Salma Hayek brought some Hollywood glamour to SW19 on Sunday, as she was joined by her husband François-Henri Pinault in the Royal Box on day seven of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The actress, 57, cut a sophisticated figure in a navy tweed blazer and a …
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Rainbow jumpsuits, floral sundresses – and a dazzling selection of rowing blazers – were on display as the final day of the prestigious Henley regatta has kicked off. The rowing event, which was established in 1839, takes place every year and sees teams compete in more than 300 races along …
Read More »The boss of Royal Mail’s parent company has said it will push on with a transformation of the group despite its £3.57bn takeover, as Royal Mail prepares this month to cut more daily freight flights. Martin Seidenberg, the chief executive of International Distribution Services, plans “the biggest network change in …
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Cybercrime gangs are looking to rebuild with new tactics after global police operations this year made a huge dent in their activities, experts have told AFP. The gangs have had a bad year so far, with law enforcement operations taking out some of prominent groups including LockBit, a loose network …
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Readers showed lots of support for Coventry barber Abdulghani Najjar, 24, who gave free haircuts to the homeless earlier this year. One said he is ‘an amazing guy’ and that ‘humanity still exists’. Abdul is the owner of Abz Barbers on Harnall Lane East in Hillfields. He came to the …
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Labour won five of the seven seats in Northamptonshire [BBC] Labour took five of Northamptonshire’s seven constituency seats. They were all Labour targets, including the hard-fought seat of Kettering. The Conservatives retained the two blue seats held by Dame Andrea Leadsom and Chris Heaton-Harris, both of whom decided not to …
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To passers-by, the tucked-away land off Dering Way and Shamrock Road could be anything. But just down from a small industrial estate sits Denton Caravan site, run by Gravesham Borough Council and home to eight Roma and Traveller families. Denton Caravan site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend …
Read More »Calum and Gillian Greenhow have run the sub-post office branch in West Linton for almost three decades. But with their contract coming to an end and a shift in how people use postal services, the village “stalwarts” have decided to shut up shop. Mrs Greenhow said: “It is awful. It …
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1 day ago By David McKenna, BBC News Supplied The 38-year-old took on the challenge under the pseudonym Neville to remain anonymous A man has completed a challenge to run the equivalent of about 17 marathons over 30 days on the same half-mile (0.8 km) “mundane” stretch of road in Waddington, Lincolnshire. …
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Ed Miliband (Photo: Getty) I know it has only just begun, but it is not too early to start wondering: what will it be that causes the Starmer government its first serious problem? A likely surge in arrivals of illegal migrants seems one possibility, given that some of those encamped …
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