'When you see the Queen wave, it's my gloves she's wearing!' Meet the woman whose creations protect Her Majesty's hands By Alice-azania Jarvis PUBLISHED: 19:37 EST, 15 May 2012 | UPDATED: 04:12 EST, 16 May 2012 Genevieve Lawson's workshop is tiny. The size of a large garden shed — and not much warmer — its shelves bulge with notebooks, folders and roll after roll of multicoloured fabric.From here she fulfils the glove orders of the most discerning customer in the country — the Queen.Nearly all go according to plan, but Genevieve still has nightmares about the time Buckingham Palace placed an emergency order for gloves for a state visit to Korea in 2004. The Queen was due to fly the following afternoon. Genevieve, 57, stayed ... Continue reading →

With BGT's magical mutt predicted to earn �10 million... Could YOUR pooch learn to dance like Pudsey? By Alice-azania Jarvis PUBLISHED: 20:05 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 03:27 EST, 15 May 2012 Big future: Reporter Alice-Azania Jarvis and dog Jake have taken part in a dog dancing training class following the success of Pudsey on Britain's Got Talent A balmy evening in South-West London, and I’m trying to convince a handsome chap called Jake to cha-cha-cha.I’m hoping that as a couple we have the potential to dance in perfect harmony, and to encourage him I’ve brought along his favourite food (cocktail sausages) and put on his favourite CD (Strictly Dance Classics).But as I shuffle round the dance floor it’s clear pretty quickly that he ... Continue reading →

A council candidate who campaigned dressed as a penguin has received more votes than the Liberal Democrats. Professor Pongoo is an independent candidate in the Pentland Hills ward for the City of Edinburgh Council. With 444 votes, he received more than both the Liberal Democrat candidate and the Green party candidate in the local authority elections. The Liberal Democrat candidate Stuart Bridges received just 370 and Phyl Stuart Meyer from the Green party got 322. Professor Pongoo, whose real name is Mike Ferrigan, carried out his campaign dressed in a penguin costume. He even promised to go to every full council meeting in the costume. The Pentland Hills ward was one of the first to be declared at the count on Friday. The three seats ... Continue reading →