A team of Marine Commandos are to take on a death-defying record-breaking challenge which will see them rowing from New York to London. The four Marines, who are part of the OCEAN REVIVAL 2020 team, will attempt the feat in May over a period of 60 days as they aim …
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It’s been a tumultuous time for the Royal Family, with the ongoing saga surrounding Prince Andrew’s friendship with disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Harry’s bombshell announcement he is quitting The Firm. Last year saw the break-up of the Fab Four, with Harry and wife Meghan Markle, 38, splitting from …
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PUBLISHED: 18:20 06 March 2020 | UPDATED: 18:20 06 March 2020 Chris Carson A pedestrian who died today (Friday, March 6) on the A30 Honiton-bound carriageway by the slip road for Exeter Airport, was a man in his twenties, police have revealed. Email this article to a friend To send …
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A man claims he hasn’t had any post delivered for almost a month after his dog barked at the postman. Antony Simmonds Sergent was fetching coal from his car on February 7 when the usually “nice” postman turned up. But when pet pooch, El, excitedly ran up to him and …
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Ancient human remains held at a church in Kent were today confirmed as those of one of England’s earliest saints in a ‘stunning result of national importance’ that has brought ‘forgotten history back to the surface’. Bones dating back to around the seventh century are those of St Eanswythe, the …
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Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over …
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One’s been locked out! The Queen arrives at Windsor Castle to find the gates firmly bolted – and a bodyguard tries in vain to pull them open The Queen was locked out of Windsor Castle upon arrival last Thursday Her Range Rover swept into the driveway but braked abruptly as …
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Fridge-freezers, shopping trolleys and mattresses are littered across Oscott Road in Perry Barr – even the post box is out of order. Perhaps, not what you would expect on a cul-de-sac that directly faces what will be the glamorous multi-million pound Commonwealth Games village. Despite massive regeneration of Perry Barr …
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Of one thing we can be sure. When the Queen is driven along the Epsom Downs racecourse on Derby Day in June, one man will be watching with more than usual concern: her fellow racing enthusiast and Dubai’s autocratic ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum. Unlike at Royal Ascot later that month, …
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Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a brother of King Salman (pic), and the monarch’s nephew Prince Mohammed bin Nayef were taken from their homes early yesterday by royal guards after being accused of treason, the Wall Street Journal reported citing unnamed sources. — Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Court handout via Reuters …
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