(Alliance News) – Stock prices in London opened higher on Monday, with the large-cap FTSE 100 index boosted by commodity stocks and the mid-cap FTSE 250 lifted by prospective dealmaking. The FTSE 100 opened up 41.10 points, 0.5%, at 7,913.01. The FTSE 250 was up 149.87 points, 0.8%, at 19,392.56, …
Read More »Crown Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko confirm coronation attendance
Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan have confirmed their attendance at King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation. The country’s imperial household has announced that the royal couple will represent Emperor Naruihto, 63, at the historic event on 6 May. The pair will reportedly leave Tokyo two days …
Read More »Her Majesty orchestrated a ‘military-style exercise’ to make it to Jubilee balcony
Resplendent in a stunning emerald green outfit, the late Queen’s surprise appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony marked the joyous culmination of last year’s Platinum Jubilee. Now a sensational new book by veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson reveals Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary effort to give a poignant ‘last salute’ to the …
Read More »Royal Mail Is Walking on Air in Carbon Conscious Spot from AMV BBDO
Today, Sky Media announces that the Sky Zero Footprint Fund finalist, Royal Mail, will unveil its ‘Footprints’ advertising campaign – encouraging UK consumers to send their parcels greener. Using the £250,000 media value that Royal Mail won from the Sky Zero Footprint Fund in 2022, its TV campaign will run from …
Read More »Royal Mail bosses accused of pointing fingers over ‘rogue posters’
T op bosses from Royal Mail have been accused of blaming others after admitting the business had broken its own rules after posters appeared which compared how long different workers were pausing on the job. MP Darren Jones, who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee said he …
Read More »Letter from 1916 arrives at London man’s home
A letter mailed in 1916 arrived at its intended address in London more than 100 years later. Photo courtesy of the Norwood Society/Twitter Feb. 20 (UPI) — A London man who received a letter addressed to a former resident of his home was shocked to discover it had been mailed more …
Read More »Letter arrives more than 100 years after being posted
A letter has finally been delivered to its destination — more than a century after it was written.Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants.”We noticed that the year on it was ’16. So …
Read More »Royal Mail workers vote to continue strikes campaign
R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. A fresh ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union showed almost 96% were in favour of more strikes unless the deadlock is broken. CWU general …
Read More »Mosque visited by members of the Royal Family was attended by members of the ISIS ‘Beatles’
Mosque visited by members of the Royal Family was attended by members of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ and should have had counter-extremism funding reviewed, report into Prevent finds By Mark Hookham and Abul Taher Published: 19:12 EST, 11 February 2023 | Updated: 19:12 EST, 11 February 2023 A mosque that has …
Read More »Royal fans draw comparisons to Prince Louis, 4, as Kate Middleton shares new baby picture
The Princess of Wales has shared a sweet baby picture of herself with her father as she launched her campaign to shine a spotlight on the ‘early years’ of childhood. A joyful young Kate is pictured with her father Michael Middleton in a never-before-seen photograph taken by her mother Carole. …
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