December 23, 2020 – 18:35 GMT Anna Johnstone Raise a toast this festive season by sending a friend a Christmas margarita through the post, thanks to Cointreau and World of Zing Christmas and New Year parties just aren’t the same this year, are they? However, you’ve gotta …
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Date Published: 23/12/2020 The new coronavirus variant has caused disruption in many unexpected quarters The British Post Office has confirmed that due to the current situation regarding restrictions on travel to France and the huge backlog of lorries waiting to cross the channel, that postal services to much of Europe …
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A man who ordered a £7 flick knife from China on the internet has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. The weapon was found when a parcel being mailed to Swansea marked “kitchenware” was intercepted and opened. Police were alerted to the discovery and officers arrested the intended recipient, …
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Four men have been sentenced to a combined total of over 34 years in prison after their £2.7 million dark web drugs operation was thwarted by police. Vladislavs Cvirkovics, 28, Filip Hmelnicenko, 31, Denis Potapenko, 28 and Edgars Pirants, 32, all pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply Class A drugs …
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TipRanks J.P. Morgan: 2 Cruise Line Stocks to Bet on (And 1 to Avoid) The coronavirus pandemic crisis shows no signs of abating, even with a vaccine coming on to the markets. We’re still facing severe social lockdown policies, with a number of states (such as California, Minnesota, and Michigan) …
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BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE slips as US stimulus threatened with veto; British Land does deal with Allianz; Marston’s to operate 156 Brains’ pubs By This Is Money Published: 08:19, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 15:40, 23 December 2020 The FTSE is expected to head lower this morning as uncertainty over …
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NHS workers are ‘frustrated’ that admin staff are being offered the Covid-19 vaccine before frontline doctors and nurses and that hospitals and GP surgeries face delays to deliveries of the crucial jab. The British Medical Association (BMA) warned it was ‘deeply worrying’ that access to the jab was not equal across …
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For some people, the festive season is about sport – particularly football. Yawn. What is the point of it? If a player has a modicum of talent, they get spotted and go up the ranks until they or, more precisely, their agent can charge a fortune to the highest bidder. …
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Retailers have experienced an increased demand for Christmas goods, following Boris Johnson’s last-minute changes to the coronavirus tiered system at the weekend. The prime minister addressed the nation on Saturday, placing London and the majority of the South East under tier 4 restrictions. He advised those in the allocated areas …
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Christmas is just around the corner and, in festive fashion, a Devon postal worker has been spotted doing the rounds – dressed up as The Grinch. Mike Newton, who is the control room supervisor for Devon and Cornwall Police, managed to get a snap of the Royal Mail courier. The …
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