For many people, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. It is normally a time when we get a chance to get together with our families, share presents, enjoy good food and fill our homes with Christmas decorations to brighten them up in these darker months. Cities usually …

Percy and Penny will be working all hours this month and next, but they will not be earning overtime. Each of the two “autobagging” machines at Marks and Spencer’s Donington distribution centre — named after the retailer’s trademark pig sweets — allows staff to pack 1,000 items an hour; three …

If you have ordered online gifts for Christmas and they are coming from abroad, then the chances are they will arrive through East Midlands Airport (EMA) in time for the big day. That latest electronic gadget coming from the Far East or fashion item from the US, will join approaching …

Friends of Prince Charles launched a blistering attack on The Crown last night, accusing producers of the hit Netflix drama of ‘trolling on a Hollywood budget’. Some of the Prince’s closest confidantes have accused the streaming giant of exploiting the Royal Family’s pain for financial gain and raged that ‘fiction …

With the expectation of being the best Black Friday ever, the 2020 edition of the shopping event can contribute to a considerable increase in carbon emissions, worsening global warming, due to the large amount of deliveries. This is what a report released by the price comparison site Money points out. …

Like the previous three series of The Crown, the latest is riddled with factual errors. Here, Royal historian Ian Lloyd highlights some of the worst examples. DIANA AND CAMILLA’S LUNCH ‘DISASTER’ TV VERSION The two women in Charles’s life are shown meeting for lunch at the London restaurant Menage a …

China’s furious war of words with East End mayor over proposed new embassy in London could derail plans for Britain’s diplomatic mission in Beijing China’s Ambassador to the UK wrote to the mayor of Tower Hamlets last month He referred to local opposition over ‘Xinjiang and Hong Kong related issues’ …

Royal Mail is set to post a first-half loss on Thursday after a collapse in letter volumes caused by the pandemic. Analysts are forecasting a post-tax loss of £65m for the six months ended September, compared with a £111m profit the year before, as booming parcel deliveries fail to make …

The departure of Dominic Cummings from Number 10 appears on many of the front pages as the weekend begins. The Guardian refers to it as the end of the Cummings era, the FT Weekend says Conservative MPs are “jubilant” at the move, and the Daily Star instructs the adviser to “Get yer cardboard box …

Princess Diana’s friend has claimed the fake evidence used to secure her Panorama interview probably kick-started events that ended in her death. Ex-Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown said Martin Bashir’s doctored bank statements saw the Royal dismiss her protection which could have stopped her Paris car crash. Ms Brown, who …