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Boss Lyndon Davies says: “We were bringing in Batman vs Joker’s Scalextric sets to arrive in the UK in late November for sale in January. It went up and down the streets of Dover and then it went to Rotterdam, finally arriving last week.” According to Fraser Robinson, a former …

Along with the turkey and tinsel, Christmas serves up a generous helping of stress. Like the time my mother labelled her presents to my father, “To Freddy from Ann, grudgingly,” and “To Freddy from Ann, with a great feeling of being let down.” Or when the dog ate a whole …

High streets descended into chaos on Saturday as shoppers were left with just hours to buy their Christmas gifts before shops close at midnight tonight in London and South East. The scramble came after Boris Johnson this afternoon revealed that a third of England – including London and swathes of …

Christmas. It’s not just a day. It’s a feeling. Just ask Mariah and Bing. How then to describe the anger, the anguish, the grief of December 2020? We’ve dreamed of this Christmas like no other. Yearned for it in a year of lost lives and shattered livelihoods. Just days ago …

A person dressed as a Santa Claus meets with children while sitting in a “Santa Claus bubble” as he opens Christmas season at Aalborg Zoo, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Aalborg, Denmark, Nov. 13, 2020. (Ritzau Scanpix/Henning Bagger via Reuters) Source link

In other words, customer service at Royal Mail is a farce, and the postal service on offer is rather less than serviceable. And from January 1, the cost of … Source link

Prince Charles appeared in high spirits today as he met with postal workers dressed in festive costumes while visiting a Royal Mail office. The Prince of Wales, 71, wore a turquoise face covering as he made the visit to the delivery office in Cirencester to meet with staff about their …

Princess Charlene of Monaco’s bold new haircut has been slammed by hairstylists who claim the ‘dreadful’ style looks as if it was done by one of her six-year-old twins. Known for her signature blonde locks, the royal was almost unrecognisable as she debuted a dramatic half-shaved haircut on a royal …

Remember back in July, when Boris Johnson expressed his wild hopes for “a more significant return to normality… possibly in time for Christmas”? Suffice to say that there is nothing remotely normal about festive offerings in 2020 – unless you consider it normal to be obliged to choose between a …

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have released their official 2020 Christmas card, choosing a candid picture as they relaxed in the gardens of Birkhall. Prince Charles, 71, and Camilla, 73, have spent much of the year at their Scottish residence, choosing to spend the first lockdown at their home …