Last month, a lobbyist approached Kyle Davison, a North Dakota state senator, with an unusual proposal: a law to stop Apple and Google from forcing companies in the state to hand over a share of their app sales. Mr. Davison, a Republican, was focused on bills related to a $200,000 …
Read More »Queen leads reaction to news Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their second child
The Queen led the royal family tonight in congratulating Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the couple announced they were expecting their second child. The monarch, 94, shared her joy along with the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales and ‘the entire family’ after the the couple announced they were preparing to welcome …
Read More »Richard Kay looks back at how Prince Charles fell for Camilla’s ‘earthy sexiness’ over coffee
Of all the addresses to hold a royal secret, it is the least prepossessing. A brutal post-war apartment block built on the site of a V-2 bomb crater, it is an oasis of ugliness surrounded by the elegant Regency thoroughfares of Belgravia. But if the walls of Stack House could talk, …
Read More »The Latest: Auckland, New Zealand begins 3-day lockdown
LONDON — U.K. government scientific advisers say the COVID-19 variant now predominant in the country may be up to 70% more deadly than previous … Source link
Read More »UK assets will not revert to being English after independence
WE are regaled about questions on indy about the future. In 2014 someone even asked about the cost of a first class stamp in Scotland after indy? The individual forgot one important point – that an independent Scotland could have one postal rate for letters and a not privatised “Royal …
Read More »Boy diagnosed with leukaemia in UK denied NHS treatment unless parents pay £825,000
A young boy diagnosed with leukaemia on a medical trip to the UK could die within days unless his family stump up £825,000 for treatment. Little Nathaniel Nabena, 9, who had his left eye removed in home country Nigeria because of cancer, came to the UK to have a £5,000 …
Read More »Reading funeral and death notices published last week
Here are the death announcements carried in the Reading Chronicle last week. Jean Sutherland Robbins Jean Sutherland Robbins passed away at Royal Berkshire Hospital on Sunday 24th January, aged 83. Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Jean will be sadly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral service will be …
Read More »Celebrations as the iconic Lemmings video game turns 30
Legendary Dundee computer game Lemmings has celebrated its 30th birthday. From a humble beginning the game by DMA Design would go on to to sell around 20 million copies worldwide and helped launch Dundee’s now-famous computer games industry. Creators, gamers and Lemmings lovers have shared their favourite memories of the …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds shares a funny long-lost letter he wrote to a fan in 2016
The first Deadpool movie starring Ryan Reynolds was released in February 2016, a full five years ago. A month later, a fan named Hunter wrote Reynolds a letter addressed to ‘Mr. Deadpool’ asking if he had any advice on ‘being more badass like you.’ Reynolds wrote a response, but it …
Read More »Royal Mail to keep 10,000 Christmas temp workers
Temporary workers who were taken on in their thousands by Royal Mail to cope with Christmas and Covid demand will stay with the company. Royal Mail has said 10,000 of the 33,000 temporary workers taken on in its period of unprecedented demand will stay with them. The service saw its …
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