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Soldiers and horses from The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery splashed in the sea as they took a break from ceremonial duties in London. The unit, which stars in the new Downton Abbey movie, is the Queen’s ceremonial saluting battery and fires gun salutes for state occasions and royal birthdays. …

Batman and Wonder Woman will come face-to-face with wily woodchoppers, cunning canines and cherished chooks as the Royal Melbourne Show opens this weekend. Organisers have promised the show, which has been running since 1848, to be “all-new” in 2019, adding an interactive walk-through with animatronic dinosaurs, an Elton John show, …

John Humphrys today lifts the lid on ‘institutional liberal bias’ at the BBC. Two days after retiring, the legendary broadcaster accuses the ‘Kremlin’-style corporation of being out of touch. He says its bosses ‘badly failed’ to read the nation’s mood on Europe and ‘simply could not grasp’ why anyone voted …

You might imagine it was a hefty blow when Prince Harry and his glamorous wife Meghan chose to stop sharing an Instagram account with Prince William and Kate earlier this year — but who’s having the last laugh? The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have just reached a landmark 10 …

  Corbyn tries to unite Labour Party to solve Brexit crisis for ruling class By Thomas Scripps 21 September 2019 The Labour Party conference beginning Saturday will be dominated by the conflict over the party’s Brexit policy. At least 81 motions have been submitted by local branches calling on the …

The new Inverness Mail Centre. Around 2.4 million items of post pass through Inverness every week. Rumours of the demise of so-called snail mail have been greatly exaggerated as the impact and influence of technology on people’s lives – especially shopping habits – have made the postal system a crucial …

A selection of post boxes in Halifax have been designed for posting parcels. Some 128 postboxes across Yorkshire have been converted to take parcels, including in the Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and York postcode areas. Following a trial last year, Royal Mail plans to convert about 1,400 postboxes …

Batman and Wonder Woman will come face-to-face with wily woodchoppers, cunning canines and cherished chooks as the Royal Melbourne Show opens this weekend. Organisers have promised the show, which has been running since 1848, to be “all-new” in 2019, adding an interactive walk-through with animatronic dinosaurs, an Elton John show, …

Alexanda Kotey has just received a letter from his mother. Among other news she tells him that his teenage daughter in London has ‘finished her GCSEs and is starting college’. Naturally, Kotey is pleased at her progress. But circumstances mean he remains very much a hands-off parent. The letter arrived …

Royal shyness! Kate Middleton gushes over ‘sweet’ little boy who turned timid when tasked with giving the Duchess a bouquet Kate Middleton, 37, visited children’s health and development centre yesterday  Duchess of Cambridge met with Oliver Koroma, 4,who appeared overwhelmed As she met him, he appeared overcome and rushed to …