By Simona Kitanovska A movie fanatic built a replica Herbie – for $3,600. Ross Nicholson, 27, bought a 1972 Beetle for $2,400 on Facebook Marketplace and painstakingly tracked down authentic accessories to make it resemble the cult race car from the iconic Disney movie. Film buff Ross said going out …
Read More »Royal Family: Meghan Markle’s political dream gets major BOOST from ‘two key steps’ | Royal | News
Prince Harry has appeared in an emotional video promoting The Diana Awards in which he gave a touching tribute to his late mother, Princess Diana and echoed the thoughts of his brother Prince William. Both Prince Harry and his brother Prince William support the Diana Award, the only charity that carries …
Read More »Barrow postal workers vote on whether or not to strike in a dispute over pay
POSTAL workers in Barrow have been voting on whether or not to strike in a dispute over pay. Around 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union received ballot papers and will decide in the coming weeks if they want to mount a campaign of industrial action. The union is demanding …
Read More »CWU’s Dave Ward on strike action and union ties with Labour
The CWU’s general secretary spoke to NationalWorld about the BT and Royal Mail disputes, Keir Starmer’s Labour and ‘levelling up’ CWU general secretary Dave Ward has called for a “race to the top” (Getty Images) The result is being heralded by the CWU as an almost unprecedented mandate for industrial …
Read More »Covid vaccine maker Oxford Biomedica signs new three-year deal with AstraZeneca | Business
One of the key British manufacturers behind the Oxford University-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has signed a new three-year agreement with the drugs company. Oxford Biomedica, whose manufacturing commitments under a previous deal for AstraZeneca’s vaccine end in the final quarter of this year, said that the new deal should “facilitate potential …
Read More »Inès Davodeau’s typography practice expertly revives fonts from over 100 years ago
Being an only child, Inés shares that a lot of the time she had to fill her own time – inventing games, objects and stories. These are all the things, alongside her love of drawing and creating, that fuelled Inés’ creativity. When it came to deciding upon a degree to …
Read More »Who is in the Royal Box at Wimbledon today? All the celebrity guests invited for Day 5
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Katherine Jenkins are among those who have been invited to sit in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on the fifth day of the tournament. Two members of the Royal Family will also in attendance as the competition continues. The Royal Box, which has 74 seats, is …
Read More »‘Don’t support strike action’, Blair tells Starmer
Sir Tony Blair has warned Sir Keir Starmer not to back public sector strike action in an intervention that is likely to enrage the party’s leftwing members. The former prime minister said it would be “very damaging” for the party to throw their support behind the industrial action, which he …
Read More »bpost trials reusable e-commerce packaging
1 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Belgian bpost is to offer reusable bags for e-commerce parcels that can be re-used up to 100 times. Using these bags for delivery should significantly improve the carbon footprint per parcel. French company Hipli makes the reusable parcel bags, which will be used for …
Read More »US publisher Macmillan confirms cyberattack forced systems offline
Macmillan, one of the largest book publishers in the U.S., said it has been hit by a cyberattack that forced it to shut down its IT systems. Macmillan spokesperson Erin Coffey told TechCrunch that the company recently experienced a “security incident” that “involved the encryption of certain files on our …
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