The UK will have dull and drizzly weather over the coming days, with a “wet and rather windy” New Year’s Eve on the horizon, the Met Office has said. Outbreaks of patchy rain in north and west Scotland are expected on Friday, although showers are not expected to be heavy, …
Read More »Are we set for a royal engagement in the new year? King Charles permits member of the family to take girlfriend to Sandringham over Christmas after rules were changed for Meghan and Harry
By RICHARD EDEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 17:09 EST, 26 December 2024 | Updated: 17:58 EST, 26 December 2024 The Duchess of Sussex was missing from Sandringham, but there was one member of the Royal Family who benefited from a tradition that was broken for the American former actress. …
Read More »How King Charles’s Christmas speech reveals exactly what he thinks of Harry and Andrew amid royal rift
King Charles has ‘clearly made up his mind’ about Prince Harry and Prince Andrew after not mentioning either of them in his Christmas Day speech, a royal expert has claimed. Addressing the nation in a pre-recorded message from the Fitzrovia Chapel in London, the King paid tribute to the medical …
Read More »Lloyds and Halifax customers issued warning over their banking ‘from January’
Lloyds Bank has issued a full list of 86 bank branches closing in 2025. Lloyds Banking Group is currently set to close at least 86 more locations in 2025, as the trend of major high street banks and financial providers shutting branches continues. 6,214 bank branches have shut since January …
Read More »Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister who governed for two terms and steered an economic boom in the country, has died, aged 92. Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” …
Read More »Essex Mum first to walk around entire British mainland coast entirely on foot
A mum is set to break a new world record – by walking 7,000 miles around the entire British mainland coast. Lindsey Bell, 47, left London’s Greenwich Park on March 1 to embark on an adventure of a lifetime – and has so far travelled more than 5,000 miles. She …
Read More »“The potential in the situation must be acted upon consciously by the cadre, in a deeper turn into the working class”
We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) on the work of the IWA-RFC in the UK. We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of …
Read More »BBC Call The Midwife legend Helen George’s private life – including co-star split
Since her first appearance as Nurse Trixie Franklin in the 2012 premiere episode, Helen George has been a favourite among Call the Midwife fans. The BBC One period drama, created by Heidi Thomas, has seen Trixie’s character grow from a midwife grappling with alcoholism in Nonnatus House to a married …
Read More »France rescues over 100 migrants from Channel, capping deadly year for crossings
French authorities rescued over a hundred migrants trying to cross the English Channel on Wednesday, Christmas day, taking advantage of improved weather at the end of what has been the deadliest year on record for Channel crossings. French rescuers launched twelve operations throughout the day along the coast of northern …
Read More »Prince George joins father William in traditional royal festive football match for the first time as Kate, Louis and Charlotte cheered from the sidelines
By RORY FLEMING Published: 03:39 EST, 26 December 2024 | Updated: 04:18 EST, 26 December 2024 Avid football fan Prince George has taken part in the traditional royal festive football match for the first time, playing alongside his father William. The father and son pair were reportedly cheered on from …
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