They range from the cheap and cheerful to the exclusive kind that only the wealthiest can afford. Thanks to their versatility, white trainers have gone from being just a shoe for sport to both casual and fashion footwear – and the royals have got in on the act too. The …
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Some residents on a 900-home housing estate in Wigan claim they are missing hospital appointments because of the failure of the Royal Mail to deliver their post regularly. Several homeowners on the Rothwells Farm development in Golborne have lodged official complaints to the company. The Royal Mail has now admitted …
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By Maria Chiorando For Mailonline Published: 08:09 EDT, 17 August 2024 | Updated: 11:36 EDT, 17 August 2024 Meghan Markle appeared to pay tribute to her mother-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales, while on a four-day tour to Colombia. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was invited to the country by vice …
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BANGKOK, Aug 17 — Thai former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was included in a royal pardon for prisoners and his parole will end tomorrow, his lawyer Winyat Chartmontri told Reuters today. Thaksin’s parole had been due to end at the end of the month. The earlier finish comes as part …
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The future King of Norway’s stepson reportedly threatened to set his ‘lover’s’ clothes on fire, ‘kill’ a person they both know and defended his cocaine and alcohol-fuelled assault as ‘a little pat on the back’ in phone calls with his ‘girlfriend’. In a scandal that has rocked the country, Marius Borg …
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Can YOU identify the mystery figures? Email cameron.charters@mailonsunday.co.uk By Cameron Charters Published: 08:38 EDT, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 08:40 EDT, 16 August 2024 Advertisement The Royal Horticultural Society is asking the public to help identify Victorians pictured on its collection of calling cards. It is the first time the …
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The World Socialist Web Site recently interviewed a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) from Montreal about his experiences in the workplace at Canada Post. The PWRFC was recently established by postal workers with the aim of the rank and file seizing control of their contract struggle from …
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The Scottish Government’s decision to scrap public service advertising for the rest of this financial year – as part of emergency spending controls – could cause “dramatic long and short-term damage for the population at large, as well as to the economy”.That is the stark warning from industry body the …
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival wrongly classified two actors as volunteers when they should have been classified as workers, the BBC reported on 15 August. The actors were employed at the festival in 2022, where a tribunal heard they were an “integral” part of the running of the festival, were …
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The industrial dispute among uniformed civilian seafarers at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) against historic low levels of pay and exploitative conditions by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) union is exposing the “left” pretensions of its General Secretary, Mick Lynch. The RMT leader is acting to …
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