The seed has been sown, or rather sewn, for a right royal knees up in Kenilworth. The town is taking its celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee not all that seriously with a procession of embroidered Beefeaters along the town’s main thoroughfare. Crocheted guards have taken pride of place on …
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder steps down as director at Russia’s top crude oil producer Rosneft By Milo Pope For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 20 May 2022 | Updated: 03:44 EDT, 21 May 2022 Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has stepped down as director at Russia’s top crude …
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Fine dining by the canal, shopping for designer clothes, fancy hotels – the Mailbox is the pinnacle of posh landmarks in Brum. It wasn’t always that way, though. Get too close in the 70s and 80s and you might hear the din of thousands of workers and machines sorting Birmingham’s …
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At least one person has been killed and more than 40 injured after a rare northern Michigan tornado battered a small town. The twister hit Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 people roughly 230 miles (370 kilometres) northwest of Detroit, at around 3.45pm local time on Friday. Mike Klepadlo, who …
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The Royal BC Museum in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail Next week, the British Columbia government will lay out its business case for spending nearly $800-million to rebuild the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. The announcement, made May 13, was a shocker. B.C. Premier John Horgan promised a “safer, more …
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The ‘hard-to-find’ plants range from 45cm to over 165cm with leaves that can span up to three meters. And even better they can be delivered straight to your front door, meaning you can have Kew-inspired plants come directly to you. The Palm House Collection. (Sproutl) Prices range from £80 for …
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The royal family are reportedly providing accommodation to Ukrainian families who have been forced to flee their homeland. Members of the royals have vowed to “do their bit” and are housing refugees but the family has “no wish” for publicity, according to the Daily Express. Some 53,800 Ukrainian refugees have …
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The royal family are reportedly providing accommodation to Ukrainian families who have been forced to flee their homeland. Members of the royals have vowed to “do their bit” and are housing refugees but the family has “no wish” for publicity, according to the Daily Express. Some 53,800 Ukrainian refugees have …
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Royal Mail has confirmed that staff shortages as a result of Covid caused its sorting office on Mead Street to close for a number of days. On Thursday (May 19) a local resident shared two photos of the Customer Service Point at the office to Twitter, writing: “Third day in …
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Breadcrumb trail link news Local news The Duke of Connaught was the seventh of Queen Victoria’s nine children. The arrival of the Royal Duchess of Vancouver and the Duchess of Connaught on May 22, 1890. Identified Ships (Left to Right) SS “Island” and CPR Royal Mail SS “Abyssinian” AM54-S4-: BoP343. …
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