A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by driving while under the influence of drugs after a 14-year-old girl died in a New Year’s Eve crash near Rowley Regis railway station. A 39-year-old man was arrested after the crash, which happened at about 4.45pm yesterday (December 31) …
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Royal Mail customers in Leicestershire are being warned of delays to their post due to problems at sorting centres across the country, it has emerged. People living in LE postcodes in the city and most of the county are among those affected by a backlog at the postal service’s South …
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Big Ben is one of the most famous images of London with the towering time-piece standing proud in the heart of the city. Located next to the Houses of Parliament in London’s Westminster, the enormous 14-tonne bell can be found at the top of the recently re-constructed clock tower. With …
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The front pages on Saturday focus on the “real heroes” of the pandemic, an award for the man who was James Bond, and Brexit woes. Two boys who raised more than £800,000 for the NHS during the pandemic have become the youngest recipients of honours from the Queen, reports the Daily …
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James Bond star Daniel Craig has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the same honour given to 007. The actor has been recognised for services to film and theatre in the New Year Honours, for his glittering career where he played the world’s …
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Big Ben bonged again and fireworks returned to the capital as much of the UK marked the New Year with subdued celebrations amid the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Authorities said rising coronavirus cases would ensure the traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks display in London did not …
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Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG) has received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the eleven research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price …
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The Prince of Wales has called on the world to remember those “standing up for freedom and human rights” in places like Syria and Afghanistan. In a New Year message released on the first day of 2022, Charles also paid tribute to the “brave individuals, local communities and international organisations” …
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Buckingham Palace ‘sleepwalked’ into the Prince Andrew crisis and has been paralysed with indecision over to how to handle things, it was claimed last night. Senior royal insiders said the duke operated with ‘impunity’ as a member of the Royal Family because staff were ‘too scared’ to stand up to …
Read More »The FTSE 100 has recorded its best year since 2016, as UK stocks recovered from the pandemic shock of 2020. London’s leading index of blue-chip shares rallied by 14.3% during 2021, a year after falling 14.3% in its worst drop since the 2008 financial crisis. It closed at 7384 points …
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