The Latest Breaking News from Harrods

We have long since got used to our corporate crown jewels being raided by foreign buyers: Roll-Royce Motors, Land Rover, Harrods, Heathrow, even Weetabix and Polos are all in the stewardship of overseas owners. Vital public services such as Thames Water are also not excluded from the list.

Workers fear cover charge will prompt diners to cancel paying optional service charge, hitting their income

Service is friendly but formal: expect trolleys and theatrical table-side chopping

One cleaner accused Harrods of treating workers ‘like machines’

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Cycle chaos on streets has made the area a ‘scrapyard’, threatening pedestrians’ safety, say householders

Jon Brilliant says Fayed created a culture of fear at the business to ‘mask’ his abusive behaviour

A former director said he was ‘horrified’ when he first heard allegations that Mr Al Fayed had abused hundreds of women.

The horrific crimes committed by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods owner, are back in the news again. We are now learning that one of his victims could have been as young as 13 and the number of women he could have raped could be in the hundreds.