Open this photo in gallery: Since the launch of its Amazon.ca storefront, the legion says it has received nearly 10,000 orders for poppies.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans’ fund, and will hopefully expand its donor …
Read More »Villagers concerned over potential sale of Woodchurch Windmill currently owned by Ashford Borough Council
Villagers are fighting to save a historic windmill they say is part of the fabric of their community as a council plans to sell it off. Woodchurch Windmill, near Ashford, suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage during strong winds in 2019 which wrecked its sails. Residents say no work …
Read More »What the papers say – November 10
Politics and royal issues jostle for centre stage on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The fallout from the Budget continues to feature heavily with The Sunday Telegraph focusing on the threat of blockades at ports and supermarkets by farmers angry at rises in inheritance tax. The front page of …
Read More »Lucky’s Diner To Open Bangor Restaurant
Lucky’s Diner has confirmed it will open new restaurant at the Deiniol Shopping Centre, in Banogr. The Luck’s Diner menu currently offers a wide range of burgers, fried chicken, small plates and nibbles, platters and wraps and the menu includes old school desserts, milkshakes and mocktails. One of the dishes …
Read More »Carrying book of remembrance was ‘unbelievable’, says Army veteran
Alex Lowe, 33, said it was an “honour and a privilege” to place the book on top of military drums during the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday evening, which was attended by the royal family. Mr Lowe, who is from Cornwall, carried the book alongside medic Hayley Lawrence, who helped …
Read More »William to carry out duties with ‘smaller r in the royal’
William spelled out his philosophy at the end of a major visit to South Africa where he mixed the informal with traditional elements of the monarchy, and said he was trying to do things “differently” and wanted to be a prince for his “generation”. The future king said what mattered …
Read More »Kate continues return to duties with Festival of Remembrance appearance
Joined by the Prince of Wales, her presence at the Royal British Legion event comes after William spoke candidly spoke of how 2024 has been “brutal” and “probably been the hardest year in my life”, with both Kate and the King diagnosed with cancer. The King received applause as he …
Read More »Royal British Legion on the march in Eynsham in 1983
Members of the Royal British Legion at Eynsham, near Witney, turned out in their full regalia to mark their 60th anniversary in 1983. Hundreds of villagers and their relatives and friends were there to admire not only the uniformed contingent but other groups as well. READ MORE: Emergency roadworks cause …
Read More »Royal British Legion on the march in Eynsham in 1983
Members of the Royal British Legion at Eynsham, near Witney, turned out in their full regalia to mark their 60th anniversary in 1983. Hundreds of villagers and their relatives and friends were there to admire not only the uniformed contingent but other groups as well. READ MORE: Emergency roadworks cause …
Read More »Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates turned down ‘awful lot’ of accolades
Former Llandudno subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates has revealed he has turned down an “awful lot of things” after his campaign for justice for victims of the Post Office Horizon I.T. scandal. But he has decided to accept a new honour from a university near where he and other victims first …
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