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A FASCINATING account of life in Welshpool during the early 19th century has shed light of the fame of the town’s Royal Oak hotel. The Royal Oak was already well known across the United Kingdom having been originally built in the 1500s and rebuilt in 1741 and would become a …

A heavily pregnant mum-of-two “star jumped” in front of a high speed train after discovering her unborn baby girl could have a deformity, an inquest heard. Royal Mail worker Zdenka Yabani, the wife of a church minister, spiralled downhill after a scan of her unborn daughter revealed the news that …

An army of helpers replying to children’s letters to Santa Claus will not be paid a real living wage. The Royal Mail expects these festive elves to get by on £9 an hour – 50p less than the voluntary rate set by the Living Wage Foundation. Kids are invited to …

Prince Andrew has been pictured today leaving Windsor Castle, the day after sources told the Daily Mail that he would never return to official duties and faces a future in the royal wilderness.  The Queen’s second son stepped back from official engagements a year ago in the wake of his disastrous BBC …

Staff have been evacuated at a busy Edinburgh Royal Mail delivery hub after a ‘suspicious package’ was found. A bomb squad has been called to the scene at the Sighthill office on Cultins Road after the alarm was raised shortly before 10.30am on Saturday. Police have stressed that there is …

A SUSPICIOUS package has seen staff evacuated from a Royal Mail sorting office in Edinburgh – with bomb squad cops called to the scene. The alarm was raised around 10.25am this morning after the discovery at the facility on Ciltins Road in the capital. 1 The centre was partly evacuated …

EVERY day we bring you the latest round-up of the biggest stories in Scotland. Here’s the the latest in what’s happening around the country. 5 Jason Leitch is confident Scotland fans will be able to attend games at the Euros next year Jason Leitch says he hopes Scotland supporters WILL …

After the best week for the FTSE 100 since April, investors will be keen to see if markets can keep the rally going, with a slew of heavyweights set to report. Last Monday Pfizer’s announcement that its vaccine was 90 per cent effective in treating the coronavirus disease sent stocks …

The Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge led the royal birthday tributes to Prince Charles today as he turned 72. The Royal Family shared an adorable throwback photo of the Prince of Wales perched on his mother’s knee as a baby alongside a smiling snap of the pair …

Princess Diana was on the ‘best terms she’d ever been’ with Prince Charles before she died – and would have gone back to him ‘in a heartbeat’ if he’d wanted her, a royal biographer has claimed. The late Princess of Wales, who died in a car accident in Paris in …