Around 7,960 job losses have been added to the more than 167,000 major redundancies at big British employers since the start of lockdown as many businesses try to slimline after coronavirus took a massive chunk from their profits. The Evening Standard became the latest to announce a round of approximately …
Read More »Royal Mail stops delivering to Liskeard street due to threat of postie abuse
Royal Mail has told fed-up residents on a once quiet estate that it will no longer be delivering their mail as it can’t guarantee the safety of its posties. Residents living on the residential street in Liskeard say they are in constant fear of what will happen next due to …
Read More »Prince Charles has been in ‘regular contact with Prince Harry’ despite book revelations
Prince Charles has been in ‘regular contact with Prince Harry to provide emotional and financial support’ despite being hurt by book revelations Royal insider claims the Prince of Wales regularly voice and video calls Harry Charles uses funds from his Duchy of Cornwall to part-fund Harry’s LA lifestyle Father-son bond …
Read More »The Queen leads well-wishers for Princess Beatrice as she turns 32
Happy birthday, Princess Beatrice! The Queen leads well-wishers for her granddaughter as she turns 32 – while Sarah Ferguson shares sweet throwback snap and gushes her birth was ‘one of the greatest and most proud moments’ of her life The Queen, 94, has sent Princess Beatrice well wishes as she …
Read More »Sherlock Holmes celebrated in new Royal Mail stamps
Characters from the popular TV series are featured, in addition to some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s favourite works. When Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887, he had no idea how iconic the character would become. Presented in a miniature-sheet, four stamps will …
Read More »Wessex FM – News – Coronavirus: Randox Laboratories test kits recalled ‘for not meeting safety standards’
Published at 2:14pm 8th August 2020. (Updated at 3:53pm 8th August 2020) More than 740,000 coronavirus test kits have been recalled over safety fears. The swab kits, created by Northern Irish firm Randox Laboratories, did not meet the required safety standards, the government said. On 15 July, the government told …
Read More »Princess Beatrice rejected Queen’s very expensive gesture because of mum Sarah Ferguson
The Queen is known for spoiling her nearest and dearest, treating both Prince William and Prince Harry to beautiful houses on their wedding days. But it’s not just the senior members of the family who are offered some pretty impressive property, and the Monarch once bought her younger grandchildren Princesses …
Read More »Royal Mail delivery office hit by coronavirus outbreak after ’19 workers infected’
A Royal Mail delivery office has been hit by a coronavirus outbreak – but frightened staff continue to work “as normal”. Sources say between 15 and 19 workers have tested positive for the killer infection in Manchester. And an emergency testing unit has been set up at the delivery office …
Read More »More than 100 more migrants land in Dover as Rishi Sunak threatens to send in the Royal Navy
Almost 4,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year, according to analysis of Border Force figures. This is thought to be more than double the total for the whole of 2019 where fewer than 2,000 are believed to have arrived in the country. On current …
Read More »Lucky Australian finds a coin worth a small fortune
Cashing in! Lucky Australian finds a coin worth $1,000 – and there could be one in your wallet A lucky Australian has found a 1901 Gold Sovereign coin worth more than $1,000 The woman shared her find with an Australian treasure hunting Facebook group Coin shows Queen Victoria on one side …
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