New National Lottery rules have meant winners are struggling to get hold of their prizes. The National Lottery was taken over by Allwyn from Camelot in February. Changes to rules have left winners unable to collect their prize money from the Post Office, which is no longer handing out big …
Read More »Waitrose launches wonky billboard – only for killjoy council to slap down publicity stunt | UK | News
A publicity stunt by Waitrose has been ruined after an overzealous local council surrounded it with safety barriers. The shopping giant installed a slanted billboard on the side of a building in Clapham, south London that said: “Well, this is good. New lower prices on hundreds of your favourites.” It …
Read More »The Royal Family’s ‘Hanoverian Housekeeping’ tips revealed: Buy £1000 shirts, £5,000 suits (put silver ciggy boxes in every room, then pay your bills late and grab as much free stuff as you can)
Nobody outside the Royal Household really knows the luxurious extent of the lifestyle of the Royal Family. Outwardly, they give the impression of being frugal and parsimonious – which they are, even though Princess Anne prefers to call it ‘Good old-fashioned Hanoverian Housekeeping’ – but it does not apply to what they …
Read More »The teacher with a ‘heart of a lioness’ murdered by a pupil with a grudge
Ann Maguire is the only teacher to be murdered by a pupil in a British classroom (Picture: Getty Images) The school gates outside Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds were awash with colour in April 2014. Bouquets of flowers blanketed the street and stretched down toward the nearby church. A young girl, stopping at the …
Read More »Berkshire weekly round-up: 20 April – 26 April 2024 – BBC
A spokesperson for Royal Mail said it has "rectified the situation". Presentational grey line. Homes agreed for land made famous in Watership Down. Source link
Read More »Voter ID almost a year on and what it means for the future
This Conservative party manifesto promise was designed to combat almost non-existent electoral fraud. In 2022, there were just 13 cases of personation recorded by police – and none led to prosecutions. Thank heavens there aren’t more pressing issues for our parliamentary overlords to sink their legislative teeth into, eh? Read Catherine’s …
Read More »Sunday papers: Royal Mail may cut Saturday deliveries after union gives in – Citywire
… Royal Mail to enact historic cuts to postal services. The Sunday Telegraph: The water regulator is working on rescue plans for Thames Water that … Source link
Read More »Young boy shocked after receiving first birthday card – nearly nine years after it was first sent
A birthday card that went missing in the post for nearly nine years was delivered to a young boy just after his ninth birthday – but no one knows why it went missing for so long Alfie Wilson received a first birthday card nearly a decade after it was first …
Read More »Scottish gran of baby battered by brute after mum died slams ‘unfair’ jail sentence
The grandmother of a Scottish baby who was battered by an evil brute has slammed his four years prison sentence and says it ‘doesn’t feel like justice’. Violent Mark Tannahill left the infant with broken ribs and a fractured skull after her mum died of cancer eight weeks after giving …
Read More »Something borrowed – and proudly so… we recall the dazzling heirloom tiaras worn by royal brides through the decades
When it comes to incorporating ‘something borrowed’ on your wedding day, few items could impress more than a family tiara. Royal brides have traditionally walked down the aisle with a gleaming headpiece, more often than not, one passed down the generations. The Queen Mary Fringe tiara, worn by Queen Elizabeth II, …
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