[ad_1] New research by the World Retail Congress with Railsbank investigating the behaviours of today’s new global consumer finds that the online buying habits developed over the pandemic are sticking. Internet retail sales may have slipped back from the ‘giddy high’ of 37.8% in January 2021, but they were still a whopping 27.1% in January this year,…

[ad_1] The Queen and royal family have shared a touching poetic tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh to mark the first anniversary of his death. The elegy, written by the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, was posted to the royal family’s social media accounts on Saturday, a year after Philip, famously described by the Queen as…

[ad_1] THE largest repatriation of museum items in Scotland has been agreed by Glasgow City Council, with artefacts to be returned to Nigeria, India and Native Americans. Looted bronzes from Benin, a stolen ceremonial sword from India and belongings lifted from massacred Lakota people in South Dakota, USA, will now be given back. The decision…

[ad_1] When was the last time the postie’s arrival gave you a thrill? Unless you are strangely enthusiastic about acquiring another bill to add to the pile, or a fistful of junk mail destined for the recycling bin – or you have other business with the visitor in question – it might well have been…

[ad_1] JUDGES have completed the tough task of deciding finalists for the 2022 Love Northallerton Business Awards. An independent panel reviewed dozens of nominations for town-centre businesses and were particularly impressed by their strength and quality. This is the second time Northallerton Business Improvement District (BID) has hosted the awards and the winners will be…

[ad_1] The Queen and royal family are expected to privately mark the first anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death. Philip, famously described by the Queen as her “constant strength and guide”, died peacefully in his sleep on April 9, 2021 at his Windsor Castle home, just a few months short of his 100th birthday….

[ad_1] Around 30,000 vulnerable Covid-19 patients in England have been treated with highly effective “cutting-edge” antiviral drugs which improve symptoms “within hours”, according to the NHS. The health service said it had procured nearly five million doses of Paxlovid and other antivirals, such as Molnupiravir as part of the latest deal struck by the Government….