By Richard Boxall Royal CC continued their strong start in the 2023 CCA BAOFinancial 40 Over Cup on Saturday, while Black Caps and Moufflons … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail warns Britons of ‘significant’ delivery delays across the UK this week
Royal Mail warned customers of some disruption and “significant issues” affecting the movement of mail through its air network this week. Royal Mail’s air network operates to move letters and parcels between delivery offices around the UK. The air network services operated to schedule over the past 24 hours with …
Read More »A63 shut as lorry crashes near Brough ‘blocking all four lanes’ – live updates
A lorry has crashed across both carriageways of the A63. The road is blocked between North Cave and North Ferriby, police said. The crash is understood to have happened near Brantingham. Motorists have been advised to avoid the road in both directions. A witness told BBC Radio Humberside that the …
Read More »Royal Navy divers help clear the Baltic Sea of unexploded ordnance
Specialist divers are involved in a multinational explosive ordnance disposal – EOD – exercise hosted by Latvia, operating closely alongside the hosts and teams of experts from Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Canada and the United States. Delta Squadron of the Diving and Threat Exploitation Group safely recovered two ground mines …
Read More »Royal Mail warns Britons of ‘significant’ delivery delays across the UK this week
Royal Mail warned customers of some disruption and “significant issues” affecting the movement of mail through its air network this week. Royal Mail’s air network operates to move letters and parcels between delivery offices around the UK. The air network services operated to schedule over the past 24 hours with …
Read More »Princess Anne has always had a soft spot for her troubled nephew, Harry, writes KATE MANSEY.
Her famous work ethic, sustained over the course of many decades of unstinting royal duty and support for charity, has won Princess Anne plaudits across the world. Now, however, it seems the King’s only sister has earned admiration from an unlikely quarter: the Royal Family’s biggest critic, her nephew Prince …
Read More »When Royal women have worn stylishly split dresses, from Kate to Princess Charlene
Elegant and stylish as Royal wardrobes might be, ‘modesty’ is normally a watchword. But there is one adventurous style that does make an appearance or two at public events – the glamorous thigh-high split. Carefully calibrated, of course. A flash of the leg was an integral part of the £3,000 …
Read More »Princess Lilian of Sweden: How coal miner’s daughter from a terraced house in Swansea became a royal
‘It’s a real rags to riches story – a fairy tale, just like Cinderella’, as one observer put it. And who could doubt the truth of that in the case of Princess Lilian, who went from the slums of Swansea to membership of the Swedish royal family? But if it’s a …
Read More »Jester from Leicester to receive royal accolade at Windsor Castle
The 39-year-old first became professional at the age of 16 after winning the England Under 15 Championship in 1998. Since then he has claimed four World Snooker Champion titles and 22 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. Selby, known by fans as the …
Read More »Daniel Křetínský: the Czech energy tycoon building a European media and retail empire
The first time a young Daniel Křetínský visited Rome he stayed in a hostel 40 kilometres outside the city to save money. A few decades later, the Czech billionaire criss-crosses Europe in a private jet regularly, as one of the continent’s most prolific dealmakers. The 47-year-old’s fortune has doubled to …
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