The switchover from army-run mobile coronavirus testing to private companies has immediately been met with two major bungles across Greater Manchester. An outbreak of 12 cases at Manchester’s Royal Mail depot saw the council pointed in the direction of outsourced company G4S for urgent mass testing – but the firm …
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Priti Patel will today demand French co-operation in a massive new ‘blockade’ of the Channel to crack down on the migrant crisis. The Home Secretary will refuse to hand over any more taxpayers’ money to fund operations on French soil unless Emmanuel Macron’s government steps up action on illegal crossings. The …
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Queen Letizia showed off her summer style as she visited the birthplace of XVIII century Spanish priest and friar of Franciscan Order, Junipero Serra in Petra, Mallorca. The Spanish royal, who was accompanied by King Felipe VI and their daughters Crown Princess Leonor, 14, and Infanta Sofia, 13, appeared in good spirits …
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to quit the royal family was prompted by racial ‘ignorance’ within the monarchy, the author of a new biography about the couple has claimed. In an interview on Good Morning America, Omid Scobie, one of the co-authors of the hotly-anticipated book Finding Freedom, opened …
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Heritage and RetroHeritage Jessica Evershed, archivist at National Records of Scotland, looks at the island village that was for generations hard to reach – and whose future was long at risk. Monday, 10th August 2020, 4:45 pm Updated Monday, 10th August 2020, 5:04 pm The village of Rèinigeadal in the …
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WITH miles of beautiful coastline, Cornwall is the ultimate ‘staycation’ destination, known for its sea, sand, surfing… and for having the least sexy accent in the world, apparently. That’s according to a recent survey, which concluded ‘Queen’s English’ to be the ‘sexiest’ dialect and put the Cornish accent at the …
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Mobile coronavirus testing in Greater Manchester has been hit by chaos immediately after the programme was handed over from the military to outsourcers. The switchover from the army to the private sector – which coincided almost exactly with new Covid restrictions being brought in for Greater Manchester due to rising …
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The Prime Minister today vowed to reconsider the law in a bid to tackle migrant crossings as France warned the government not to send the Navy into its waters. Boris Johnson branded Channel crossings a ‘very bad and stupid and dangerous and criminal thing to do’ as he hinted at …
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US private equity firm Advent International has agreed a €1bn deal to buy the UK operations of Hermes parcel delivery group and take a minority stake in its German business, seeking to capitalise on the boom in online shopping amid the pandemic. The buyout group will acquire 75 per cent …
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InYourArea Community The Post Office counter inside McColl’s on Cyncoed Road closed on July 29 10 August 2020 By Bronte Howard More than 800 people have signed a petition calling on the Post Office to keep a branch in Cyncoed. Around 800 local residents have signed a petition set up …
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