Royal Ascot fans have donned their best hats and dresses from the comfort of their own home today as the race meeting commenced for the first time behind closed doors. For the first time since becoming a ‘royal week’ in 1911, the five-day festival will not be open to the …

e-fulfilment, 3PL and warehousing specialist Pointbid Logistics Systems has secured a new 10 year lease on its HQ facility in Birmingham from The Local Authorities Mutual Investment Trust (LAMIT). The business had been in situ at the site in Aston Witton since 2016 as sub-tenant to BSS Group. The 120,000 …

A Government spokesman said: “It is taking longer than the usual three weeks to process applications because of COVID-19. “Do not apply unless you need a passport urgently for compassionate reasons, for example if a family member has died, or for government business.” The Foreign Office has advised against all …

The UK’s minister for loneliness – described as the world’s first such minister – on Monday asked people to consider writing to the lonely amid the raging coronavirus pandemic. The portfolio was created by former Prime Minister Theresa May, when she appointed the first such minister in January 2018. The …

A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and …

Changing faces! Social media user reveals what the royals might look like as the opposite sex – and fans say Prince William makes an ‘attractive’ woman Instagram fan account imagined how the royals would look as the opposite sex Spanish-based @dianafanatic delighted fellow royal fans with the slides  Several said …

Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost Canadian taxpayers more than $40,000 USD after the couple fled to Canada in wake of Megxit, according to RCMP documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  The cost of protecting the couple during their two month stay came to $56,384.52 Canadian dollars, or more than …

A mum claims she had no choice but to leave Hull Royal Infirmary’s A&E department without any treatment because it was “filthy and unsafe”. Victoria Riley, 39, of Cottingham described the accident and emergency waiting room as a “breeding ground for Covid-19” when she was taken to hospital by ambulance …

Christian Horz / EyeEmGetty Images To mark Loneliness Awareness Week 2020, the Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran MBE, is encouraging people to write letters to their loved ones who are still self-isolating or shielding. In a statement, the Baroness explained that the simple art of letter writing is a …

An eagle-eyed aviation enthusiast has stumbled upon remains of the tragic 2001 Loganair plane crash while out walking his dog. Bill Simpson was out with his boxer dog, Duke, on the beach near Gypsy Brae at around 3pm on Friday, June 12, when he spotted a corner of a plastic …