VERNON… it is to say thank you for your contributions in creating Britain as it is today. LONDON, England — Social commentator and Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon, who has been at the forefront of several high-profile campaigns on cultural heritage and social justice in the United Kingdom, is predicting a …
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A royal biographer feels “perplexed” by the claims made in Prince Harry’s memoir. Jonathan Dimbleby has been baffled by the 38-year-old prince’s ‘Spare’ memoir, observing that it contains revelations that you might to see from a “B-list celebrity”. He said: “I am perplexed. I am at a loss. He is …
Read More »POST boxes are a distinctive feature of Britain’s past and present – and Worcester boasts some rare and striking examples. Like Britain’s red phone boxes designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, few things are as iconic of the nation as our red post boxes bearing the elegant Royal Cyphers of kings …
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RAYE “cried all day” after achieving her first number one single. The 25-year-old singer – who quit her record label Polydor in 2021 in order to release music independently – reached the top of the charts with ‘Escapism’ featuring 070 Shake and admitted she was overcome with emotion. She told …
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A change is coming to Royal Mail stamps (Picture: Getty) A major change is coming in for stamps in the UK – and no, we don’t just mean the Queen’s portrait being replaced by that of King Charles and his cipher. A new scheme is being introduced to digitalise stamps, …
Read More »THREE new staff wellbeing facilities have been opened across hospitals in Fife, to add to one opened at Dunfermline’s Queen Margaret last year. The newly-created facilities at the Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Leven, Glenrothes Hospital and the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy will allow healthcare staff to rest and recharge …
Read More »The crew of a Royal Navy warship have rescued five people after their ocean-going tug sank in choppy seas in the Caribbean. HMS Medway – the Royal Navy’s permanent vessel in the region – saved the crew members who had taken refuge on a large band of sand their tug …
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The Queen Consort did not tell the press about her first meeting with Prince William, royal insiders have insisted, after The Duke of Sussex wrote in his memoirs she leaked the story to media. In his new autobiography Spare, Prince Harry makes a series of bombshell revelations about the Royal …
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The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most infamous heists in history. It has been retold countless times in books and in film and the legend around it continues to grow to this day. The elaborate plan to steal what would amount today to around £58million from …
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King Charles is still hoping to build bridges with his son Harry, Palace sources say, despite the damaging claims made by the prince in his upcoming memoir Spare. The head of state is said to be willing to take the Duke of Sussex’s call and heal the rift in the …
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