Britain has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the America’s Cup for the first time in its 173-year history, skipper Ben Ainslie said on Monday, and the team are going to “give it everything” when they square up to New Zealand. A message of encouragement from Britain’s Princess of Wales, a …
Read More »Man banned from Rushmoor for two years is jailed after ‘brazenly ignoring’ order
A man has been jailed for 20 weeks after he breached a criminal behaviour order banning him from Rushmoor for two years. Daniel Jankovic, 27, of no fixed abode, was charged with breaching the order, which had been issued on April 18 last year, after he was spotted on Holly …
Read More »Post Office cleaner spent years sweeping dust from ‘ragged pipes’
An 83-year-old man who worked as a cleaner for the Post Office for more than 30 years has been found to have died as a result of exposure to asbestos. Joseph Chumnery, who was born in the West Indies in 1940 before moving to the UK aged 19 or 20, …
Read More »David Sullivan is ‘unhappy at West Ham’ amid Karren Brady reveal
Sat 12 October 2024 8:00, UK David Sullivan is unhappy with his position at West Ham amid rumours of a possible takeover, according to the club’s former scout. Mick Brown, who worked as a senior scout at the London Stadium until David Moyes’ departure in the summer, exclusively told Football …
Read More »Photos show stunning progress of vast £70m complex replacing city’s ‘ugliest’ building
New photos have captured the stunning progress of a multi-million Nottingham project that is replacing what was once voted the ‘ugliest’ building in the city. The Bendigo building, on the corner of Bath Street and Brook Street on the border of the city centre, Sneinton and St Ann’s, was knocked …
Read More »Postmasters wrongly accused of fraud in fake stamp farce
A Telegraph investigation in April found Chinese factories were offering to flood Britain with forged stamps in what security experts described as an “act of economic warfare”. The data log, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, shows the Post Office recorded 27 accusations that postmasters were selling fake stamps between …
Read More »Food fit for a King: What the Royal Family loves to eat – Charles has avocado for lunch, Princess Kate enjoys a surprising supper and Queen Camilla tucks into fish and chips
One may imagine the dinner table at Buckingham Palace features a spread of the world’s finest delicacies and luxurious dishes. However, the reality of what the Royal Family enjoys to eat seems very different to a regal feast. For breakfast, porridge topped with honey is on the menu for Queen Camilla , …
Read More »Surrey woman left fuming after town left without reliable Royal Mail post for four months
A Surrey woman who says her town has been suffering from an unreliable Royal Mail post service for more than four months has said that the situation has left her “fuming”. Every day Emma Hensby waits to hear the sound of the postman but is often disappointed. Her flat in …
Read More »Owner of Surrey salon wrecked after Mini crashed through it left ‘devastated’
The salon owner says she thinks staff might not want to stand at the front of the building anymore A car crash that left a shop owner of 26 years “devastated” after a Mini ploughed into a shopfront in an up-market Surrey village. The Virginia Water salon, The Glasshouse, was …
Read More »Millions to benefit from modernised pensions system – PAYadvice.UK
Millions of workers stand to benefit from greater financial security in later life following a consultation launch Government has unveiled plans to modernise pensions and give workers greater security in retirement Consultation has launched to extend Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pension provision, helping support the Government’s growth mission Regulations form part …
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