The Scottish Parliament has no way to monitor what MSPs are using taxpayer-funded postage for. Holyrood officials have admitted they don’t ask MSPs to record how much mail they’re sending out using postage stamps bought using their allowance. It comes as a probe is underway into allegations of electoral fraud …
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Balmoral Castle, Scottish retreat of the Royal Family since the 1850s, is being opened up to the public for the first time in its history. Charles has thrown open the doors of his Scottish retreat to the public, allowing them a glimpse of royal family life in the Highlands. From …
Read More »Nor do people seem particularly well-informed on policy. This is not some kind of media bubble snobbery. I have covered elections where the majority of those I stopped could critique each party’s manifesto and explain their own electoral choices. But this time it feels like large chunks of the population …
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By Francesca Washtell Updated: 16:50 EDT, 29 June 2024 Raising a glass: Carlsberg’s adverts have included the Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen A major investor in Britvic has called on Carlsberg to sweeten its takeover offer for the group. Aviva, which is a top ten shareholder in Britvic, the maker of Robinsons …
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2 days ago By Paul O’Hare, BBC Scotland News Getty Images Two Scottish councils are allowing postal voters who have not yet received their ballots to vote in person at an emergency facility this weekend. Fife and City of Edinburgh Council also said that residents still waiting, who will not be at …
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The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the news and politics, or anything else they want to get off their chest. We’ve now opened the letters page up so anyone can submit a contribution. As always, if you’d …
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By Mark Hookham and Brendan Carlin Published: 17:13 EDT, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 17:29 EDT, 29 June 2024 The General Election could be hit by a series of legal challenges after it emerged that thousands of postal ballots have not been delivered on time. At least 13 constituencies have …
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Royal fans have shared their vivid reactions to King Charles’ new portrait as the palace released a photograph of His Majesty in full military regalia to mark Armed Forces Day. The portrait of Charles III was taken by photographer Hugo Burnand in Windsor Castle’s Grand Corridor in November last year …
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It won’t be the economy. It won’t be the price of gas. It won’t be the raging wars, the scene at our border, the way white women vote or accusations of being too “woke.” If the Democrats flop in November — and their unchallenged presidential nominee, Joe Biden, goes down …
Read More »A 20p coin allegedly removed from Royal Mint circulation due to a minting error has been sold for a large sum on the buying and selling site eBay. It is now one of many Twenty Pence pieces being sold on eBay for having an error. One seller had managed to sell …
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