Soldiers of Shropshire Museum Dr Robert MacKinnon with the painting of Jessie Over the Christmas period in 1941, an army donkey was taken off her usual duties and given a special task. Four year-old Jessie, along with her handler Pte Taffy Ellis, were assigned the role of delivering the festive …
Read More »Inside the highs and lows of Christmas with the Royal Family: RICHARD EDEN looks back through the years for a special episode of Reading The Royals as he reveals the funny gifts, the rows over the best bedrooms and that time Diana left early…
The Royal Family’s annual Christmas at Sandringham always produces a series of pictures of poise and tradition as they all walk to church together. But behind the polished smiles, the festive season for the family has not always been merry. Over the years, the private estate in Norfolk has been the scene of …
Read More »Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman from East London’s 60 years of service come to end
Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman has recalled hand-delivering turkeys, kippers and last-minute gifts for Christmas as his record 60 years comes to an end this festive season. Robert Hudson, 76, known as Rocky, from Leyton, east London, started his Royal Mail career in December 1964 when he was 16 – …
Read More »A Place in the Sun presenter speaks about divorce and added ‘it’s better for everyone’
Laura Hamilton – best known for showing house-hunters around dream properties in sunny locations on Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun – says “divorce shouldn’t be seen as a negative thing”. The TV presenter and property expert from Kent, announced her split from her ex-husband and father of their …
Read More »A Member of the UAE Royal Family Joins the Color Star Family
NEW YORK, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ADD) (“Color Star” or the “Company”), an entertainment technology company with a global network that focuses on the application of technology and artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry, announces today that His Highness Shaikh Humaid Abdulla …
Read More »Canada Post workers denounce union complicity in enforcing Liberal government’s strike ban
Since the imposition of the Liberal government’s anti-democratic strike ban last Tuesday, postal workers have been writing to the World Socialist Web Site to denounce the complicity of the Canadian Union of Postal workers (CUPW) in smothering their struggle. Canada Post workers on a picket line in Windsor, Ontario After …
Read More »Tracker lets you watch Santa’s journey around the world this Christmas Eve
Santa’s elves have been tirelessly working at the North Pole for months, preparing presents for children all over the globe. Now, it’s time for Santa’s busiest day of the year. As Rudolph and his fellow reindeer – Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen – pull Santa’s sleigh …
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Read More »Government must step in to investigate Royal Mail ‘fake deliveries’ scandal, say postal workers
Postal workers have called on the Government to investigate Royal Mail senior leadership over the “fake deliveries” scandal. The Telegraph reported earlier this week that postmen and women claimed Royal Mail managers were telling them to record some parcel deliveries as “inaccessible”, even if they never attempted to deliver the …
Read More »New Zealand welcomes the Year of the Snake with four stamps in a Jan. 15 issue
By David Hartwig New Zealand’s post office, NZ Post, welcomes the Year of the Snake in the Chinese lunar calendar with a set of four stamps to be issued Jan. 15. Each stamp in the set of four illustrates a different subject using images of a snake along with a …
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