[ad_1] My mum has terminal cancer and is living in a care home so I recently started managing her money. She has three investment bonds with the insurance company ReAssure, which are worth about £120,000 in total. These give her an income of £978 a month. My mum is also named on two other ReAssure…
[ad_1] BVA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO ACT More than 30 percent (around 1 in 3) small animal vets in Scotland saw puppies they believe to have been imported illegally into the country in the last year, according to the British Veterinary Association (BVA). With increased concerns around the risk to public health from imported diseases…
[ad_1] How Prince Harry and Meghan faced an icy homecoming at Queen’s Jubilee in 2022 (Picture credit: AP) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to the UK for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 was anything but a warm homecoming. According to Daily Mail, the couple’s appearance at the National Service of Thanksgiving…
[ad_1] When it comes to high-profile royal events, the officials at Buckingham Palace are famous for meticulous planning. It is their job to ensure the millions watching ceremonial spectacles see them go off without a hitch, which means thinking through every eventuality. And perhaps at no time was their role more important than for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee…
[ad_1] Barry Gray in his Beefeater uniform at the Tower of London. Picture: Historic Royal Palaces Barry Gray, a former Regimental Sergeant Major in the Royal Marines who is one of a very small number of people to have skied Solo and Unsupported across the Antarctic continent, has joined the ranks as the Tower of…
[ad_1] Today (5 April) is the last chance to top up any gaps in your National Insurance (NI) records before the HMRC deadline closes. It is the final day to make a NI contribution for the period back to April 2006 to boost your state pension. This is key to ensure you have as high…
[ad_1] The Greeting Card Association-backed petition calling for MPs to scrutinise changes to the postal service has reached 10,000 signatures – crossing the threshold which mandates a response from government. Milestone reached as Ofcom consultation deadline on reforms looms and Royal Mail raises stamp prices again on Monday 7 April The Greeting Card Association’s campaign…
[ad_1] If you see a sinister creature with long limbs, straggly hair and sharp teeth that looks like it wants to grab you, don’t go into the river. The grindylow of Lancashire and Yorkshire folklore is among eight British mythical beings to be depicted in a new set of stamps by artist Adam Simpson. Irish…
[ad_1] King Charles was crowned on May 6, 2023 – 1,214 days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals and moved their family to the US. Putting their differences aside, the Duke of Sussex, now 40, flew back across the pond to take his seat at Westminster Abbey and support his father…
[ad_1] Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter April 4 (UPI) — A Harris’ hawk’s reign of terror was brought to an end after being captured by a resident of the English village where it was blamed for an estimated 50 dive-bombing attacks on locals. The non-native bird of prey has been blamed for dozens of attacks…