A doctor caught trying to smuggle illegal painkillers to her Dundee home has dodged a stint in prison. Dr Katy McAllister was warned this was her “last chance” to comply with a community-based order. McAllister previously pleaded guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court to attempting to import morphine. However, she actually …
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Royal Jordanian Airlines said on Friday it suspended flights to Baghdad’s international airport until further notice due to the security situation after a U.S. air strike.The state carrier, which has eighteen scheduled flights every week to Baghdad, said its flights to other Iraqi cities were not affected and operating normally. …
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Royal Mail staff are not yet enjoying themselves, as now their pre-Christmas hell is over with there's a new type of hell being unleashed on them this … Source link
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A Belfast man has been jailed for 18 months for throwing a kettle of scalding water at his mother and then beating her with her walking stick. William Stevenson (34), whose address was given as the Morning Star Hostel in Divis Street, pleaded guilty on the morning of his trial …
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A Deeside village has shown appreciation for its long-serving postie who has retired after a 30-year link with the area. Kenny Littlejohn – known affectionately to friends and colleagues as “Kinker Kenny” – has called it a day after decades of making deliveries in Kincardine O’Neil. And the community couldn’t …
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Members of the Norwegian Royal Family today led the mourners who turned out to pay their respects at the funeral of Ari Behn, the ex-husband of Norway’s Princess Martha Louise. A solemn Princess Martha Louise was joined by Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Queen Crown Princess Mette-Marit and King Harald at the …
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You may want to get your hand down the back of the sofa – because, remarkably, a two pence piece has sold for £485. The two pence coin – branded “rare” by collectors – sold for an eye-watering 24,250 times its face value. The seller, from Granton, Edinburgh, posted the …
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The former Post Office building on the corner of Priory Terrace in Leamington. An online petition, launched by resident Isabelle Hero on the Change.Org website now has more than 150 signatures. It states: “About five years ago, the Post Office [branch] was moved from the lovely traditional landmark building just …
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A rare ‘silver’ two pence coin struck in error by the Royal Mint has sold for £485 – 24,250 times its face value. The seller, from Granton, Edinburgh, posted the silver-coloured coin on online marketplace Gumtree with the lofty asking price. It was sold this morning (January 3) to a …
Read More »Photograph: Peter Johns/The Guardian The Guardian photographer Peter Johns captures a joyful winter scene on a frozen pond on Wimbledon Common, London, in January 1970. Johns, who died in 2017 aged 86, brought a distinctive artistic approach to his work. He was part of a new wave of British photojournalists …
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