Royal Mail has halted deliveries to homes in a new housing development – because of dangerous letterboxes. Posties have got their fingers caught and grazed in letterboxes fitted with anti-burglar hoods at new Barratt homes at Osprey Heights, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. They are designed to stop thieves fishing for keys. …
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Britain’s stock market suffered its worst day since the 1987 financial crisis as it shed £160billion and tanked 11 per cent in what has been dubbed the New Black Monday. Investors in London continued to be rattled by the World Health Organization’s upgrade of the coronavirus outbreak to a global …
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With the Model Y, Tesla showed it could anticipate delivery instead of postponing it. That means we have no idea when the Cybertruck will actually be available. Tesla still needs a new factory for it, probably in the central U.S., and expects deliveries to start in 2021. Whether it will …
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have hit 11.3 million followers on Instagram, catching up with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge just a few days after they fell behind them by 100,000 followers. Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, who run Sussex Royal, had seen their following skyrocket …
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Scotland has banned mass gatherings amid the worsening coronavirus crisis while major public sporting fixtures and concerts in England will continue for now. Boris Johnson said that Britain will not follow the lead of other Governments in responding to the life-threatening infection by scrapping mass events. The Prime Minister told …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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