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Cousins Marion Perkins and Julie Hicks won the Thornally Trophy at the Lincolnshire Women’s Bowls Federation finals in Lincoln – exactly 45 years after their grandma Olive Biggadike won the three bowl rinks competition. Back in 1974, Olive won the trophy with M Cottam and V Grooby of Royal Mail …

Morton Fraser has unveiled a sixth consecutive year of revenue growth although profits fell after investment in its workforce and refocusing its core offering. The Scottish legal firm, which employs more than 270 people, recorded a like-for-like annual revenue rise of 5 per cent to reach nearly £22 million in …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have led royal well-wishes to Prince George as he celebrates his sixth birthday.    Harry, 34, and Meghan, 37, took to Instagram to send their nephew ‘lots of love’ on his special day.  The couple are understood to enjoy a close relationship with the young …

There’s currently a Hermes discount promotion running which will let you send 2-10kg for even less than usual. For a limited time the Hermes discount will let you send 2-10kg parcels for only £5.99 inc VAT (previously the cost was £6.49 inc VAT). Hermes discount savings Hermes say that means …

The heir to the throne wanted his mother “all there for him” despite Prince Harry desperately asking for Diana to have another baby, the expert claims. Diana confided in royal expert Ingrid Stewart that she didn’t see herself being single forever. She went on to say she would need someone …

A man has died after falling from a window on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh last night. Officers from Police Scotland locked down the busy street in the capital at around 5.40pm. The incident close to the Radisson Blu Hotel happened a couple of hours before The Proclaimers played at …

His dad’s double! Royal fans go wild over how much Prince George looks like a young William in his birthday portraits – saying they ‘have the same smile’ Kensington Palace released new pictures for Prince George’s sixth birthday Royal fans saw immediate likeness between George and father William, 37  One …

THE number of dog attacks on postal workers have more than doubled in Cumbria. According to figures by the Royal Mail, attacks in the CA postcode area have increased from six in 2017/18 up to 13 in 2018/19. Reacting to the figures, Royal Mail’s Shaun Davis, global director of safety, …

We previously announced that we would be conducting and number of surveys this summer and today we launch the second – a parcel tracking survey. You can start the survey here. This survey looks to explore the importance of tracking in parcel delivery, what is important to you as a …

FT subscribers can click here to receive Opening quote by email. Metro Bank is finally getting close to putting its loan misreporting debacle behind it. Almost six months to the day since the British challenger bank revealed it didn’t have enough capital backing some commercial loans because of an accounting error, …