residents as building works take place around them