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Royal Mail warns Czech takeover risks sparking debt crunch

Royal Mail has said its sale to the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky risks triggering a financial squeeze, raising fresh fears about the potential threat to the postal service from his debt-fuelled takeover. Parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) has said that nearly £2.4bn of loans could be called in as …

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REVEALED: The sailor sent by China to serve in Royal Navy on D-Day. ROBERT HARDMAN tells the remarkable story of Lam Ping-yu’s role in the invasion and beyond… and his possible fling with a British girl called Violet

He writes of watching the first salvos blasting over the heads of the troops in landing craft heading – like ‘ants’ – for the French coast. He describes German torpedo attacks ‘narrowly’ missing his Royal Navy ship – three times. But what makes this previously unseen witness account of D-Day …

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York City’s Alf Patrick Persimmon Bootham Crescent tribute

The first of three streets on the new housing development at the former home of York City – Bootham Crescent – has been named Alf Patrick Court after legendary York City goalscorer Alf Patrick who died aged 100 in 2021. As The Press first reported back in December 2022, following submissions put forward by fans …

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