Dungeons & Dragons will be at San Diego Comic Con 2024 and it looks like there will be some LEGO related content happening there. At Booth #3213 throughout the weekend, there will be some recent releases on display including LEGO which most likely will be the Red Dragon’s Tale (21348) …
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Kretinsky’s EP Group plans to blitz the market with 20,000 Amazon-style parcel lockers and slash delivery prices to win back customers. Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, known as the Czech Sphinx, is planning to shake up the UK’s parcel delivery market with a £800m investment in Royal Mail aimed at outmuscling Amazon. …
Read More »It was heartening to read that Royal Mail is cutting its carbon emissions by transferring mail from air to road (Royal Mail goes ahead with cuts to UK flights despite takeover, 7 July). Could I suggest an even more radical idea, which I know may sound totally implausible, that of …
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The Financial Mail on Sunday‘s Midas column tipped shares of LondonMetric to its readers, highlighting its long record of dividend payouts, focus on the fast-growing bits of the economy and “rude” financial health. LondonMetric had been paying out dividends for nine years and Midas expected the current year to be …
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One day in November 1947, a young apprentice at a bakery in Scotland carried some ingredients from his downstairs workstation to the main kitchen. Just at that moment, the head confectioner was looking for an extra hand. Everyone else was busy. This was the most important commission ever undertaken by …
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Scots fed up with our glummer summer are begging travel agents ‘Get me out of here!’. Barrhead Travel report a 25% jump in last-minute bookings as the weather here shows no sign of improvement. Families are clamouring for flights to foreign resorts where sunshine is guaranteed, like Turkey, Spain and …
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About the cryptic crossword Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are a bridge too far for their brains, The Saturday Paper’s resident cruciverbalist, Liam …
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The teams and bracket for the inaugural Shuffle Masters Counter-Strike 2 tournament have been confirmed, and a UK esports organisation will be taking part. Verdant are one of 16 teams invited to compete in the $10,000 tournament, which gets underway on July 15th 2024 and runs until July 20th. Verdant …
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The Princess of Wales was greeted with a standing ovation as she headed into the Royal Box at Wimbledon today. Kate, 42, who has stepped away from public royal duties while undergoing cancer treatment, is watching Spanish reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz take on veteran Novak Djokovic in the Grand Slam final, with …
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London, UKReuters The first red mail pillar box to bear the cypher of King Charles III was unveiled on Friday, keeping up a tradition dating back almost 175 years. The new box has been installed on the High Street in Great Cambourne, central England, and local school children will get …
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