Millions across the country are set to take to the streets for parties and Big Jubilee Lunches this weekend in honour of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch. Patriotic tributes to the Queen around the UK include a life-size woollen knitted monarch plus corgi made by Holmes Chapel Community Yarn Bombers in …
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THOSE who like their model locomotives on a larger scale are in for a treat at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s next specialist Collectors’ Sale. The varied lots on offer at the sale on Friday, June 10, include a 3½ inch gauge live steam tank engine. This impressive, well-engineered piece measures a …
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This is the bodybuilder turned doorman who has admitted a £52,000 extortion plot against people he threatened to kill. areth McGlinchey’s admission came during a Rooney hearing, where a judge gives an indication of the likely sentence a defendant will get if they confess their guilt. It was then the …
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Dog oweners who regulalry allow their pets to share their bed are being urged to stop amid the spread of an “untreatable superbug”. The mcr-1 gene, which is believed to be transmitted from animals to humans, has built up a resistance to certain life-saving drugs. It was first identified in China …
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Postboxes in Oxfordshire were boarded up after congestion caused by road closures to create low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) meant postmen could no longer meet collection times. Royal Mail was forced to reduce services in Cowley and East Oxford after traffic was funnelled onto main roads making journey times markedly longer. …
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Don’t miss CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. Would-be Coinbase employees have been left in the lurch after the crypto exchange announced it would rescind job offers as part of swathe of cost-cutting measures in a bear …
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Post Office workers around Scotland and the UK are taking strike action in a dispute over pay this Jubilee Weekend. Ten branches are set to be impacted in Scotland, with two of them being in Glasgow. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at Crown Post Offices, the larger branches …
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The Earl and Countess of Wessex have visited Northern Ireland to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Earl and Countess first visited Belfast, where the Royal couple joined members of the public at a 1950s-themed celebration on Royal Avenue in the city. The event is to mark the third day …
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Royal Mail plc (OTCMKTS:ROYMY – Get Rating) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the nine analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating …
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The royal family has wished the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet a happy birthday as she turns one. Harry and Meghan’s second child is spending her first birthday in the UK as the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations continue. 🎈Wishing Lilibet a very Happy 1st Birthday! — The Royal …
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