Stimulus hopes are being countered by fears over a second wave of coronavirus cases FTSE 100 dips 25 points CBI’s total orders balance recovers to -56 in June from -62 in May IHS Markit UK Household Finance Index rises to 40.7 in June from 37.8 in May 12.35pm: …
Read More »York postie’s ‘patch amnesty’ gives Mind £10,000 boost
A YORK postal worker has raised more than £10,000 for a mental health charity by selling donated clothes patches. Mike Lacy, 33, of Heworth, says people from all over the world have donated old patches, which he then sells at music festivals and events, and online. He said some were …
Read More »Royal Mail make changes to opening hours, deliveries, tracking items and more
Royal Mail have announced new changes to the way they are handling deliveries, with extended opening hours about to come into effect. From Saturday, June 27, Customer Service Points in local Royal Mail delivery offices, will be increasing the hours they are open on Saturdays. Customer Service Points will continue …
Read More »Meghan Markle ‘wants to run for President of the United States’, claims Lady Colin Campbell
Lady Colin Campbell claims Meghan Markle has political ambitions and ‘wants to run for president one day’ as she prepares to release her book on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Lady Colin Campbell says Meghan Markle wants to become President of the US The 70-year-old author also claimed she …
Read More »History teacher James Furlong is one of three people killed in Reading terror attack
The heartbroken parents of a ‘kind and inspiring’ history teacher have paid tribute to him this evening after he was named as one of the three people killed in a frenzied terror attack in Reading yesterday. James Furlong, head of history at the Holt Community School in Wokingham, was stabbed …
Read More »FTSE 100 set to start the week on back foot amid worries over coronavirus second wave
The FTSE 100 looks set to ignore Asia’s positive start to the trading week amid worries over a coronavirus second wave. Apple’s decision to ‘re-close’ 11 US stores and the suspension of cruise operations there too left traders with food for thought over the weekend. Here in the UK, the …
Read More »Cafe plan for Southampton’s Royal Mail House
AN ICONIC Southampton building that has played a part in the city’s history since 1907 could be transformed into a new cafe. Plans have been submitted to Southampton City Council to transform part of Royal Mail House – a Grade II listed building – on Terminus Terrace into a cafe. …
Read More »Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship
Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster shadows Russian warship as it sails through English Channel HMS Westminster monitored the passage of the Russian warship on Sunday Passage of warships through English Channel are routinely monitored Commanding officer said the warship conducted itself in ‘safe’ manner By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: 18:07, …
Read More »Britons welcome as Spain opens up to tourists
Scores of flights landed in Spain on Sunday as British tourists were allowed to enter the country without having to quarantine, but doubts remain over how many will travel as they will be subject to 14 days of isolation upon their return. As Spain ended its lockdown, the country’s borders …
Read More »Terror attack in Reading: ‘Suspect a Libyan asylum seeker who was released from prison’
A terror suspect accused of stabbing three people to death and seriously injuring three others in an attack in Reading fled Libya seven years ago and was granted refugee status in the UK because he feared Islamists, and later converted to Christianity, MailOnline can reveal. A relative of Khairi Saadallah, …
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