Black and ethnic minority figures are set to appear on Britain’s currency for the first time. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering proposals by campaigners to have influential BAME people featured on a set of coins, Treasury minister John Glen told The Sunday Telegraph. Those under consideration include the first Indian …
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27 July 2020 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail has sold its Sheffield ParcelForce depot to property investment InfraRed Urban Logistics Income Fund (IULIF) for a deal worth £13.3 million. Under the deal the IULIF is to lease back the property to Royal Mail for the next eight years. Handling around …
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OnTheWight always welcomes a Letter to the Editor to share with our readers – unsurprisingly they don’t always reflect the views of this publication. If you have something you’d like to share, get in touch and of course, your considered comments are welcome below. This from Colleen Brannon, Ryde. Ed …
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Orbis Research announces the addition of a new market research study to its growing market intelligence repository. The new report studies the Global Courier Services Market in detail and presents comprehensive forecasts regarding the market’s growth trajectory in the coming years. The research report on the global market offers a …
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Development in Reading is a hot topic. On the one hand, people are concerned about the amount of flats being built, the lack of family homes and the effect on the local roads and infrastructure. On the other, Reading Borough Council has steep government targets to meet, a growing population, …
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last night hit back at claims in a bombshell new biography that they actively spurned Meghan Markle. The authors of Finding Freedom claim relations between the Sussexes and Cambridges became so bitter that Kate humiliatingly snubbed her sister-in-law at Meghan’s farewell appearance as a …
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The £130 scent diffusers used to mask the ‘musty’ smell of St George’s Chapel during Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle were approved by Buckingham Palace ahead of her wedding day. After the nuptials in May 2018, royal sources had claimed that the odour of the 15th century chapel did …
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Harry and Meghan will never resume official roles following the bombshell biography laying bare their rift with the Royal Family. The couple have ‘torpedoed’ any chance of creating a new position with the help of the Queen and senior royals when their ‘trial period’ in the US ends, sources believe. The …
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The curator continued: “His perspective on things is different from an early age, so he isn’t just following the usual, ‘I’ll put that in a stamp album’. “In his, the pages are black, which is unusual because normally they’re an off-white.” The young Freddie would make letters and shapes out …
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Channel 4 star Ant Middleton faces the sack as Chief Cadet of the Royal Navy after he called Black Lives Matter protesters ‘absolute scum’ The Navy’s top brass are reportedly trying to find the courage to sack Middleton The ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ frontman called Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘absolute …
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