The Royal Family is to rally round the Queen (pictured at the traditional Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene in 2019) this week as those closest to the Monarch have vowed that she won’t be alone for her first Christmas without the Duke of Edinburgh The …
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Has Edward stopped riding at Windsor to avoid Prince Andrew? Earl of Wessex is not seen on a horse in Windsor Great Park for at least four months Prince Edward has not been seen riding in Windsor Great Park for at least four months Edward is normally a regular fixture …
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Pictured: Prince Philip joking with crew of Royal Yacht Britannia on Christmas Day 1956 (the last time the Queen spent December 25 alone) Never-before-seen photograph of Prince Philip was taken on Christmas Day 1956 Taken thousands of miles away as the Queen prepared for her festive broadcast Image is a poignant …
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Ministers have repeatedly insisted that millions of the Chinese-made kits are lying in warehouses across the country, and that the problem lies in distribution rather than supply. But on Friday night, the pharmaceutical negotiating services committee, which represents all 11,200 pharmacies in England, said UKHSA had privately warned that it …
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Supermarkets have expanded their delivery and click and collect services this Christmas but, with demand for deliveries soaring, many are urging shoppers to book their slots as soon as possible to ensure that they secure deliveries in time. A source at Tesco said that more slots may become available in …
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In his foreword, Opperman wrote that the new regulations “will be a huge step forward in providing a major enhancement to the existing occupational pensions landscape, and a third way forward between traditional defined benefit and post 2012 defined contribution schemes”. He continued: “By allowing pension scheme members to share …
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Royal Mail plc – Transaction in Own Shares. The Company announces that on 13 December 2021 it had purchased a total 183,506 of its ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each (the ‘ordinary shares’) on the London Stock Exchange, Cboe BXE and Cboe CXE, through the Company’s broker, Merrill Lynch International, as …
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Grant Shapps today blamed ‘distribution issues’ on the lack of lateral flow tests as the Government website revealed delivery slots had run out and pharmacies were told they couldn’t have extra swabs despite entire cities running out. In an uncomfortable interview with Sky News, the Transport Secretary today claimed there are …
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A ‘knackered’ postman caught on camera leaving a frail pensioner lying in the snow after she slipped near to her front door has been sacked, Royal Mail has today confirmed. Thoughtless Thomas McCafferty, 51, was filmed telling grandmother-of-two Patricia Stewart ‘I can’t help you pal’ after spotting her lying on …
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Fury has erupted after academics in New Zealand were threatened with expulsion from the Royal Society for criticising plans that would see Maori knowledge added to the school curriculum. Current and former professors at the University of Auckland wrote a letter to the editor of the New Zealand Listener criticising …
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