Celebrities gather to open Westfield Stratford City

The opening of the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London yesterday (September 13th) was a star-studded event.

Nicole Scherzinger, who has just been given the job to be a judge on the US X-factor, opened the shopping centre, which has over 268 shops and eateries ranging from Prada to Primark.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson cut the ribbon and was talking to the crowd when a ceiling tile, measuring 5ft by 2.5ft, fell just metres away from him and smashed.

Boris however was unfazed by this incident and went on to praise the hard work of the construction workers who built the £1.4 billion centre.

He said: "They have worked flat-out down here and whatever has happened over there (where the roof tile fell), I'm sure will be investigated and cleared up as soon as possible."

Other celebrities who attended the opening of the East London centre included Kelly Brook and Pixie Geldof who introduced Boris to the stage with Nick Grimshaw.