A real estate agent awkwardly mentioned the Royal Family while showing Princess Beatrice’s stepson’s mother around a new £60million London penthouse. Constance Cunningham took Dara Huang – previously engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi before he married the King’s niece – onto the balcony to show her the views. Huang, who …
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A LEADING private school nicknamed the 'Eton of the North' has been bought by a company co-owned by the former deputy prime minister of Qatar. Source link
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A 16th-century Warwick pub is among the ones to receive a Recognition Award from Star Pubs. The Black Pug on Coten End was given the award for its contributions to the local community. The pub has also been shortlisted as a finalist in the Great British Pub Awards. The winner …
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A key road is to shut for three weeks as part of a £38m project to tackle potholes. The A6 through Shap in Cumbria will be closed for 21 days from Monday as resurfacing work gets under way. The scheme will be carried out in two phases, with the section …
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Minster-on-Sea’s Co-op re-opens (Friday, 20 June) with a fresh new look following a six-week programme of works and improvements. The Queens Road, Minster, store supports 14 local jobs and includes added services including Costa Coffee Express; parcel collections (Evri, Royal Mail, DPD), payment services via PayPoint and, the online …
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Physics education is at breaking point in Wales due to a lack of teachers, yet training bursaries are £14,000 higher across the border in England, a committee heard. Eluned Parrott, head of Wales at the Institute of Physics, warned Wales had fewer physics-trained teachers (174) than secondary schools (205) …
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Canada Post workers on a picket line in Windsor, Ontario, during their month-long Fall 2024 strike. Canada’s Liberal government has ordered 55,000 postal workers to vote on Canada Post’s “best and final” contract offers, intervening yet again to bolster management in an 18-month-long contract dispute. The votes on the separate …
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FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire beside the Isle of Wight Steam Railway track. Crews from Ryde and Sandown were called at 11.46am today (Sunday) to attend the blaze, where the rail track meets Deacons Lane in Ashey, near Ryde. The train line was closed temporarily while Hampshire and Isle …
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Courtney Goodwin-Diliberto, of Aldiss Drive, Kingston Bagpuize, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison following a six day trial at Oxford Crown Court in May. A jury unanimously found her guilty of causing death by dangerous driving at the same court on March 10. The court, on June 19, confirmed …
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Pembrokeshire students experienced a day in the House of Lords. Pupils from Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi joined more than 400 others in Westminster for the ‘Learn with the Lords Day’. On June 12, they explored the Houses of Parliament, gaining insights into the House of Lords’ role in law-making, government accountability, …
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