[ad_1] A reception at Buckingham Palace and an event hosted by the UK’s new Foreign Secretary are among the events Ireland’s president and premier will attend around the Queen’s state funeral. The historic funeral will be one of the rare occasions where both the Irish president and Taoiseach are out of the country at the…
[ad_1] King Charles I’s reign ended in execution and King Charles II lived in exile until England invited him back This article by Jess Carniel, University of Southern Queensland originally appeared on the Conversation and is published here with permission. On Sept. 8 2022, King Charles III ascended to the throne. Like his mother Queen Elizabeth II before…
[ad_1] The iconic red Royal Mail post boxes have always been a staple in British culture, but even though most of us may pass one on a regular basis, some people are only starting to release what the letters engraved on the boxes mean. Sometimes printed with ER and GR symbols on the base, post…
[ad_1] SUPERMARKETS, post offices, restaurants, cafes and more will be closed on the day of the Queen’s funeral. A national bank holiday has been declared to mark the occasion on Monday. Here is the list of all key shops and services closed on the bank holiday: Bin collections No bin collections will take place on the bank holiday with…
[ad_1] A North East post office has reopened this week with a new owner more than a year after it closed, devastating those in the community. Holywell Post Office in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, has reopened in the same spot after new postmaster, Priya Pichaimuthu, took control Tuesday this week after successfully applying to reopen. Holywell had remained shut…
[ad_1] Aries Nothing will go as planned. If you had hoped to get an important job out of the way, the equipment you need will break down. No progress will be made until you get it fixed. If you were hoping to relax, a friend or neighbour will be coming to your door to ask…
[ad_1] A City broker’s warning of escalating losses at Royal Mail’s British business and a profit alert from an American rival wiped £200 million off the value of the postal delivery group last night. Investors were rattled by JP Morgan, the American investment bank, telling its clients to prepare for Royal Mail to scrap dividend…
[ad_1] Pedestrians leave and enter the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register GBP trades below 1.14 for first time since 1985 UK retail sales plunge, underlining risk of recession FTSE 100 down 0.6%, FTSE 250 off 0.5% Both indexes mark…
[ad_1] King Charles III and his siblings paid a poignant tribute to the Queen by staging a silent vigil around her coffin after she was praised by politicians in Westminster and Edinburgh. With their heads bowed Charles, the Princess Royal, Earl of Wessex and the Duke of York stood guard around the late Queen’s coffin,…
[ad_1] AN ANDOVER resident has questioned delivery delays after Royal Mail cancelled their planned strikes following the death of the Queen. After Her Majesty sadly passed away on Thursday September 8, planned strike action by Royal Mail on Friday, September 9, which was a part of a 48-hour strike, was suspended. However, Andover resident John Barrell has spoken…