*** UPDATE: SEAN HAS BEEN FOUND *** POLICE are asking for the help of the public to trace a 26-year-old man reported missing from Edinburgh. Sean Scott was last seen around 5am on Saturday, 5 April, in the Niddrie area and concerns are growing for his welfare. He is described …
Read More »International Distributions Services (LON:IDS) Hits New 52-Week High
International Distributions Services plc (LON:IDS – Get Free Report)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 366.20 ($4.76) and last traded at GBX 365.40 ($4.74), with a volume of 22670146 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX …
Read More »ReAssure shut Mum’s £120k bonds— then marked her down as dead
My mum has terminal cancer and is living in a care home so I recently started managing her money. She has three investment bonds with the insurance company ReAssure, which are worth about £120,000 in total. These give her an income of £978 a month. My mum is also named …
Read More »1 in 3 Scotland vets report seeing illegally imported puppies last year – The NEN – North Edinburgh News
BVA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO ACT More than 30 percent (around 1 in 3) small animal vets in Scotland saw puppies they believe to have been imported illegally into the country in the last year, according to the British Veterinary Association (BVA). With increased concerns around the risk to public …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee: Booed on the steps: How Prince Harry and Meghan faced an icy homecoming at Queen’s Jubilee in 2022
How Prince Harry and Meghan faced an icy homecoming at Queen’s Jubilee in 2022 (Picture credit: AP) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to the UK for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 was anything but a warm homecoming. According to Daily Mail, the couple’s appearance at the …
Read More »Was this the moment Prince Harry and Meghan Markle realised the British public had turned against them? During the Queen’s awkward Platinum Jubilee service in 2022, they got the message loud and clear as they walked down the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral…
When it comes to high-profile royal events, the officials at Buckingham Palace are famous for meticulous planning. It is their job to ensure the millions watching ceremonial spectacles see them go off without a hitch, which means thinking through every eventuality. And perhaps at no time was their role more important than …
Read More »Royal Marine Veteran and Polar Explorer Takes Up Tower Duty
Barry Gray in his Beefeater uniform at the Tower of London. Picture: Historic Royal Palaces Barry Gray, a former Regimental Sergeant Major in the Royal Marines who is one of a very small number of people to have skied Solo and Unsupported across the Antarctic continent, has joined the ranks …
Read More »Deadline to plug National Insurance contribution gap ends today
Today (5 April) is the last chance to top up any gaps in your National Insurance (NI) records before the HMRC deadline closes. It is the final day to make a NI contribution for the period back to April 2006 to boost your state pension. This is key to ensure …
Read More »Greeting Card Association awaits government response as its Royal Mail petition surpasses 10,000 signatures – The NEN – North Edinburgh News
The Greeting Card Association-backed petition calling for MPs to scrutinise changes to the postal service has reached 10,000 signatures – crossing the threshold which mandates a response from government. Milestone reached as Ofcom consultation deadline on reforms looms and Royal Mail raises stamp prices again on Monday 7 April The …
Read More »Royal Mail unveils eight folklore-inspired stamps
If you see a sinister creature with long limbs, straggly hair and sharp teeth that looks like it wants to grab you, don’t go into the river. The grindylow of Lancashire and Yorkshire folklore is among eight British mythical beings to be depicted in a new set of stamps by …
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