IT’S the last week of the summer transfer window as Steven Gerrard bids to build a squad which can win back the Scottish top-flight title for the first time since 2011. Rangers have already snapped up Ianis Hagi on a permanent deal – along with Jon McLaughlin, Leon Balogun, Calvin Bassey, …
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have a bright future in the US because Americans are ‘easy to please’ and will ‘applaud’ behaviour scorned by Brits, socialite and royal cousin Christina Oxenberg claims Christina Oxenberg said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will ‘do well’ in the US Her mother is …
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A newly formed company which owns the Mailbox in Birmingham has announced plans to raise up to £62.5m. Mailbox REIT plc, the single asset business which owns the city centre property, valued at £179m, is seeking to raise the funds by way of a placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries …
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Thursday 1 October 10:01am Our Change and Check campaign is back! Make sure you stay up to date right here on our Change and Check live blog, where we’ll be keeping you up to date with the latest developments in the campaign, keeping our eyes peeled for celebrity supporters and …
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A bollard system designed to protect residents from a terrorist attack will come into force this month – permanently closing several streets to drivers. Canterbury City Council decided to install the barriers on the advice of specialist police officers to protect people and business from plots in which a hostile …
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The Government has set out how many items of PPE GP practices can order from the central portal now that it is meant to meet ‘all’ of their PPE needs. Under the new order limits, practices with 30,000 or more patients – a new category – have an allowance of …
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Astonished residents across the Forest of Dean were stunned to receive anonymous letters in the post accusing their local council of “false and fraudulent cost claims”. This week Royal Mail posties delivered envelopes containing five page mailshots which claimed top barristers and lawyers were launching a mass action against the …
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Arts and CultureBooks Gavin Francis has created a delightful hymn to the many attractions of islands, taking in science, history and religion, writes Allan Massie Thursday, 1st October 2020, 7:09 pm On his first visit to Unst, northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, Gavin Francis was told that a black-browed albatross, …
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For the past few months, almost every headline beginning “coronavirus testing” has made my heart sink. Rather than following the lead of nations like South Korea, which recognized long ago that widespread testing is the cornerstone of an effective pandemic response, Western governments were initially slow to commit to scaling …
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Royal Mail went under offer to sell the slice of its former depot in Nine Elms – known as Plot A – last July, when Quadrant secured the deal ahead of rival bids from the likes of MiddleCap, among other investors. The transaction is Royal Mail’s latest sale on the …
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