The Duchess of Cornwall has been left furious after Meghan Markle broke a pledge not to overshadow her speech on domestic violence today, it has been reported. Pictures of Meghan Markle at the National Theatre were released as Camilla launched the Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre in London. …
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Queen says diversity ‘makes us stronger’ in Commonwealth Day message ahead of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s final official royal appearance The Queen used her annual message to praise the diversity of ‘worldwide family’ Monarch’s speech will be printed for service at Westminster Abbey on Monday Service to be attended by Queen, …
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More than 200 people have now tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the Department of Health has said. In total, 206 people had tested positive for Covid-19 as of 7am on Saturday, a rise of 42 from the 164 cases which had been confirmed by Friday evening. The Department …
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NewsOpinionColumnists BACK in 1989, when I started working as a single-handed GP in Huddersfield, the writing was already on the wall for practices such as mine. It was argued that if we joined into groups this would deliver better care for patients and use NHS resources more efficiently. Saturday, 7th …
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK this week, for a last waltz of official engagements before slipping their bonds as royals and starting a new life in the wild. On Thursday night they clung together under an umbrella outside London’s Mansion House, an enraptured couple dappled …
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The brother and nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have been arrested over a plot to oust the king and his son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a brother of King Salman, and the monarch’s nephew Prince Mohammed bin Nayef were accused of treason. They were …
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A Royal Mail worker in Greater Manchester is in self isolation amid coronavirus concerns. The worker is self isolating ‘as a precaution’ after developing flu like symptoms following a trip to Italy. They are not understood to have tested positive for Covid-19. Royal Mail would not confirm the colleagues’ role …
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The future of a disused former Royal Mail building in Brownhills looks to be finally sorted as a proposal to convert it into flats was approved. A new two storey block of eight apartments, with 10 parking spaces, will be built on land behind businesses on High Street and Church …
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Except Huddersfield. On Christmas Day. At a venue called Ivanhoe’s, in a market town in West Yorkshire, the Sex Pistols would play a benefit show for the Fire Brigades Union, which had recently called its members out on strike in pursuit of a 30 percent wage increase. This was a …
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A self-confessed drugs dealer who set up several bank accounts to run his drugs-supplying operation was today jailed for three years and three months at Derry Crown Court. Christopher Terence Langmead, 27, from Rainey Court in Magherafelt, deposited £166,143 into one of his accounts to run what Judge Philip Babington …
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