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Asif Aziz - CEO of Criterion Capital and the operator of the London Trocadero - tells us how he has made the capital his playground.

The number of people eating out at lunchtime, particularly in the City, has not recovered from the pandemic, but dinner has become more popular, according to a

Chutney Mary and Amaya operator MW Eat has taken the Criterion Restaurant site in London’s Piccadilly Circus for its more informal Masala Zone brand.

The glamorous but ill-fated site is set for an Indian grand brasserie, with high tea and late night jazz planned

UK Hospitality and the British Beer and Pubs Association said the new law change requiring restaurants to label their menus with calorie content is a burden for the hospitality sector.

Britons arriving from India must now pay to quarantine in government-approved hotels for 10 days after the country was added to the travel red list.

Search COVID-19: India added to UK travel red list as it records worlds highest-ever daily case figure for second consecutive day Britons arriving from India must now pay to quarantine in government-approved hotels for 10 days after the country was added to the travel red list. As of 4am, only British, Irish and third-country nationals with residence rights, including long-term visa holders, can enter the UK. Other people are banned if they have been in India in the previous 10 days...

  SIR – I support Lt Cdr Brian Smith’s idea (Letters, April 16) that a new royal yacht should be named HMY Elizabeth and Philip, following the precedent of HMY Victoria and Albert. Many ships acquire affectionate nicknames: HMS Endurance was known as the Red Plum, HMS Charybdis as Cherry B, and HMS Sheffield as Shiny Sheff. If the idea is taken up, it won’t be too long before she is known as HMY Liz ’n’ Phil – affectionately, of course. Cdr Peter Baseby RN (retd) Kennington, Oxfor...