Prince Harry playfully tugged on a Canadian fan’s beard as he made his first appearance at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf. After the humiliation of losing a penalty style shoot out to the German defence minister on live TV, he arrived with his bodyguard to watch the finals of a …
Read More »Martin Lewis urges people to stock up on this everyday item before 14% price hike
Will you be making the most of first-class stamps before the major price increase next month? (Image: Ian West/PA/Getty) Amid the rising price of household products, from cupboard essentials to cleaning products, Martin Lewis has advised there is one item people should stock up on in the next few weeks. …
Read More »Trade unions report Government to UN over anti-strike laws
Trade unions have reported the Government to the UN over “dreadful” new anti-strike laws. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has submitted a case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN’s workers’ rights watchdog, protesting against the legislation to ensure minimum service levels during mass walkouts. Paul Nowak, the general …
Read More »Nowland’s Lochinvar Coach House | Newcastle Weekly
A plan to safeguard Nowland’s Lochinvar Coach House and Setting now and into the future has come to fruition. The iconic property, 12 kilometres west of Maitland, was recently listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in recognition of its pivotal role as the first coach station inland along the …
Read More »King Charles faces cash demands over slavery as Caribbean nations prepare to ask the Royal Family for reparations by the end of the year
King Charles faces cash demands over slavery as Caribbean nations prepare to ask the Royal Family for reparations by the end of the year Church of England, Lloyd’s of London and wealthy universities also in crosshairs By Mail Foreign Service Published: 18:10 EDT, 10 September 2023 | Updated: 18:11 EDT, …
Read More »The Times view on Royal Mail’s declining standards
Royal Mail is required to deliver 93 per cent of first-class post within one working day of collection GARETH CATTERMOLE/GETTY IMAGES In a world where citizens’ interactions with the state, the economy and each other have increasingly moved online, it is easy to forget that the post still contains serious …
Read More »Kevin Kiermaier lifts Blue Jays over Royal as Toronto keeps pace in wild-card hunt
Open this photo in gallery: Toronto Blue Jays centrefielder Kevin Kiermaier hits a home run against the Kansas City Royals during the seventh inning at the Rogers Centre on Sept. 10.Nick Turchiaro/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Kevin Kiermaier’s seventh-inning home run lifted the Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals …
Read More »Vatican honours Polish family murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews
The family-of-nine — a married couple and their small children — were murdered by the Nazis in 1944 after they were apparently betrayed. Speaking during a Mass in the village of Markowa, in southeastern Poland, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the …
Read More »Viewers accuse Remainers of hijacking the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms as sea of EU flags replace Union Jacks in the crowd after anti Brexit campaigners delivered thousands to the Royal Albert Hall
Viewers accuse Remainers of hijacking the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms as sea of EU flags replace Union Jacks in the crowd after anti Brexit campaigners delivered thousands to the Royal Albert Hall By Olivia Jones Published: 08:06 EDT, 10 September 2023 | Updated: 08:21 EDT, 10 September 2023 …
Read More »Road incident causes ‘significant damage’ to Willington Bridge
Police in a Derbyshire village are investigating a “large incident” that has caused significant damage to a bridge. Officers from the Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have received a number of reports that an incident on Willington Bridge in Willington has caused a hole in the bridge. The bridge across …
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