Lady Susan Hussey will reportedly be invited to King Charles’s coronation ceremony in May. It comes after the late Queen’s lady-in-waiting resigned from her honorary role after asking Ngozi Fulani, founder of domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, where she was “really from” at a Buckingham Palace reception last month. The …
Read More »August 2022 – Review of the Year
August saw the return of the Foyle Pride Festival. The aim of Foyle Pride Festival is to acknowledge, empower and celebrate the LGBT community in the Derry area of Northern Ireland as well as the wider LGBT community as a whole. It is a non-profit grassroots organisation that was formed in …
Read More »Ex-Royal Mail boss hits out at board for ‘confrontational path’ on strikes | Royal Mail
The former Royal Mail boss Rico Back has launched a withering attack on the company’s board, saying its chief executive lacked experience and had mishandled talks with the Communication Workers Union that led to strikes and chaos in the run-up to Christmas. Royal Mail has been locked for months in …
Read More »Trains Through Nuneaton by John Jackson
Published by Amberley Publishing in July 2022 and written by John Jackson, this softcover book comes in the usual Amberley format of around 234 mm x 165 mm with 96 pages and 180 colour photographs. It has a published price of £15.99, but can be obtained online from Amberley Publishing …
Read More »King Charles escapes criticism from Prince Harry’s tell-all book
The Royal Family is bracing itself for a fresh onslaught with Meghan Markle now set to release her own memoir, according to reports. The Duchess of Sussex is said to be preparing a tell-all book, hot on the heels of Prince Harry’s upcoming autobiography, Spare. His book will reportedly see …
Read More »Major change to postal service coming as traditional stamps due to be scrapped in weeksUK NEWS TO DAY
Royal Mail is introducing a massive change to the way people pay for mail, with traditional stamps set to be phased out within weeks. Traditional stamps are being replaced by new stamps with a barcode. Traditional stamps – which have been used for more than five decades – will no …
Read More »Moment TikToker ‘empties bottle of Prime onto the street’ to enrage energy drink fans – but everyone says the same thing
A MAN tried to enrage Prime Hydration lovers by pouring a bottle into the street – but he didn’t get the reaction he expected. Tiktoker Saru Rajah posted a TikTok of him emptying what he claimed was a bottle of the viral drink Prime Hydration. 2 The TikToker claimed to …
Read More »What the newspapers say – January 1
For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up for our free emails with the latest news Hospital patients in danger and an attempt to protect pubs make headlines. “Patients die before they get a bed,” the newspaper headlines …
Read More »The Year Trade Unions Came Back
Following decades of slumber, 2022 was the year that saw Britain’s trade unions wake up. Against the backdrop of soaring living costs and falling real wages, union membership grew, and workers took strike action to demand higher wages in numbers not seen for a generation. The year also saw trade …
Read More »Review of 2022: October | Printweek
Our annual round-up of all the big news stories from the past 12 months – October. The CWU said postal workers had turned out in huge numbers as they walked out on strike against the “Uberisation” of Royal Mail… While amid ongoing disruption to delivery schedules Royal Mail brought …
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