The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to lose all their remaining royal patronages, according to the Daily Mail, a year after "stepping back" from royal … Source link
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Read More »Spanish royal family denies claims former king Juan Carlos, 83, ill
The Spanish royal family has been forced to deny that scandal-hit former king Juan Carlos is ‘seriously ill’ after rumours began circulating in the country’s media. Pilar Eyre, regarded as a leading expert on the Spanish royal family, sparked concern on Monday when she tweeted that the 83-year-old ‘is in …
Read More »UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more than 15 million shots in ten weeks. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport were escorted by security …
Read More »Metro Exodus is getting a free enhanced edition upgrade for high-spec PCs
A new ‘enhanced edition’ of Metro Exodus is on the way to PC, and it’s going to be free to all existing owners of the post-apocalyptic FPS game. 4A Games says this new edition will take advantage of the latest in graphics hardware, adding additional support for ray tracing and …
Read More »Doctors tried to put DNR on my little girl, 4, but she beat the odds
THE mum of a terminally ill tot has issued a desperate plea to Matt Hancock: “Please don’t forget about us.” Afroz Shehzad, 37, from Stoke-on-Trent, is full time carer to her four-year-old daughter Amirah – one of an estimated eight children in the UK with genetic Krabbe’s Disease. 4 Little …
Read More »Lost Post: Postcard arrives in Liverpool 77 years after it was sent
Family handout The front of the postcard shows a picture of the HMS Raleigh figurehead with recruits marching by Post can sometimes take a while to be delivered or get lost, but imagine receiving a postcard that was sent 77 years ago. Bill Caldwell was 18 years old and in …
Read More »Student caused mass panic with explosive parcels sent in Amazon fraud plot
A student caused mass disruption and panic around the UK when he sent improvised explosives through the post as part of an elaborate fraud plot. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, rigged packages with match heads, combustible paper, and timer devices in order for address labels to be “obliterated” while they were in …
Read More »Royal Mail worker suspended for telling OAP he was ‘too knackered’ to help when she fell in snow
This is the ‘arrogant’ postman who claimed he was ‘too knackered’ to help a frail pensioner who fell in the snow. Thomas McCafferty has been suspended by the Royal Mail for refusing to assist Patricia Stewart, 72, when she lost her footing and fell down her icy front steps as …
Read More »Police warning as Wiltshire Royal Mail staff seize ‘drug sweets’
PACKETS of drug-laced gummy sweets were intercepted by eagle-eyed Royal Mail workers. Wiltshire Police published a warning after a package of the Haribo-like sweets were seized earlier today. Staff at the Royal Wootton Bassett mail sorting office handed the parcel over to police. On Facebook, officers from Royal Wootton Bassett …
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