The royal family will be out in force at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of the Berkshire castle for the traditional Easter Day Mattins. A staple in the royal calendar, last year’s event saw the now-Prince and Princess of Wales attend in the spring sunshine with their two eldest …
Read More »Could pooling ideas be future for Yorkshire Dales public transport?
Speaking the previous week, Mark Corner, YDNPA’s member champion for the natural environment, referred to the need for climate mitigation, and accessibility, which underlie that statement. During the long campaign to save the Settle-Carlisle line in the 1980s – and in the years afterwards – National Park officers and members …
Read More »Memphis Zoo bids farewell to panda ahead of return to China
Highlighted by Chinese cultural performances, the send-off marked the end of a 20-year loan agreement with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens that landed Ya Ya in Memphis. About 500 people attended the event, which featured a demonstration by the Tennessee Happy Kung Fu School. About five hundred people attended …
Read More »Levein backs Celtic boss Postecoglou to make Premier League switch
Levein was in the King Power hotseat from 2004 to 2006 before going on to manage Scotland and hailed the work of Brendan Rodgers during his time in charge. But the Scot insisted there is no need for Postecoglou, who has been linked with the vacant Foxes job, to rush a …
Read More »Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway competition: How to enter
The final episode was taking place live at the Universal Resort in Orlando, Florida with 200 winners of the Place on the Plane scheme that had gone on throughout the series. All the usual faces travelled over with Ant and Dec including Stephen Mulhern, Fleur East and Jordan North. Plus, …
Read More »Pope Francis returns to public eye for Easter vigil Mass
The move comes a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff to skip Good Friday’s night-time procession at the Colosseum. The 86-year-old pope is recuperating from bronchitis, which saw him treated in hospital for three days. Pope Francis holds a Paschal candle as he presides …
Read More »Royal family to be out and about for Easter Sunday service
The royal family will be out in force at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of the Berkshire castle for the traditional Easter Day Mattins. A staple in the royal calendar, last year’s event saw the now-Prince and Princess of Wales attend in the spring sunshine with their two eldest …
Read More »Anne Clarke on Baroness Casey’s report into the Met Police.
Baroness Louise Casey’s report found the Met to be institutionally racist, homophobic, sexist and corrupt. It found that the force is failing women and children and it warned there could be more officers like Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick. The scale of the findings, and the depth of the …
Read More »Marden loses broadband and phones after car crash
A village has been left without broadband connection and landline phones following a car accident. A collision between a Royal Mail van at the junction of Chantry Road and Church Green in Marden, resulted in one of the vehicles smashing into a green telecommunications junction box. The damaged junction box …
Read More »Her Majesty orchestrated a ‘military-style exercise’ to make it to Jubilee balcony
Resplendent in a stunning emerald green outfit, the late Queen’s surprise appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony marked the joyous culmination of last year’s Platinum Jubilee. Now a sensational new book by veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson reveals Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary effort to give a poignant ‘last salute’ to the …
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