[ad_1] A Brixton postbox has been painted black to commemorate the contribution of black Britons as part of the ongoing celebration of Black History Month this October. Located on Acre Lane, the gold-trimmed postbox displays ‘Queueing at the RA’, a painting by Yinka Shonibare. The Nigerian-British artist was one of six commissioned to produce artwork…
[ad_1] A statue to London’s first black mayor is being planned in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement sweeping the globe. John Archer was elected mayor of Battersea in south London in 1913 and has been described as a pioneer for his role in local politics and for helping bring in a minimum…
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ordered issuing an advertisement in national newspapers to summon former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as he had been declared a proclaimed offender in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Avenfield Apartments references. The IHC bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani heard the…
[ad_1] Wearing a pillbox hat, Princess Mary has channelled style icon Jackie Kennedy Onassis for an appearance at Danish Parliament. The Australian-born royal, 48, wore the chic headwear teamed with a pleated, pastel pink skirt and black power blazer for the formal occasion, which marked the start of Denmark’s new parliamentary year. At Folketing Hall…
[ad_1] An Aston Villa fan who admitted assaulting a nine-year-old Manchester City supporter after a cup final defeat is facing an internal probe my his employers Royal Mail. Postman Simon Ebdon was handed a three-year football banning order and ordered to carry out 80-hours community service after punching the lad in the face at Wembley…
[ad_1] The offending postbox, in Ilkeston Road, Nottingham. (Amy Collins) A student has described how coronavirus test kits were “spilling out” of a postbox when she went to drop off a kit for her sick flatmate. Amy Collins, 21, who studies physiotherapy at Nottingham University, shared a picture on Facebook of a postbox near her…
[ad_1] IHC tells Nawaz Sharif: Appear in 30 days or be an absconder ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ordered that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should be summoned through advertisements and directed the federal government to submit receipt of the advertisement within two days. The IHC issued these orders in the Al-Azizia…
[ad_1] Britain’s biggest ever hoarder who crammed a £4 million treasure trove of more than 60,000 items into a terraced house, a rental flat, two garages and 24 wheelie bins has been pictured for the first time. Ramann Shukla, 64, left behind an enormous hoard stacked floor to ceiling in every room of his mother’s three-bedroom…
[ad_1] A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James has come out of the hat and will be our reading group choice for October. This decades-spanning novel looking into the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 has rapidly become a modern classic. Since its publication in 2014, it has won the…
[ad_1] Scientists from the world’s top universities have penned an open letter calling for the UK and US to build herd immunity to Covid-19 by letting it spread in young people. The anti-lockdown petition warns that tough social distancing rules are having ‘damaging physical and mental health impacts’. The petition has been signed by at…