[ad_1] Border Force guards have smashed a plot by a computer science student to smuggle more than £40,000 worth of counterfeit postage stamps into Britain. Officers stopped 42-year-old UK-based father-of-three Ogbehudia Adun at Manchester Airport after he hid almost 800 sheets of fake first and second class stamps under clothing in his luggage. Initially, Adun…
[ad_1] Leigh Court Farm at Bristol Farmers’ Market. Photo by Jane Stevenson Something momentous has happened, according to recent opinion polls. After 40 years of reluctantly accepting the Thatcherite mantra that there is no alternative to the market, the British public declared that they had had enough. In August 2022, Survation polling for the campaign…
[ad_1] On June 18, a submersible named Titan descended into the Atlantic Ocean to explore the ruins of the historic Titanic ship. Less than two hours into its proposed eight-day journey, the vessel lost touch with its mothership and went missing with all five passengers aboard. After four days of frantic search with no success,…
[ad_1] FASHION The Royal Wardrobe by Rosie Harte (Headline £22, 384 pp) Which royal feared looking fat and had her photos so robustly retouched she looked like a waxwork? Who wooed a king with a headdress which ‘scandalously’ exposed her hairline? And what shade has Queen Camilla banished from her wardrobe? Answers: Queen Victoria was…
[ad_1] Established as a Royal Forest by the Anglo-Saxon kings of Mercia from their base in Tamworth around the 9th century, the park has long had royal connections. By the 12th century it was used as a Norman deer park and given to the people of Sutton Coldfield by King Henry VIII in 1528 after…
[ad_1] You’ve got half-an-hour until your train departs from Derby – and your tummy is rumbling. It would seem that a pasty from Greggs or a panini from Costa are among the few easy options. But as we discovered there’s an exceptionally tasty new offering – with generous portions – just two minutes up the…
[ad_1] Headgear made to look like clocks or huge sunflowers jostled with traditional-looking fascinators or wide-brimmed creations as the stands filled at the famous meeting. Charles and Camilla swept onto the Berkshire course in the carriage procession with the Princess Royal, the King’s cousins, the Earl of Snowdon and Lady Sarah Chatto, and faces from…
[ad_1] Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “squandered a golden opportunity to show” what Britain “is really like in matters of race,” an ex-equality chief said. Trevor Phillips, previously chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the U.K.’s equality watchdog, said “no one cared about Meghan’s race.” His comments come after years of debate about…
[ad_1] Schwartzel pipped countryman Hennie du Plessis to first place in Hemel Hempstead in 2022, the first event in the inaugural LIV Golf season. The South African then capped a perfect weekend with victory in the team event as Stinger GC stormed to a comfortable victory, fuelling his excitement ahead of the second instalment of…
[ad_1] Charles and Camilla were a picture of delight as their thoroughbred Desert Hero, an 18-1 longshot, crossed the line first in a photo-finish. The late Queen, who was a passionate racehorse owner and Royal Ascot stalwart, would have been “proud and excited” for the couple, said Zara Tindall, the King’s niece, who joined him…