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The Royal Navy sent four warships into the English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as the Brexit deal came into force.  Hours before the deal took effect on New Year’s Day the boats, armed with cannons and machine guns, left Portsmouth to put a …

After nine months of ever-changing rules and disruption, many of us will be happy just to travel somewhere safe, sunny and hassle-free this year. In fact, 2021 promises to be a bumper one for great things to see and do with plenty of new openings, anniversaries and sports and cultural …

THE New Forest features in Royal Mail’s new stamps celebrating the founding of Britain’s first National Parks. Peak District (founded 1951) Lake District (1951)Snowdonia (1951) Dartmoor (1951) North York Moors (1952) The Broads (1989) New Forest (2005) South Downs (2010) Pembrokeshire Coast (1952) Loch Lomond and The Trossachs (2002) 2021 …

You don’t become Dawn French’s go-to recording studio by accident but a Plymouth business can boast of being just that after the TV star chose it twice in a year. Since 1998 Fresh Air studios has been recording the voices of the famous and the familiar at its Stonehouse base …

In the words of one official in Brussels involved in the Brexit negotiations, the last year “accelerated the grieving process” over the UK’s departure from the EU. This is not to say the bloc’s institutions will be celebrating the country’s passing from the single market and customs union, 48 years …

Some residents in Essex have been waiting for their post and deliveries ‘for weeks’ due to Covid-19 delays. A number of residents living in Grays in Thurrock have reported not receiving their letters and packages for up to two weeks. Royal Mail explained that the increase in Christmas shopping and …

Home-movers are being warned to watch out for scams which could involve their identity and large sums of money – such as their deposit – being stolen. he stamp duty holiday, which ends on March 31 2021, has fuelled a housing market “mini boom”, with buyers rushing to beat the …

The United States surpassed 20 million coronavirus cases on New Year’s Day, but the raging pandemic didn’t stop large crowds from gathering in several big cities across the country including New York, Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa on Thursday night. Data released by Johns Hopkins University on Friday indicates …

Ohio boy, 3, who was abandoned in a cemetery with his dog two days before Christmas is reunited with his father while cops weigh charges against his mom Boy was left abandoned with his dog in a cemetery two days before Christmas  Three-year-old Tony was picked up by officers from …

After the year we have all had, many people will be hoping 2020 will become a distant memory very soon as we look ahead to a (hopefully) brighter 2021.  But before we let go of it completely, we have reviewed the news from the year and taken a look back at …