POST boxes are a distinctive feature of Britain’s past and present – and Worcester boasts some rare and striking examples. Like Britain’s red phone boxes designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, few things are as iconic of the nation as our red post boxes bearing the elegant Royal Cyphers of kings …
Read More »RAYE’s tears of joy over number one single | Entertainment
RAYE “cried all day” after achieving her first number one single. The 25-year-old singer – who quit her record label Polydor in 2021 in order to release music independently – reached the top of the charts with ‘Escapism’ featuring 070 Shake and admitted she was overcome with emotion. She told …
Read More »When do stamps expire and how to swap them?
A change is coming to Royal Mail stamps (Picture: Getty) A major change is coming in for stamps in the UK – and no, we don’t just mean the Queen’s portrait being replaced by that of King Charles and his cipher. A new scheme is being introduced to digitalise stamps, …
Read More »Fife: Three hospitals open wellbeing hubs for their staff
THREE new staff wellbeing facilities have been opened across hospitals in Fife, to add to one opened at Dunfermline’s Queen Margaret last year. The newly-created facilities at the Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Leven, Glenrothes Hospital and the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy will allow healthcare staff to rest and recharge …
Read More »Warship rescues crew of sinking tug in the Caribbean
The crew of a Royal Navy warship have rescued five people after their ocean-going tug sank in choppy seas in the Caribbean. HMS Medway – the Royal Navy’s permanent vessel in the region – saved the crew members who had taken refuge on a large band of sand their tug …
Read More »Camilla did not leak details of her first meeting with William to the press, royal sources claim
The Queen Consort did not tell the press about her first meeting with Prince William, royal insiders have insisted, after The Duke of Sussex wrote in his memoirs she leaked the story to media. In his new autobiography Spare, Prince Harry makes a series of bombshell revelations about the Royal …
Read More »The Great Train Robbery mastermind and his unlikely friendship with a North Wales man
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most infamous heists in history. It has been retold countless times in books and in film and the legend around it continues to grow to this day. The elaborate plan to steal what would amount today to around £58million from …
Read More »King Charles is determined to mend the rift between Harry and Royal Family
King Charles is still hoping to build bridges with his son Harry, Palace sources say, despite the damaging claims made by the prince in his upcoming memoir Spare. The head of state is said to be willing to take the Duke of Sussex’s call and heal the rift in the …
Read More »Royal Mail must have a death wish | Comment
Post strikes affected Christmas mail, but no further action is planned for January ALAMY Royal Mail is doomed, and the unions are just speeding up its demise (“Last post”, News Review, last week). The service it offers is pitiful. An example: I posted a parcel from Australia on November 28. …
Read More »Letters overflowing as ‘lost key’ leaves postbox unemptied since before Christmas
The postbox is full of letters and cards that have been stuck inside since before Christmas Locals say the postbox, in Common Road, Wombourne, was last emptied before Christmas and that the key for the door has been lost, meaning postmen are unable to open it and clear the backlog …
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