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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As she prepares to turn 40 next weekend, the Duchess of Cambridge knows that by her next landmark birthday, she’ll have become the Princess of Wales — a title that’s lain dormant since the death of Diana, the mother-in-law she never met. As with everything associated with the Royal Family, …
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Travellers from London Luton Airport now have a new destination to try out. Wizz Air has launched a new low-fare route from the airport to Sarajevo in Bosnia Herzegovina. The new route will launch on March 29, 2022, and tickets are available now on wizzair.com or via the airline’s mobile …
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At first glance, 2021 might not seem like a year with much to celebrate for workers. It began with a renewed global pandemic threatening jobs and pay in just about every sector of the British economy. And not only that, but with the government refusing to implement policies like liveable …
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