Cards are more important than ever on Father’s Day this year (Picture: Getty Images) It’s Father’s Day on Sunday, and this year the celebrations may be a little different to usual in the wake of coronavirus and subsequent lockdown measures. With social gatherings in England still limited to six people …
Read More »‘Major disruption’ expected after Beeston Royal Mail centre evacuated due to flooding
Residents have been advised to expect mail disruption after heavy rain forced a major mail hub to be evacuated. The Royal Mail centre in Padge Road, Beeston, was evacuated on Wednesday, June 17 after huge downpours caused its roof to “give way”. The centre is a major hub for Nottinghamshire …
Read More »Tesco superstore in Beeston had to close after floodwater poured in ‘like a river’
The Tesco Extra in Beeston had to temporarily close on Wednesday (June 17) after floodwater poured into the superstore. Shopper Sue Cain, 52, filmed the car park of the Station Road store partially underwater. The charity volunteer coordinator, of Arran Close, Stapleford, also captured footage of the supermarket left damp …
Read More »Royal Ascot revellers don their finest gowns at home
Royal Ascot fans from across the globe continue to don their finest gowns and fancy fascinators as they take part in day two of the race meeting from the comfort of their own homes. Wednesday at the Berkshire racecourse would usually begin when the gates open to tens of thousands …
Read More »Caerleon Post Office celebrates Roman amphitheatre stamp
SHEILA and Spencer Basford can see Caerleon’s Roman amphitheatre from the back the town’s Post Office, which they have run for 15 years – and they are celebrating the landmark’s appearance on a new stamp which goes on sale today. A special window display marks the occasion – put together …
Read More »Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in new biopic Spencer
Twilight star Kristen Stewart is set to play Princess Diana in a new period drama about the Royal’s life, an intriguing casting choice that set social media ablaze on Wednesday. Kristen, 30, has signed on to the movie Spencer, that will dramatise a ‘critical’ weekend in the early 1990s, when …
Read More »NHS contact tracing app could be delayed until winter
The UK government cast fresh doubt over the future of its flagship contact tracing app on Wednesday after a health minister conceded it may not be launched until the winter and senior executives prepared to step back from the project. Lord Bethell said the launch of the NHS’s coronavirus app, …
Read More »ROYAL ASCOT TIPS – DAY THREE: Stradivarius should claim a Gold Cup hat-trick
ROYAL ASCOT TIPS – DAY THREE: Stradivarius should claim a Gold Cup hat-trick and Sir Dragonet can take step forward in the Wolferton Stakes Stradivarius can put himself among the staying legends of the Flat Sir Dragonet and Fox Tal should both cope if the ground conditions ease Sportsmail looks at the …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Thousands of student nurses to be axed
Thousands of student nurses recruited to work on the front line against Covid-19 have been told their placements will be cut short, plunging some of them into financial despair. Nurses took to Facebook and Twitter to express outrage at a decision from NHS England that their paid placements will now …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 42,066 with 97 new fatalities
Britain today announced another 184 Covid-19 deaths as data revealed the number of daily fatalities has dropped 25 per cent in the space of a week. Department of Health figures show 245 lab-confirmed deaths were recorded in all settings last Wednesday — and they reveal the number of laboratory-confirmed victims …
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