Princess Anne at Institute day

0 Princess Anne the Princess Royal was again a visitor, and a speaker, at the Security Institute annual conference and awards ceremony. Her Royal Highness is pictured left, at the Royal Society of Medicine on Wimpole Street, facing a plaque to mark its opening in 1986 by her mother, Queen …

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Letter: ‘What will happen when WHSmith store closes?’

With 13 counters and usually only two or three actually open at any one time, the queues often snaked out into Post Office Road (originally called Beckford Road ). Many jewellers’ runners were stuck in the street with parcels containing £50,000 worth of items desperate to be sent off quickly …

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Find an alternative to DC – or else – Law & Regulation

Employers and their workers need an alternative to defined contribution (DC) if people are to live independent lives with dignity in retirement, according to former general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Terry Pullinger. Pullinger was speaking of his involvement with the development of Royal Mail’s recently launched Collective …

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Sporting round-up: 22 October | Shetland News

BOTH of Shetland’s senior rugby teams saw their Saturday afternoon matches called off after their opponents could not field teams.  Peterhead Women’s team had been due to travel north to face Valkyries at the Clickimin at 12pm, before the men’s team faced Deeside on the same surface two hours later. …

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AGT, BGT’s Golden Buzzer — Musa Motha, legends of the Royal Ballet, concert pianist Viktor Erik Emanuel to feature in Ballet Nights Kuala Lumpur (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — UK dance sensation, Ballet Nights, will make its international debut in Malaysia with performances at the Merdeka Hall in the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, February 22 and 23. Bringing together prominent figures to celebrate the rich tradition of ballet, founder and artistic …

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The woman who thinks Meghan Markle has the ‘worst judgement’: Princess Diana’s former confidante claims Duchess of Sussex is ‘addicted to drama’ and ‘didn’t understand’ her role in the Royal Family

In the 27 years since Princess Diana’s passing, much has been written about the royal’s state of mind in her final months. But few people were granted as close access to the late Princess of Wales as Tina Brown.  In July 1997, just two months before the tragic accident in …

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