BBC News Royal Mail raises stamp pricesBBC News, UK –1 hour agoConsumer watchdog Postwatch criticised the increases, announced in December, after Royal Mail's deliveries were hit by last year's industrial action. … More: continued here
Read More »New to UK, Delta Phi Mu hopes to draw members from many cultures (The Kentucky Kernel)
A group of UK women has formed a new sorority on campus to strive for diversity. The five women founded the UK Royal chapter of Delta Phi Mu in February to unite UK’s Hispanic community and address diversity and women’s issues. The Latina-based multicultural sorority is defined by multiculturalism and …
Read More »ROYAL ASSIGNMENT FOR BELL ACE (Sporting Life)
Metaphoric will be trained with Royal Ascot in mind after completing his National Hunt season with a doughty success at Market Rasen. More: continued here
Read More »Mugabe’s Vote Review Call May Buy Time Before Runoff (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
The state-controlled Sunday Mail yesterday said the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party, or Zanu-PF, wants the recalculation because of alleged errors in the vote count. More: continued here
Read More »Sports announcements for April 6 (The Maryville Daily Times)
Announcements run each Sunday. Announcements should be e-mailed to sports@thedailytimes.com or faxed to The Daily Times at (865) 981-1175. They may also be dropped off at the mail slot on the side of The Daily Times building or at the front desk during regular business hours. More: continued here
Read More »Top Russian defector claims he was poisoned (AFP via Yahoo! News)
British detectives are investigating claims by a Russian former double agent of an assassination attempt against him, police told The Mail on Sunday newspaper. More: continued here
Read More »Europe mourns Mathieu Sprengers (UEFA News)
Mathieu Sprengers, the president of the Royal Netherlands Football Association and member of the UEFA Executive Committee, has died at the age of 69. More: continued here
Read More »Top defector to Britain claims he was poisoned in Russian attack (AFP via Yahoo! News)
British detectives are investigating claims by a Russian former double agent of an assassination attempt against him, police told The Mail on Sunday newspaper. More: continued here
Read More »Royal coup, bathroom humor (Daily Press)
R ewinding the week that was, in which baseball season got under way (and the Royals still are in playoff contention), Michelle Wie found a boyfriend (and without a sponsor’s exemption), and hey, Isiah, tick, tock, tick, tock … More: continued here
Read More »Britannia may rule again…on £2 coins (Daily Mail)
Britannia could return to the nation’s coins, a senior adviser to the Royal Mint has said after the ancient symbol was missing when the first new set of British coins for nearly 40 years was unveiled last week. However, John Porteous, of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee on Coin Design, …
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