The Broads will be one of 10 UK national parks to feature on a new set of stamps marking 70 years since their creation. Royal Mail will release its first stamp issue of 2021 next month, featuring 10 of the UK’s 15 national parks including the Broads, which stretch across …
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No-one loves a crisis quite like a conman. The scammers have been out in force this year. In 2019, criminals stole more than £1.2bn through scams and fraud, according to UK Finance. This year the figure will be far higher. Scams have soared as criminals take advantage of rising online …
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Harry and Meghan ‘want a 12-month extension to Megxit deal that would see them keep their royal patronages beyond March 31 deadline’ – and could head back to the UK to seal the deal in person Couple seeking 12-month extension to the deal agreed with royals in January Stepped back …
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A frustrated resident says she is not satisfied with the response by a delivery company to her lost parcel. Diane Warner, of Holme, sent £93-worth of goods to her isolating son in Southampton in November — but it never arrived. A £93 parcel belonging to Diane Warner of Langford Lane, …
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A Derbyshire great granddad who recently celebrated his 80th birthday has become the oldest full-time delivery postman in the UK. Mick Gibson, known as “Gibbo” to his mates, started out working in a grocer’s shop, then became a time-served painter and decorator before undertaking a series of other jobs and …
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ROYAL Mail has revealed its first Special Stamps issue of 2021. The collection celebrates the 70th anniversary of Britain’s first National Parks. 10 The Broads National Park commemorated in a stamp It features 10 out of the 15 National Parks in the UK including the Peak District, Lake District and …
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Parts of the beautiful Peak District are to feature on a special set of British stamps, it has been announced. The Royal Mail has revealed the first Special Stamps to be released for sale in 2021 will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Britain’s first National Parks. And one …
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Boris Johnson’s new Brexit trade agreement means Britain and the EU will have a ‘special relationship’ and ‘ugly’ politics will end, Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet minister said the deal allows for a ‘new pattern of friendly co-operation’ between the two ‘sovereign equals’. He added that he hoped the …
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Millions more people across the UK have been placed under tighter coronavirus restrictions from today. Another six million in England have been placed in Tier 4, while Scotland and Northern Ireland have also imposed harsher measures on their citizens on Boxing Day. The Tier 4 restrictions – effectively a regional …
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The Demerara sailed from Liverpool on August 15, 1918 and docked in Recife on September 9. The editors of the Rio de Janeiro newspaper Gazeta de Notícias (1875-1942) were not exaggerating when they said, in the September 16, 1918 edition, that the Demerara made a “bad trip”. When he set …
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