By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:50, 27 April 2025 Royal Mail is set to fall into foreign hands this week for the first time in its history. Shareholders have until Wednesday to accept a £3.6bn takeover of the postal service’s owner by Daniel Kretinsky. International Distribution Services (IDS) shocked the City …
Read More »The Princess of Wales’s family has endured a challenging 12 months, after she last year revealed her shock cancer diagnosis. So an incognito trip Easter weekend with her husband and children at Sandringham is sure to have offered a moment of levity amid the struggles of chemotherapy treatment and remission. As the …
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Sky News has learnt that Christine Hodgson, who chairs water company Severn Trent, and Andrew Martin, chair of the testing and inspection group Intertek, are the leading contenders for the Whitbread job. Mr Crozier, who has chaired the leisure group since 2018, is expected to step down later this year. …
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A defibrillator donated to the Shipley Islamic Education Centre near Bradford has saved a man’s life just six months after it was installed. The lifesaving device was provided through the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) national community defibrillator scheme, funded by money raised by Royal Mail staff. “We told all the …
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Two chairs of FTSE-100 companies are vying to succeed Adam Crozier at the top of Whitbread, the London-listed group behind the Premier Inn hotel chain. Sky News has learnt that Christine Hodgson, who chairs water company Severn Trent, and Andrew Martin, chair of the testing and inspection group Intertek, are …
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Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding on April 29, 2011 was the most regal and romantic event of the year. Kate gracefully walked down the long aisle in Westminster Abbey, past rows of guests with her nine-foot train flowing perfectly behind her. She wore an elegant dress by Sarah Burton for …
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Cort Freeman. Published Apr 26, 2025 1:52 PM EDT. circa 1963: Investigators examine the Royal Mail train involved in the Great Train Robbery. (Photo … Source link
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A FRAGMENT of a letter found inside a 400-year-old book at Hereford Cathedral could throw a completely new light on William Shakespeare’s relationship with his wife Anne Hathaway. For centuries, it has been assumed that they largely lived separate lives after the playwright found fame and fortune in London. But …
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Virginia Giuffre, a central figure in the downfall of disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide yesterday aged 41. The American-born mother-of-three was found dead at her farm in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living for the past several years. She had lived a life in the public eye after …
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The Dutch royal family were notably absent from a delegation of European royals who attended the funeral of Pope Francis today – due to a national holiday at home. Rather than head to Vatican City to bid farewell to the pontiff – who died on Easter Monday – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima …
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