Royal Mail has revealed images of 12 special stamps to mark 70 years since the start of Dame Shirley Bassey’s career. She is the first solo female music artist to be honoured with a dedicated stamp issue. Eight stamps in the main set show Dame Shirley performing throughout her career, while …
Read More »Bassey is the first solo female music artist to be honoured with a dedicated stamp issue. Eight stamps are part of the main set and they show Dame Shirley performing throughout her career. A further four stamps which are presented in a miniature sheet capture her during recording sessions and …
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EXCLUSIVE – Shocking video shows moment water pours through ceilings of trainee Royal Marines housing block – raising further questions about standards of troops’ accommodation The recruits’ personal belongings were seen floating along the block’s corridors The flooding caused by a burst pipe came days after a power cut at …
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Receive free Jeremy Hunt updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Jeremy Hunt news every morning. John Ralfe is an independent pension consultant. Is the answer to the UK’s chronic under-investment problem really down the back of the pension sofa? Chancellor Jeremy Hunt certainly …
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The price of a first-class stamp for a standard letter is to increase by 15p from £1.10 to £1.25 on 2 October due to increasing cost pressures. Meanwhile, the price of first class stamp on a large letter is to increase by 35p from £1.60 to £1.95 – an rise …
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Almost a quarter of a million people died in the past two years while waiting for hospital treatment in the National Health Service (NHS). Freedom of Information requests made by the Labour Party found that among 35 acute NHS trusts, 30,611 people had died during 2022 while on the NHS …
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Residents in the Sovereign area of Eastbourne have won on the People’s Postcode Lottery (Image: Postcode Lottery) Residents of a Eastbourne street have bagged a generous prize in the People’s Postcode Lottery. Those with a lottery ticket and a BN23 5PR postcode were awarded a £1,000 win in one of …
Read More »He worked tirelessly for members of the Royal British Legion, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) and other organisations. His dedication earned him the title of Citizen of the Year in his home town of Witney in 2011, before he was honoured with another award from the then …
Read More »Locals have slammed the postal service saying it is ‘not good enough’ after important letters are yet to be delivered to addresses in the WA5 postcode area. One resident said: “We have had no postal service since last Tuesday. “I asked a postman delivering a parcel who said, ‘we are …
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The King will become the first British royal in history to address the French senate later this month as part of new Anglo-French charm offensive, including a glittering state banquet in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. President Macron is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles’s re-scheduled state …
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