A former NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy has begged the UK Government to ‘shut down everything’ in the fight against the killer infection. Professor Mohamed Abu Hilal, who now works in Brescia, north Italy, urged officials to prepare more beds, doctors and nurses in the NHS in light of the fiasco …
Read More »Ulverston students poised for concert with Royal Marines
AN Ulverston school will be in concert with The Royal Marines at an exclusive concert this weekend. Members of Ulverston Victoria High School’s Wind Band will be performing a concert with the The Royal Marines Band on Saturday at the Coro Hall. As well as this, the school will be …
Read More »How are the European Royals dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak
As the COVID-19 outbreak sweeps across Europe, royal families around the continent have had to revise how they greet people during official engagements. Whether following the example of Prince Charles who has been performing a ‘namaste’ bow with clasped hands or sticking to a smile, the matter of greeting people …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Death toll jumps to 10, with 134 infected
The UK’s coronavirus death toll has today jumped to 10 after health chiefs announced 140 more patients had been infected in Britain’s biggest daily increase yet – taking the infection toll to almost 600. NHS officials revealed both patients who died had underlying conditions. One was a woman in her …
Read More »Royal Mail worker stole from post to fund gambling addiction
A POSTMAN who stole stole people’s post containing more than £7,000 of electrical items to fund a gambling addiction has been spared jail. Mark Anthony Foster, of Park Street, Haydock stole 17 postal packets over a nine-month period between November 2018 and August 2019. During his spree, Foster, 39, stole …
Read More »The Who postpone their UK tour amid coronavirus outbreak
The Who have postponed their UK and Ireland tour amid the coronavirus pandemic. The band say the decision came after “serious consideration” and want to protect their fans. They said in an announcement: “After serious consideration, it is with much regret that The Who have postponed their UK and Ireland …
Read More »Dun Namin’ – Why Britons’ house names reflect their class anxieties | Britain
Mar 14th 2020 IN GEORGE ORWELL’S “Coming Up For Air” (1939), a novel about a middle-aged, middle-class Englishman bitter about the destruction of good old-fashioned English values, the lead character complains about his area, where the homes are “alike as council houses and generally uglier. The stucco front, the creosoted …
Read More »How Meghan and Harry Spent Their Final Days in the U.K.
On Monday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made their final appearance representing Queen Elizabeth at Commonwealth Day services at Westminster Abbey. By the end of the day, Meghan was already heading back to Canada to be reunited with Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, who remained on Vancouver Island with a nanny and Meghan’s …
Read More »RICHARD KAY on Prince Harry and the Greta Thunberg pranksters
By some measure, the tricking of Harry by a fake Greta Thunberg, in which he allowed his loose tongue to talk recklessly as never before, will become as humiliating for the prince as his frolics in a Las Vegas hotel back in 2012. The secretly recorded hoax tape — gleefully …
Read More »Fears the popular Sydney Easter Show could be CANCELLED due to coronavirus fears
Fears the popular Sydney Easter Show could be CANCELLED due to coronavirus fears as the deadly illness continues to spread across Australia The Sydney Royal Easter Show could be cancelled if the coronavirus gets worse The agricultural fair hosts almost one million annual visitors across two weeks NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian …
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