[ad_1] The Royal Mint rejected plans for a commemorative coin marking 50 years since the partial decriminaliation of homosexuality in England and Wales due to a perceived “lack of appeal”, according to newly-released documents. The government-owned producer of coins in the UK briefly considered introducing a limited edition coin celebrating 50 years since the passing…
[ad_1] Mahatma Gandhi is set to become the first non-white person on British currency Mahatma Gandhi will be the first non-white person to feature on British currency The Royal Advisory Committee have started work on a coin featuring Gandhi Rishi Sunak backed a campaign to recognise the efforts of BAME individuals He wrote to a…
[ad_1] Meghan Markle’s ‘proud to be feminist’ statement and references to her charity work as a child are removed from her bio on the Royal Family’s website – and replaced with details of her move to US with Prince Harry The Royal Family’s official website have deleted large chunks of The Duchess of Sussex’s biography,…
[ad_1] Metro Bank will snap up peer-to-peer lender Ratesetter after agreeing a £12m sale it hopes will push it into more profitable banking avenues. The challenger bank will pay an initial £2.5m, it said today, and another £9.5m over the three years following the completion of the deal, based on performance criteria. Read more: Top…
[ad_1] SPORTS retailer and gym group DW Sports is set to fall into administration, putting 1,700 workers at risk of losing their jobs. DW Sports said sister brand Fitness First and its 43 clubs will be unaffected by the move and continues to operate as a separate company. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for…
[ad_1] Shares of Rio Tinto with EPIC code: LON:RIO has increased 3.39% or 156.37 points throughout today’s trading session so far. Traders have remained optimistic during the trading session. Range high for the period has seen 4771.5 dipping to 4623. The number of shares traded by this point in time totalled 702,861 with the average…
[ad_1] The National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool has announced it plans to open its doors to customers once more from Friday, September 4, with tickets going on sale this week. The museum, off Marina Way, closed just before the nationwide lockdown in March, and is home to HMS Trincomalee, the oldest floating warship…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov. 3. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Trump was raising concerns about mail-in ballots when he floated the idea of delaying…
[ad_1] A commemorative coin marking the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK was rejected by the Royal Mint on the grounds that it was “commercially unviable”, it has emerged. The coin was proposed in 2015 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised sexual acts which…
[ad_1] Royal Mail have announced that from the 1st of September they will be additional countries to those where Temporary Air Carrier Supplements are imposed on Business Contract products. They will also apply to a wider range of Royal Mail’s International parcel and letter services. The Temporary Air Carrier Supplements range in price from £0.52…