A WANNABE Banksy who spray-painted 38 post boxes different colours has avoided jail. Danny Whiskin, 33, admitted vandalising them — painting many gold and others with Cadbury’s Creme Egg and Mr Blobby themes. 2 One of the postboxes Danny Whiskin spray-painted gold 2 Vandal Danny Whiskin pictured outside court …
Read More »‘Let’s just hope we don’t get another war like that again.’ Those were the words of 104-year-old Percy Chafer, who served as a Gunner with the 7th Armoured Division and landed on Sword Beach 80 years ago on D-Day. ‘Because, I tell you what,’ he continued with a smirk, ‘I …
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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has joined veterans in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the Second World War D-Day landings. The Dutch royal, 53, joined international leaders and other royals at the D-Day Anniversary International Ceremony at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Accompanied by her husband King Willem-Alexander, 57, she …
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As former subpostmasters await answers from a government-backed investigation into the Post Office Capture software system, a 27-year-old Horizon project document answers a critical question. Since the airing of ITV’s drama about the long-running Post Office Horizon scandal, former subpostmasters who had suffered similar problems with the Capture software that pre-dated …
Read More »On Prague’s exclusive Pařížská Street sits a nondescript brown door. Lodged between a designer clothing shop and a luxury luggage store, it is the gateway into a discreet sixth-floor office from where one of the Czech Republic’s richest people runs his empire. There is nothing overly ostentatious about the entrance, …
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Every Thursday Savings Champion founder Anna Bowes gives an insight into the savings market and how to make the most of your money… Can you believe we are almost halfway through 2024? Although the rate rises that we have seen this year have slowed compared with the previous couple of years, and …
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People only have until the end of June to get their hands on one of the new King Charles III banknotes by exchanging their old money, the Bank of England has said. Yesterday (June 5) the cash featuring our monarch was issued for the first time on £5, £10, £20, …
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Royal Mail worked on the stamp issue with an animal expert … Royal Mail worked on the stamp issue with an animal expert. Royal Mail's new set of … Source link
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Royal Mail’s new Corgi stamp Royal Mail is issuing a new set of stamps featuring images of some of the nation’s favourite dog breeds including a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. The stamps show a Dalmatian, Jack Russell-type terrier, Labrador Retriever, Border Collie, whippet, Siberian Husky, Chihuahua, cocker spaniel, Pembroke Welsh Corgi …
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Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, will next week meet the Czech tycoon who is on the verge of becoming the first foreign owner of Royal Mail in its 500-year history. Sky News has learnt that Ms Badenoch will hold talks with Daniel Kretinsky after his investment company, EP Group, struck …
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