What is that? About the coolest thing I’ve driven recently. It’s a Toyota Land Cruiser van, and I’m a bit smitten. Um, why? Just look at it! Steel wheels, cloth seats and nary a sop to glitz, glamour or gadgetry. It’s transport at its most workmanlike and, in a market awash with the …
Read More »This week in history
… when thieves held up a train carrying the Royal Mail and stole 120 mail sacks, which contained cash and gems valued in excess of 7 Million. Source link
Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks at four workplaces in Swindon, UK
COVID-19 outbreaks at four workplaces in Swindon, UK By Tony Robson 6 August 2020 A spate of COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported at four separate workplace locations in Swindon. Workers at a Royal Mail delivery office, a fire station, the Honda car factory, and a distribution centre for the …
Read More »8 Third-Party Home Screen Widgets That You Can Try Out Now on iOS 14
I wish that when you tapped the dots at the bottom while editing a home screen, you could drag and drop the order of the home screens around. It would be nice to be able to prioritize things different, such as for the weekend I could bring out a certain …
Read More »Stoicism sets in as Victorian publicans ‘soldier on’ with restrictions
With Stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne and Stage 3 restrictions throughout the rest of Victoria now in effect, publicans are hunkering down to get their businesses through the next six weeks of very little trade. Premier Dan Andrews’ announcement at the beginning of the week of tougher restrictions for the …
Read More »Prince Harry hates that William is the sensible one
Prince Harry ‘resents the perception that Prince William is the sensible one while he’s the loose cannon’ and has often been the one advising his older brother, royal commentator claims Royal commentator and journalist Duncan Larcombe remembered meeting Harry, now 35, for a drink in 2008 The British writer told …
Read More »WH Smith may cut 1,500 jobs after sales plummet
WH Smith is considering cutting 1,500 jobs – 11% of its workforce – after the lockdown caused sales to plummet. Most of the jobs being lost will be at the company’s travel sites, situated at airports and railway stations. The firm said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak meant it …
Read More »UK offers £5m aid to Lebanon as ‘rigorous’ probe promised
More than a dozen countries have made offers of humanitarian aid and assistance following an appeal by Prime Minister Hassan Diab in a short televised speech Mr Diab called on friends of Lebanon to extend help to the small nation, saying: ‘We are witnessing a real catastrophe.’ Of its closest …
Read More »Jeffery Epstein survivor: Prince Andrew should be accountable
A victim of Jeffery Epstein says the Duke of York being stripped of royal duties is not enough, because he’s still living a ‘privileged and wealthy life’ following his friendship with the disgraced paedophile. The former model who uses the name ‘KiKi’ and claims she was sexually assaulted by Epstein in 2004 …
Read More »Highest coronavirus rates outside lockdown areas – with one city on ‘brink’
Preston is ‘on the brink of lockdown’ after coronavirus flared up in the city – and in other English towns outside the northern lockdown zone. Weekly statistics showed the number of new Covid-19 cases per 100,00 people went up from 15.5 to 33.8 in Preston. The city is to the …
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