KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Senior Umno members want political rival PAS and several non-governmental organisations to cancel their solidarity rally for convicted former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Putrajaya tomorrow, saying it’s not proper to proceed after the palace has issued a royal decree. Umno supreme council …
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Rosa Ross, 14, was one of seven young people recognised at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award charity’s annual This is Youth celebration in November, which saw her invited to tea with the duke and a host of celebrities. Rosa, who attends Trinity Academy in Edinburgh, was diagnosed with stage four …
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A list of predictions Brits made in 1999 about the future is being shared online – with some being spot on, and others hilariously wrong. On December 31, 1999, The Daily Telegraph quizzed a group of Brits on what they thought would happen in the next 100 years. While some …
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Local housebuilder, David Wilson Homes, has recently confirmed its Section 106 agreement with Dover District Council (DDC), confirming that a total of £805,084 will be directly invested into the Sholden area. This funding has been agreed alongside works at David Wilson Kent’s new development in Sholden, Sholden Meadows, launching in …
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The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC)’s next online meeting is taking place today (Sunday, January 5) at 7pm. Register here to discuss the takeover and its implications and a strategy to fight it. A World Socialist Web Site reporting team campaigned on Friday at the Mount Pleasant mail centre in London for …
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Welcome to my Royal Newsletter. The next 12 months may be defining in very different ways for the Princess of Wales and Duchess of Sussex. If anyone was in any doubt of the significance Meghan attaches to the coming year, she made a long-awaited return to Instagram yesterday, with a …
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Sleep is foundational to both physical and emotional health, yet a significant portion of people struggle to get enough. According to Woolroom’s Clean Sleep Report, while 83% of participants identified quality sleep as essential to their well-being, 60% admitted they were sleeping less than six hours per night. This winter, …
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A weather warning has been issued for England and Wales that within a few hours, snow could hit areas right through to Sunday. Netweather forecaster, Nick Finnis shared the information via a post on X along with a “Sat & Sun snow risk map” picture to his followers earlier today …
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A Kent council’s entire fleet of vehicles, including its household waste collection HGVs, is to be converted to run on low-emission renewable fuel. Gravesham Borough Council’s fleet is made up of 134 vans, of which 18 are already electric vehicles, and 24 HGVs. The HGVs consume about 320,000 litres of …
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The Royal Family vary in height – the future King, Prince William, stands the tallest at over six foot while his cousins, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, are the shortest. Prince Harry falls just an inch below his brother, but both tower over their father, King Charles. Some heights remain unknown, …
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