Railway enthusiasts will be lining vantage points across South Devon on Sunday when one of the nation’s favourite locomotives steams through the county again. The Flying Scotsman, which is 100 years old in 2023, will be pulling a train from Bristol to Cornwall and back, and that means endless photo …
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Royal Mail has responded to a plea made to Ofcom to solve delivery issues in Nuneaton. As we reported in our newsletter, Nuneaton’s MP Marcus Jones complained to the regulator after being contacted by a ‘significant number of constituents’ about not having mail for weeks – or just once a …
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Prince Harry’s lawyer arrives at High Court ahead of privacy claim against The Sun’s publisher Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Prince Harry’s case …
Read More »To be in with a chance of winning tickets, members of the public had to enter a ballot. Ticketmaster, who sold the tickets, tweeted on April 25 that “Tickets for the supplementary first-come, first-serve round of The Coronation Concert ballot have now sold out.” This caused some confusion amongst fans …
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From Balmoral Castle in the Highlands to Llwynywermod, a small farmhouse in Wales, King Charles has an unrivalled portfolio of properties, regal and rustic. And the good news is that you can stay in many of them this summer because the royal estates are embracing holiday lettings in a serious …
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A record near-three million emergency food parcels have been handed out at food banks in the year to March, with the number provided for children topping a million for the first time. The figures from the Trussell Trust charity represent a 37% increase compared to the previous year. A total …
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U.S. Stamp Notes by John M. Hotchner On Feb. 6, 1952, George VI, age 56, passed into history and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, age 25, became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The coronation followed on June 2, 1953, after a prolonged period of detailed planning for …
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Following to the compliance review relating to (the tender for) the concession for the distribution of newspapers and periodicals in Belgium, bpostgroup voluntarily launched compliance reviews relating to other tenders and public contracts. The preliminary results of these compliance reviews, which remain ongoing, revealed that bpostgroup’s margins on certain services …
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A 27-stone teacher credits Warburtons Thins for helping him halve his body weight – claiming students no longer even recognise him. Nick England says he’s always been a ‘big guy’ and struggled with his weight ever since he was a lad. But the dad-of-two said his food and Coca-Cola ‘addiction’ …
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Sign outside a UK Post Office Britons are being treated to three bank holidays across May – yes, three. Thanks, Charles. The first of which comes on Monday, May 1 for the Early May bank holiday. Many of us are sure to use the day to relax or catch up …
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