Is one amused? Queen cracks joke when unwitting American tourists fail to recognise her on Balmoral estate The 93-year-old monarch was walking with protection officer Richard Griffin She was dressed in tweeds and a headscarf on the estate in Aberdeenshire The group asked her if she lived in the area and if …
Read More »What it’s really like to get into Leeds on the city’s bus network
In the grand scheme of things that contribute to inequality, transport probably doesn’t come up as one of the first things you would think of. But from being able to get to that job that you really want, to that all-important hospital appointment with a cancer specialist, to being able …
Read More »Topping up your Stocks and Shares ISA? I’d consider the Tesco share price and Royal Mail
I approached these two stocks in a cynical frame of mind, expecting to damn rather than praise them. Yet on closer inspection, both have their attractions and now I think they might be worth popping into a balanced Stocks and Shares ISA portfolio. Royal Mail Group Investors in Royal Mail Group …
Read More »Man received postcard from a camping holiday in Brecon, Wales, 29 YEARS late
Snail mail! Man speaks of his shock and amusement after a postcard arrives at his home 29 YEARS late Was intended for Ms Clare Gale who lived in the Grimsby home until 1990 Sent by her niece and her partner on August 28, 1990 from Brecon in Wales Tom Parker …
Read More »Postal worker taken to hospital following dog attack on Arbroath round
A dog has been rehomed following an attack in Arbroath which left a postal worker hospitalised. Police are investigating after the woman was bitten while on deliveries and she is now recovering from her injuries. Eight postal delivery workers a day are bitten by dogs and owners have been warned …
Read More »On the buses, a day in the life of a Leeds commuter
In the grand scheme of things that contribute to inequality, transport probably doesn’t come up as one of the first things you would think of. But from being able to get to that job that you really want, to that all-important hospital appointment with a cancer specialist, to being able …
Read More »‘Rare’ Beatrix Potter 50p coin selling on eBay for £13,000
A ‘rare’ Beatrix Potter 50p coin is on eBay for a staggering £13,000. A seller from the UK is flogging the Benjamin Bunny commemorative coin for an eye watering £13,213. The Royal Mint bolstered the coin collection in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth. The Mint …
Read More »First royal in same sex marriage says family don’t talk about his relationship much
The Queen’s cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten says Royals ‘don’t talk about’ his same sex marriage to a flight attendant but his daughters and ex-wife ‘like having another man in the house’ ahead of first anniversary Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 56, came out and separated from wife of 16 years in 2011 …
Read More »Compasses are pointing north ‘for the first time in about 360 years’ in a once-in-a-lifetime event
The Earth’s magnetic field is in a permanent state of change. Magnetic north drifts around and every few hundred thousand years the polarity flips so a compass would point south instead of north. The strength of the magnetic field also constantly changes and currently it is showing signs of significant …
Read More »‘I was first person to complete the EU Brexit Settled Status in Cornwall’
With Brexit likely hard and painful now looming large on the horizon, and what appears to be a mess of galactic proportions taking place in Westminster, now seems the most opportune time for the 18,000 EU citizens living in Cornwall to apply for the EU Settled Status. Considering the mess …
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