An 82-year-old man said he is “ready and very excited” to scale the final peak in his mission to climb all of Scotland’s Munros. Nick Gardner has made headlines for setting himself the challenge to scale the country’s 282 highest peaks since his wife Janet, 84, was moved into a …
Read More »Bitter row breaks out at the Royal Albert Hall over plans to change its 150-year-old charter
Bitter row breaks out at the Royal Albert Hall over plans to change its 150-year-old charter in a bid to reduce seats allocated to the public to benefit wealthy benefactors instead Almost a quarter of the concert hall’s 5,272 seats are owned by 330 members Costing about £150,000, they are …
Read More »Royal sources condemn dramatisation of Andrew’s car-crash Newsnight interview as a ‘feeding frenzy’
By Rory Tingle and James Robinson for MailOnline It has been more than two decades since Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein first crossed paths. That meeting would set in motion years of damaging allegations, embarrassing interviews and eventually a US lawsuit against the Queen’s third son. Over the next 23 …
Read More »New rail strike in UK due to loss of purchasing power
A strike by train drivers this Saturday has severely disrupted rail transport in the UK, where protests are mounting in response to rising inflation and the resulting loss of purchasing power. The Aslef union’s strike call was addressed to nine regional operators. Some routes, such as the Heathrow Express, which …
Read More »Cardross market garden is in full bloom after decades in the community
FOR some, the recent sweltering weather may have offered a chance to soak up the rays – but for one Cardross business, it has been all hands to the pump. While the west of Scotland didn’t quite bask in the almost-40 degree heat experienced across the south of England, the …
Read More »Life in the ‘underrated’ area of Nottingham where you’d have to nitpick to find problems
People living in an ‘underrated’ part of Nottingham have outlined why they love living in a suburb where they would have to ‘nitpick’ to find problems. Aspley is home to a variety of shops, a David Lloyd gym and the highly-rated Bluecoat Academy campus. Many residents do say, however, that …
Read More »Why is there litter and flytipping all over the place?
Quite rightly, the one issue designed to get the locals to polish up their pitchforks is littering. In ‘my’ village we have a green. It is a pleasant space with weeping willows, a river, a large green grassy area, a pub, and numerous benches designed to encourage community, and it …
Read More »Amazon Kindle fans have just DAYS left before crucial feature is gone
If you’re wondering whether your ereader is affected, then here are the Kindle devices that will soon lose this feature… Kindle (2nd Gen) International, Kindle DX International, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle (4th Gen), and Kindle (5th Gen) While you won’t be able to purchase Kindle books directly on these devices in …
Read More »Royal Mail Transformers G1 Special Stamps Collection Images & Details
Just listed on the official UK Royal Mail site is the full listings and preorders for their Transformers Generation 1 Special Stamps Collection! This is quite exciting to see Generation 1 issued as official postage stamps as well a suite of Transformers special offerings including various pakages, prints, and much …
Read More »House that was once Royal Family’s local pub on their Sandringham estate could be yours for £700,000
A house which was once the Royal family’s local pub on the Sandringham estate has come on the market for £700,000. The former New Inn pub in the village of Flitcham became a four bedroom house after it closed down in the 1980s. It used to be the closest pub …
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