[ad_1] Youngsters from schools across Leicestershire have had their cute designs shortlisted in a Royal Mail stamp competition celebrating heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Pupils attending county schools are now in with a shout of having their poignant artwork featured on thousands of letters and parcels next year. The colourful designs of four schoolchildren are…
[ad_1] A record number of schoolchildren have submitted entries to a competition to design new Royal Mail stamps to recognise heroes of the pandemic. More than 600,000 designs were sent from almost 7,500 schools, with 120 regional finalists being chosen. A stamp designed by a schoolchild (Royal Mail/PA) The previous highest number of entries received…
[ad_1] Calls for Boris Johnson to order £190 million successor to HMY Royal Yacht Britannia as a lasting memorial to Prince Philip Boris Johnson has been urged to consider sanctioning a new Royal Yacht MPs and businessmen have suggested naming after the late Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip sailed 70,000 miles on last yacht Britannia before…
[ad_1] Boris Johnson will not attend the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral to allow for the attendance of as many family members as possible during coronavirus restrictions, No 10 has said. The Prime Minister was understood to have been expected to attend the ceremony but offered to step aside with the number of guests allowed limited…
[ad_1] Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will hold crunch talks over the future of Britain’s railways next week after delaying publication of the biggest review of the train network since privatisation. Plans to publish a rail blueprint before May’s local elections have been shelved with the Treasury at loggerheads with the Department for Transport over…
[ad_1] Welcome to your early-morning news briefing from The Telegraph – a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Friday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Sarah Everard suspect ‘exposed himself in restaurant’ The police officer arrested on suspicion of murdering Sarah Everard was…
[ad_1] The Queen’s official fleet of planes is to be sold off as part of defence cuts in a move that will force her to borrow Boris Johnson’s Union Flag jet. Airliners used by the Royal Family since the 1980s will be withdrawn from service next year to save money – leaving the sovereign without…
[ad_1] J ohn Lewis could close another eight department stores as the pandemic continues to cause turmoil for the retail industry. Chairwoman Dame Sharon White is said to be considering the closure of up to eight of its surviving 42 stores. According to the Sunday Times, the final number of closures is not yet decided…
[ad_1] Downing Street ‘wants Holly Willoughby and Lorraine Kelly’ to front celebrity campaign to urge the public to take part in mass home testing drive alongside vaccines rollout PM planning blitz that will send home-swabbing kits to millions of homes NHS Test and Trace will dish out more than 400,000 lateral flow tests every day…
[ad_1] Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s administration is about to accelerate Italy’s Covid-19 vaccination program, taking inspiration from the U.K. campaign, in an effort to contain the outbreak of…