By Denise McCarty Great Britain’s Royal Mail is issuing eight stamps Oct. 19 in recognition of two rugby 150th anniversaries: the formation of the Rugby Football Union on Jan. 26, 1871, and the first international match between England and Scotland two months later on March 27, 1871. When it revealed …
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Facebook and Instagram are down tonight for thousands of users for the second time this week. On Monday, social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram stopped working for millions of users around the world. The outage lasted for around seven hours, with users not being able to access the apps, …
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Bradley Walsh often gets animated on The Chase, but in the latest episode he was buzzing to meet former professional golfer Penny Grice-Whittaker who was taking part in the show. Penny, who managed to take back £4,000 to the team, won the 1986 Belgian Ladies Open with a course record …
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At least four post boxes in Chorlton has been taped up – and it’s not clear why. Three post boxes on Wilbraham Road, as well as one on Beech Road, have been shut with black and yellow tape. A post shared to the Facebook group, Chorlton M21, highlighted the issue. …
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Even more people than usual are likely to be buying online this Christmas. Image: Fotolia Retailers and delivery companies are starting their Christmas recruitment campaigns, against a background of staff shortages and rising levels of online shopping. Ecommerce has grown fast over the 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, …
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Nathan Evans, the TikTok sensation, who has released his third single today. The eagerly-awaited newbie follows the No.1 successes Wellerman and Told You So, which amassed over six million streams worldwide. The 26-year-old from Airdrie has racked up over 1.7 billion streams across all platforms, building a huge TikTok following …
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Sheltering Prince Andrew at Balmoral and ‘privately funding his fight against US sex abuse lawsuit’ is damaging the Queen’s image, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke of York, 61, is being sued in New York by Virginia Giuffre, now 38, who claims he sexually abused her on three separate occasions when …
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London’s top index was lifted by its oil majors and mining giants on Friday as it shrugged off disappointing jobs figures out of the US. he FTSE 100 had added 0.3% to its value by the end of the day, despite US non-farm payrolls significantly undershooting expectations. It ended up …
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If you live in the Battersea area – or you know a thing or two about London history – you may well have heard of John Archer. He was the former Mayor of Battersea and the first Black person to hold a senior public office in London. But his achievements …
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R OYAL Mail is tapping into the worldwide surge in online shopping with the £210 million acquisition of one of Canada’s biggest trucking firms. The delivery group’s overseas freight arm GLS International is picking up family-owned freight group Rosenau Transport to expand operations in North America’s $25 billion parcel market, …
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