Wpa Pool/Getty Images The public has a fascination with royalty, and who could blame them? It’s a world filled with handsome princes, beautiful princesses, and enough glamour, romance, and scandal to rival your favorite daytime drama. At the heart of it all is the fashion, and royals commonly find …
Read More »Plans to be submitted for new homes on former Stretford Mail Sorting Office
Trafford Council has applied for planning permission to build 53 new homes on the Lacy Street car park and former Royal Mail sorting office and probation centre in Stretford. The residential development, planned for the site opposite Stretford Mall, will deliver 25 per cent affordable, sustainable and thermally efficient housing. …
Read More »Massive new neighbourhood with 1,300 homes in Stockport approved
It will see industrial buildings to the west of Stockport Viaduct demolished to make way for the new community. New apartments will be built in the town centre. Proposals for a huge town-centre neighbourhood in Stockport with up to 1,300 new homes have been approved. Councillors on Stockport’s planning committee …
Read More »Delayed grass cutting boosts butterflies at ancient royal hunting forest
The National Trust, which looks after Hatfield Forest in Essex, said the number of butterfly species recorded at the reserve has reached a 17-year high. The conservation charity said the reserve is home to 24 butterfly species. It said numbers of marbled-white and small heath butterflies are particularly high, and …
Read More »Aviva took six months to transfer my pension – and it cost me £7,000: SALLY SORTS IT
By SALLY HAMILTON Updated: 10:53 EDT, 14 August 2025 I had three pensions with Aviva worth £140,607 that I wanted to transfer to investment firm Vanguard. I made the request on November 27 last year, as I wanted the money in my Vanguard account in good time by April 5, …
Read More »Delayed grass cutting boosts butterflies at ancient royal hunting forest
The National Trust, which looks after Hatfield Forest in Essex, said the number of butterfly species recorded at the reserve has reached a 17-year high. The conservation charity said the reserve is home to 24 butterfly species. It said numbers of marbled-white and small heath butterflies are particularly high, and …
Read More »USPS posts $3.1 billion net loss for third quarter of fiscal 2025
Washington Postal Scene by Linn’s Staff The United States Postal Service announced on Aug. 7 its financial results for the third quarter of 2025, which runs from April 1 to June 30. The net loss for the third quarter amounted to $3.1 billion, noticeably more than the $2.5 billion net …
Read More »Buckingham Palace removes Princess Anne birthday post after huge blunder points to ‘royal secret’
The Palace’s birthday tribute to Anne featured 75 facts about the Princess Royal but was swiftly taken down after fans spotted a ‘fact’ that has never been revealed to the public before. Princess Anne turns 75 tomorrow(Image: Getty) Buckingham Palace has been forced to remove a birthday post for Princess …
Read More »DUP and Sinn Féin push through detached houses in North Belfast despite local objections
Council official says: “There are no community benefits that would outweigh the loss of the open space” Google Street View of Squires Hill Road in North Belfast The DUP and Sinn Féin have pushed through an application for three detached houses close to the Crumlin Road area of North Belfast, …
Read More »Post Office publishes tender for new retail technology provider
Post Office has published a tender to find a partner to replace the current Horizon system with a new, electronic point of sale (EPOS) solution. This work is part of the wider five-year Post Office transformation plan which will deliver a digitally enabled, more sustainable business with better supported postmasters, …
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