Royal Mail customers are warning others to stay vigilant this Chistmas after receiving a scam text message that appears to be from the postal service. Social media users have flocked to Twitter and Facebook to issue alarming warnings over the widespread scam. The scam – which sees victims sent a genuine-looking text …
Read More »Last posting times for Christmas cards, letters and parcels
The Royal Mail has announced its latest recommended posting dates for to ensure mail arrives in time for Christmas 2019. If you’re posting abroad it’s already too late for most destinations – unless you’re sending to our closest Continental neighbours in Belgium, France, Ireland and Luxembourg. But there is still …
Read More »The Perth postie bringing festive cheer to his delivery route
A Perth postie has gone wild with his cheery Christmas get-up. Craigie’s Royal Mail deliveryman, Mark Latta, has adjusted his look for the festive season, sporting red fur-trimmed shorts, candy-cane striped socks, dyed red hair and a big sack for all the presents he’s taking to homes in Perth. The …
Read More »A Berry Royal Christmas viewers joke Kate Middleton is ‘fangirling’ over Mary Berry
Viewers were left stunned after Mary Berry asked Kate Middleton if she wanted to have a ‘squirt on a cake’ as they appeared together on A Berry Royal Christmas tonight. The festive BBC special saw the baking legend shadow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they attended royal engagements with their …
Read More »Royal Mail’s recommended posting dates for Christmas 2019
Christmas is almost upon us – and so is Royal Mail’s postal deadline. Royal Mail has issued its recommended postal dates for Christmas 2019 – and their second class and second class signed for is only days away. If you’re yet to post your Christmas cards and parcels, and you’re …
Read More »‘Why can’t they go home?’ Prince William reveals George and Charlotte ask him about homeless people
Prince William has revealed that Prince George and Princess Charlotte ask him about the homeless people they see on the way to school and wonder ‘why can’t they go home?’. The Duke of Cambridge, 37, was speaking to Mary Berry for her Christmas special A Berry Royal Christmas, which will air …
Read More »MoD investigates soldier blacked up as a Zulu and another dressed Jimmy Savile at Christmas lunch
MoD investigates after a soldier blacked up as a Zulu and another dressed as paedophile Jimmy Savile at an Army fancy dress Christmas lunch Men from 12 Regiment Royal Artillery were at Christmas lunch in West Sussex One was dressed as Zulu, another Jimmy Savile and a third as an Arab …
Read More »One of Prince Louis’s first words was ‘Mary Berry’
Kate Middleton has revealed that one of Prince Louis’s first words was ‘Mary’ because the Royal household is stocked with Mary Berry’s cook books. During a Christmas special with Mary Berry, the Duchess of Cambridge, 37, candidly discusses how her 19-month-old son had conjured the words of The Great British Bake Off …
Read More »Mary Berry teaches William and Kate to cook a festive charity meal
‘I did have to tell Prince William off for cheating during a roulade competition,’ laughs Mary Berry as she recounts the ‘magical’ moments of cooking with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a special BBC programme to provide a festive feast for charity workers. A Berry Royal Christmas gives …
Read More »Passion, pain & sheer perfection… Inside Sleeping Beauty, Royal Ballet’s most lavish production
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty is one of the world’s most lavish – and challenging – productions. So what does it take to stage this showstopping Christmas spectacular? Hannah Betts is given an exclusive peek behind the scenes. First soloist Anna Rose O’sullivan gets ready to make one of ballet’s …
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