Twitter has started rolling out its revamped subscription service that allows anyone to pay for a verification badge. An update to the platform’s iOS app, launched on Saturday, says the new-look Twitter Blue is now live, with the checkmark on your account listed among the perks of paying $7.99 a …
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Our latest roundup features community news from across the district. Gosberton Are there any gardeners who would like to create something special at The Marjorum Hall in Gosberton Risegate? It is hoped to form a community gardening group including those with experience and enthusiastic beginners. Contact Lesley Jacobs on 07886 …
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Nurses across the UK have voted to strike in the first ever national action over a pay dispute. The strike ballot among more than 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) was the biggest ever in the union’s 106-year history. Its general secretary Pat Cullen said: “Our strike …
Read More »Downing Street has said that the holiday will fall on Monday, May 8 following the King’s Coronation at Westminster Abbey two days earlier on Saturday, May 6. The bank holiday will take place across the UK. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it will be an opportunity for families and communities …
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Royal Mail’s switch to barcoded stamps will leave customers with £40 million worth of unusable old ones – enough to cover THREE football pitches From the end of January 2023 only the new barcoded stamps will be valid There are fears customers will not be able to use up their old …
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Royal audiences were charmed by a video showing Kate Middleton joking around with fans earlier this week. The Duchess of Cambridge was in Scarborough with her husband Prince William on Thursday to visit The Street, a community hub that helps young people with mental health, when ‘thrilled’ locals crowded to …
Read More »Sarah Beeny says she wants to change the stereotype of those with cancer feeling “ashamed of their bald heads”. The 50-year-old presenter and property expert revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis in August, and has admitted she had used dog clippers to shave her head. She is best known for …
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A dad says he has been “hounded” for seven months to pay a parking ticket after his dyslexic son accidentally entered the wrong digits on the machine. Colin Marshall, 62, said he had appealed four times over the parking fine, which has now reached £170 (€193.74) in the course of …
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Colin Marshall has compared the behaviour to “harassment” after receiving the fine following his parking at Fantasy Island in Skegness, Lincolnshire ( Image: James Turner/Lincolnshire Live) A father says he has been “hounded” for seven months over a parking ticket due to his dyslexic son accidentally entering the wrong digits …
Read More »England coach Craig Richards revelled in Royal approval after his side swept aside Canada 54-4 to confirm their place in the semi-finals of the women’s Rugby League World Cup. Tara-Jane Stanley led England’s 11-try romp with a hat-trick plus 10 points with the boot, while Leah Burke and Hollie Dodd …
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