Commemorations begin today to mark the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. A military procession will leave Parliament Square and head to Buckingham Palace – the start of four days of events that culminate on Thursday, actual VE Day, with a service of thanksgiving from Westminster Abbey. Britain’s military …
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Lloyds and Halifax are set to lose a total of 14 branches in June as part of a major restructuring by their parent company. Three Lloyds banks and 11 Halifax branches are due to close permanently, with Welwyn Garden City losing both in the same month. Lloyds Banking Group, which …
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Just hours after Meghan’s latest Instagram salvo dropped yesterday morning, one royal insider lost no time in letting their feelings be known. ‘Well that’s a rather giant f*** you, isn’t it?’ they remarked to me. Featuring an idyllic image of Prince Harry walking through the gardens of their Montecito home, …
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Dons slumped to defeat against St Mirren on Saturday and need a result in Govan with games running out. (Image: SNS Group) Dimitar Mitov has warned his shot-shy Aberdeen mates they are letting their third place hopes slip through their fingers. But the goalkeeper is adamant they will go to …
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The USD/NOK currency pair settled above Friday’s low of 10.2960, its weakest level since April 22nd, as the US Dollar failed to draw lasting support from the latest solid US employment numbers. Employers in all sectors of the US economy, excluding farming, added 177,000 job positions in April, slowing from …
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The VE Day 80 celebrations will feature a spectacular military procession and flypast through and above central London on May 5. More than 1,300 members of the Armed Forces will march from Parliament Square to Buckingham Palace to commemorate 80 years since the end of the Second World War in …
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The King and Queen are “looking forward” to the commemorations, taking place just days after Harry told the BBC his father will not speak to him and he does not know how much longer the King has left. But it is understood that, out of respect for the surviving veterans, …
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My eleven-year-old son is an amateur naturalist. He takes his cue, literally, from The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell (from The Durrells). My friend lent him her childhood copy and he has studied it endlessly. It’s why he collects ants on flying ant day to start colonies, makes terrariums out …
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THE mayoress of Colchester says an adrenaline-fuelled skydive from 13,000ft with a world-famous parachute display team was an experience she “will never forget”. Jessica Scott-Boutell, 30, took on a tandem skydive with the elite Red Devils team for charity on Friday at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire After meeting the Red Devils …
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London’s Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) has hosted the second political prosecution of pro-Palestine protesters within the space of a month. On April 11, a preliminary hearing was held for SOAS student Sarah—charged with inviting support for a proscribed organisation, Hamas, under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000. …
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