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FTSE CLOSE: London shares rise; NMC Health founder forced out; Japanese economy shrinks 6.3%; ii snaps up The Share Centre The FTSE 100 has closed up 0.3%, or 24.12 points at 7,433.25  Pound fell 0.2% against dollar and euro, with £1 buying $1.30 and €1.20 NMC Health shares recovered earlier losses …

The NHS has apologised after almost 1,000 patients were waiting longer than four hours for a bed in Hull’s A&E last month. Data from the NHS shows 973 people were left waiting more than four hours for a ward bed at Hull Royal Infirmary in January 2020, which is the …

Kate Middleton has ‘quietly picked up steam’ in recent months after going through a  period when ‘it felt like she wasn’t doing a lot’, a royal expert has claimed. Royal commentator Omid Scobie said the Duchess of Cambridge’s, 38, has ‘really stepped out into a more confident role’ in The …

Princess Beatrice has been brushing shoulders with the former prime ministers of Spain and Italy as she leads a ‘high level delegation’ on an adventurous heli-skiing trip to Pakistan.  The royal, 31, who is visiting the country as part of her role for the AI firm Afiniti, was hosted by Pakistan’s …

Spalding Cycling Club held its annual presentation evening for members, with awards given to cyclists aged between 12 and 80 meeting at the town’s Royal Mail Cart pub. The youth awards included a double for the Bowser family, with Velvet Bowser picking up the girls’ best all-rounder five and ten-mile …

Royal Mail has published its latest performance report. Second Class mail has exceeded its regulatory Quality of Service target for the first three quarters of the financial year 2019-20, delivering 98.8 % of mail within three working days (target 98.5 %). 92.9 % of First Class mail was delivered the …

Novelist Kate Thompson has been in Jersey exploring stories of heroism and betrayal during the Occupation. Her attention has now focused on those who would intercept collaborators’ letters to the German authorities denouncing fellow Islanders for a range of offences against the occupying forces. She is particularly looking for those …

Sarah-Jayne wants to set up the support service in memory of her son Archie A lasting legacy of mental health support for parents who are facing an abnormality diagnosis for their unborn babies is the aim of a crowdfunder launched by Sarah-Jayne Larkins who is grieving the loss of her …

MORAY’S MP has welcomed the decision to issue a sheet of stamps to mark the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath. MSP Richard Locchead Richard Lochhead wrote to the Chief Executive of the Royal Mail last month to ask if there were plans to commemorate the historic document. In …

James Bond is about as likely to be caught using snail mail as he is drinking a gin and tonic, but that hasn’t stopped the Royal Mail creating their very own tribute to 007.  To celebrate the release of the 25th Bond film, No Time To Die, in April the …