CGI of what it will look like – due to be sold later this year (Alan Phillips) The infamous lighthouse from the “saddest ever episode” of Grand Designs has gone on the market for £10million. Owner Edward Short, 52, followed his dream of transforming a lighthouse into a home that …
Read More »Royal Mail text scam warning as fraud victims hit by ‘really sneaky trick’ | Personal Finance | Finance
“Linking to the Royal Mail social platforms is also a really sneaky trick”, she added. However, people should check the URL again as it can make it clear that it is a scam. After putting in fake details, Lucia waited to see what would happen, and how the scammers would …
Read More »Live deer found in car’s hatchback during traffic stop | National News
NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police who pulled over a suspected drunken or drugged driver in Pennsylvania discovered a live deer that had apparently been hit and then placed in the hatchback area of her car. The animal was freed after the stop Thursday by police in Newberry Township. The occupants …
Read More »Orlando housing, rent explosion to continue in 2022, analysts say – WFTV
The new year will bring only minor relief from exploding rent and real estate prices, analysts say, setting up a continued period where Central Floridians feel priced out of their own communities. Two analysts that spoke to Eyewitness News forecast that the increase would not match the speed of price …
Read More »Brightline to begin training runs between Cocoa, West Palm Beach – WFTV
COCOA, Fla. — The plan to build a high-speed rail system connecting Miami and Orlando is set to take a critical step forward. >>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<< Brightline announced Friday it will start running “qualifying” trains between West Palm Beach and Cocoa starting Monday, January 17. …
Read More »Royal Mail successfully delivers letter addressed to ‘The Lord Bishop and his sexy wife’
She also recently founded Welfare for Healthcare, an initiative to support communities during the Covid pandemic. Ms Colston was as pleased as her husband to be addressed in such complimentary terms. “She thought it was very amusing and was happy for me to tweet it,” said Dr Inge. “I’m all …
Read More »What the papers say – January 8
Saturday’s papers feature stories on the pandemic, a royal development and more Colston controversy. The Daily Mail runs an exclusive interview with alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Carolyn Andriano. Ms Andriano, who testified against Ghislaine Maxwell last month, said Virginia Giuffre told her in 2001 that she slept with the Duke …
Read More »‘Friends with the fella who runs the butchers’: Posties turn detective to deliver letter with description instead of address
Mail your packages early, joked the American comedian Johnny Carson, so the postal service has plenty of time to lose them. Royal Mail posties in Northern Ireland have, it seems, proven such criticism may be unfair. Staff have been praised after delivering a letter that came without an address or …
Read More »Ask the mercury looks at Gorleston photo and Wheels Festival
Published: 6:00 AM January 8, 2022 More readers have sent in questions for Ask the Mercury.Ask the Mercury is the perfect chance for our readers to ask us the questions that matter the most to them, big or small, about Great Yarmouth and Gorleston and surrounding villages.We will then go …
Read More »Your Harlow
WE have been contacted by several readers who have become very frustrated at not receiving their mail over Christmas. Some have been particularly frustrated at seeing their Christmas cards arrive through the door in January. We approached the Royal Mail for a comment. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “The vast …
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