Hermes has issued an urgent warning to people who are waiting for parcels to be delivered. The delivery company urged customers to take caution after many in the UK reported being targeted by the scam. The scammers begin the con by creating fake text messages pretending to be from Royal …
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Lisa Keightley Former Australia international Lisa Keightley was appointed England Women’s first full-time female cricket head coach on this day in 2019. Keightley, who was the first woman to score a century at Lord’s, would wait until January to take up her post as she saw out the Women’s Big …
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Mystery knitter pays first class tribute to fallen troops with woollen figurine of a soldier surrounded by poppies The knitted soldier appeared on a Royal Mail postbox in Wantage, Oxfordshire Other designs seen have included the Queen and Captain Sir Tom Moore The latest creation commemorates the upcoming Remembrance Day …
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By Press Association 2021 A collection of British newspapers The national papers are led by the world’s leaders gearing up for the opening day of the UN Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow. The Times, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror all carry comments from the Prime Minister as Boris Johnson …
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Bishop’s Castle Community Hospital Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (Shropcom) recently announced that it would be “temporarily closed on safety grounds”, saying staffing issues over the last six months had left it “extremely difficult” to run the hospital. The trust, which manages the 16-bed hospital, says it is relocating the …
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Two teenagers have died after a car crashed into a tree, Wiltshire Police said. The 18-year-old woman and 19-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene after officers were called on Friday at around 10pm to a road traffic accident on Perham Down Road, Tidworth. The car they were travelling …
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Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter has paid tribute to her mother by designing a jewellery collection with the Royal British Legion. Virginia Lewis-Jones has designed the collection and special poppy brooch ahead of the centennial anniversary of the Royal British Legion. Dame Vera passed away in June last year at the …
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Pro-democracy activists in Thailand announced a campaign to gather one million signatures to support the abolition of the law that makes defaming the monarchy a crime. About 3,000 people turned out in central Bangkok for a rally urging the end of the lese majeste law, also known as Article 112,- …
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While Brits enjoy an extra hour in bed this weekend, royal staff have spent hours turning back the 1,500 timepieces inside Her Majesty’s official residences. The clock change, which falls on the last Sunday of October, means that at 2am yesterday the time in the UK went back to 1am as …
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The Prince of Wales will tell world leaders they have an “overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn” when he addresses the G20 summit in Rome on the eve of Cop26. Charles, who has been invited to speak by Italy’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, will also deliver the opening address at …
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