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A ROYAL Mail worker from Darlington has joined a legion of fundraisers taking part in a nation-wide barefoot relay walk. The 700-mile walk, from Land’s End to Edinburgh, is inspired by Major Chris Brannigan – aka the Barefoot Solider – who completed the route solo this summer in honour of …

A woman who feared that the medication she took to control her bipolar disorder could have caused the baby she was carrying to be born with a deformity took her own life, an inquest was told. Royal Mail worker Zdenka Yabani had become severely depressed after after a scan revealed …

A NEW initiative in Oxford will focus on bolstering the health of residents over 60. This age group has been at particular risk, both of contracting Covid-19 and of increased isolation and loneliness as a result of the lockdown measures. The campaign, which was developed by Oxford City Council, will …

HOMES at a controversial housing estate in Grove are nearing completion. Work on the last of Bellway’s 133 dwellings at Grove Meadows started almost three years after the development opened. Since then Bellway has built a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes, with most now occupied and just two …

While 85% of UK consumers plan to shop for deals online this Black Friday, just 1 in 10 are considering the impact their online shopping deliveries may have on the environment. Research for the Dirty Delivery Report from comparison site money.co.uk, shows deliveries from Black Friday shopping are expected to release over …

  Australians could be unknowingly hanging on to a $1 that could be worth thousands of dollars. A mother in Melbourne has posted on the Facebook group Melbourne with Kidz that she was amazed to discovered a “mule” dollar coin from the year 2000. These coins were inadvertently produced following …

Why does the depiction of the Royal Family in The Crown matter? Surely everyone knows it’s just fiction: another TV costume drama by Netflix, that California-based ‘dream factory’ that pumps out £12 billion worth of content each year. But therein lies the brilliance – and the real-life cruelty – of …

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Are the Balmoral tests a real tactic used by the royal family? Did Thatcher loathe her time spent at the castle? And did Prince Philip really tell Charles to marry Diana? Let’s unpick the historical truths of episode 2… (This article contains spoilers for season 4, episode 2 of The Crown) …

HOMES in a part of Oxfordshire were left without post for weeks because of a shortage of postal workers. People in Wallingford and Didcot slammed Royal Mail after months of postal delays, with some letters and parcels taking two weeks to be delivered. Conservative MP for Wantage David Johnston, who …