NewsLong Reads The £2.6m heist won the robbers glamour and notoriety — but has history forgotten the ordeal of those whose lives were touched? Saturday, 28th September 2019, 08:00 am Updated Saturday, 28th September 2019, 08:02 am The bridge where the mail train was stormed during The Great Train Robbery …
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Bangkok – The Royal Thai Navy has put up a special exhibition on the Kingdom’s Royal Barge Procession prior to the actual event which is scheduled to take place at the end of October. Commander-in-Chief of The Royal Thai Navy Adm. Luechai Ruddit today presided over the opening of the …
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The area around Reading’s IDR and Vastern Road is not known as a beauty spot. It’s unlikely architects or historians will be rushing to preserve what is known as the “TGIs roundabout” or the buildings housing the various shops around the area. In fact, Caversham Road Fire Station is one …
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SAM McGredy was the international ‘Rose King’ with deep Co Armagh roots who leaves behind a vivid legacy of hundreds of new varieties of the iconic flower. Born in Portadown, he was the fourth Sam McGredy to run a rose breeding business in the town, its fields producing a dazzling …
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More than 300 men and boys have been rescued from a ‘house of torture’ Islamic boarding school where they were detained and raped by staff for years in Kaduna, Nigeria. Many were found chained up and the detainees, mostly children, said they had been tortured, sexually abused, starved and prevented from leaving. …
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Meghan Markle makes secret pilgrimage during royal trip to South Africa to spot where student was raped and murdered in ‘personal gesture’ Meghan visited a memorial to South African student who was raped & murdered Buckingham Palace said it was ‘personal gesture’ the Duchess wanted to make Meghan paid tribute …
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The year is 1964 and the Royal Mail has decided it’s time to refresh the Queen’s profile on the postage stamp. The updated images are brought to Her Majesty for approval, and Olivia Colman, who takes over the mantle of the monarch in series three of Netflix’s award-winning hit drama …
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By Doug Gross, Chief Executive Officer, NGDATA What can banks learn from the world of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), such as razors or make-up? On the face of it, not much. But dig a little deeper, and you quickly realise that the financial-services industry has a lot …
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NEW FORD TRANSIT AND TOURNEO CUSTOM PLUG-IN HYBRIDS DELIVER ZERO EMISSION DRIVING WITH NO RANGE ANXIETY Segment-first Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid van delivers 35 miles zero-emission driving range, and more than 310 miles total range using 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine range extender, priced from £39,145 exc. VAT. Advanced plug-in hybrid architecture …
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The Duke of Sussex today retraced the footsteps of his late mother as he visited the same spot in Angola where his mother Princess Diana carried out an iconic walk through a minefield – and even paused for a solemn moment underneath a tree named after her. Harry was highlighting the …
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