Queen Camilla has been forced to cancel her forthcoming public engagements after being falling ill with a chest infection. It’s understood that the 77-year-old is recovering at home in Wiltshire and is being monitored by doctors. Due to her illness, Her Majesty has had to reluctantly withdraw from the annual opening …
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Royal Mail has revealed its Christmas stamps, which include a historic Scots location in Edinburgh. The postal service shared images of five stamps being issued to celebrate Christmas 2024. The stamps feature some of the UK’s most famous cathedrals, including Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral. Consecrated in 1879, St Mary’s …
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One-in-five drivers (20%) under the age of 44 have driven illegally by not putting their car through the MOT or replacing tyres when needed to save money in the cost-of-living crisis, new data from the RAC reveals.* Among drivers of all ages, one-in-10 (10%) admit they’ve failed to replace worn-out …
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An original illustration of Bangor Cathedral will feature as the First Class Large Class stamp for the Royal Mail’s Christmas Special Stamps this year. Royal Mail’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature some of the many spectacular cathedrals in the UK – the remaining four completing the set being Edinburgh, Armagh, Liverpool …
Read More »The Council’s postal address is changing. From 1 January 2025, the new address to use when contacting the Council will be Coventry City Council, PO Box 7097, Coventry, CV6 9SL. The change is due to new Royal Mail guidelines. Please use the new address for all correspondence. You can also …
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Royal Mail has put an original illustration of Bangor Cathedral on the First Class Large Class stamp as part of its Christmas Special Stamps in 2024. Royal Mail’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature some of the many spectacular cathedrals in the UK – the remaining four completing the set being Edinburgh, …
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Oracle is building on its partnership with Vodafone Business IoT to bring global IoT connectivity to Oracle’s Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) industry applications customers. Built on the high performance and security of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ECP uses edge architecture to give businesses the out-of-the-box connectivity and near real-time data intelligence …
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Royal Mail has announced that an original illustration of Liverpool Cathedral will feature as the First Class stamp for its Christmas Special Stamps in 2024. This year holds additional importance to the city as it marks the centenary of the consecration of the cathedral. An enlargement of the original …
Read More »The image of the cathedral is on the First Class Large stamp, part of the Christmas Special Stamps collection. The 2024 Christmas stamps showcase some of the UK’s most impressive cathedrals, with Bangor joining Edinburgh, Armagh, Liverpool, and Westminster in the set. The stamps were illustrated by Judy Joel, a …
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In ad 525, St Deiniol set up a missionary community enclosed by a bangor, or hazel fence, in a low-lying spot on the Menai Strait between the mountains of Snowdonia and the shores of Anglesey. Deiniol was one of the 6th-century Celtic saints who, after the departure of the Romans …
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