The £7.5bn Black Friday: Beleaguered stores are set for a sales boost as frenzied shoppers snap up bargains (but some offers are best avoided) Experts have warned some bargains may not be quite as attractive as they seem Britons will spend more online this Christmas than in the high street …
Read More »Robot mine-hunters will replace Royal Navy sailors to detect and destroy suspect devices at sea
Robot mine-hunters will replace Royal Navy sailors to detect and destroy suspect devices at sea in £184million programme with France Ben Wallace announced scheme at Franco-British Council Defence Conference Boats will be controlled from ‘mothership’ while towed sonar locates the devices Underwater vehicle will stop a weapon from exploding once …
Read More »Coronavirus Sweden: Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia test positive
Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia have tested positive for coronavirus. The pair, aged 41 and 35, are suffering ‘light flu symptoms’ and are isolating at their home in Stockholm with sons Prince Alexander, four, and Prince Gabriel, three. King Carl XVI Gustaf, 74, and Queen Silvia, …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Exeter Nightingale reopens as local hospitals ‘busy’
Exeter Nightingale reopens because Devon hospital is ‘very busy’ – even though it was only 88% full last week and was quieter than most (so WHY can’t it cope?) Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust has insisted it is ‘very busy’ with patients But data suggests it was only 88 …
Read More »His Royal Spine-ness! Prince Charles adopts three baby HEDGEHOGS
His Royal Spine-ness! Prince Charles adopts three baby HEDGEHOGS to keep down slugs at Dumfries House One male and two female hedgehogs have been taken in by Prince Charles The hedgehogs have taken up residence the Queen Elizabeth Walled Garden Staff are hoping the animals will lead to a breeding boom …
Read More »Alyssa Milano slammed ‘olive branch’ post to Trump supporters
Alyssa Milano took to Twitter on Tuesday and offered an ‘olive branch’ to supporters of President Trump Supporters of Donald Trump are mocking Alyssa Milano after the diehard Democratic activist and fierce critic of the president and his Republican backers offered to extend an ‘olive branch’ to the MAGA crowd. …
Read More »Sage scientists warn of third wave risk over Christmas bubble plan
The World Health Organisation says cases of live viruses being found on packaging appear to be “rare and isolated”, The Associated Press reports. While the virus can “survive a long time under cold storage conditions”, there is no evidence of people contracting Covid-19 from consuming food, it said. The virus SARS-CoV-2 …
Read More »Postal deliveries face delays as sorting office workers forced into Covid self-isolation
Postal deliveries are being delayed as Covid “chaos” at depots sees scores of staff forced to self-isolate. Some people have reported not receiving any mail for over a week, with postal service sources telling The Telegraph that whole offices were being taken out by Test and Trace. The problems stem …
Read More »Prince William and Kate Middleton’s ‘dear dog’, Lupo, dies
Prince William and Kate Middleton have been left heartbroken after their ‘dear dog’ Lupo died last weekend. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a picture of their beloved pup earlier this evening. Sharing the news with their 12million Instagram followers, they wrote: ‘Very sadly last weekend our dear dog, Lupo, …
Read More »How Kate Middleton’s £30 see-through dress changed royal history
She has the model’s gait down to a tee. Turning around, hips swinging, Kate Middleton glides serenely along the wooden catwalk during the Student Charity Fashion Show at the Fairmont St Andrews hotel. Aged 20, she was sassy and confident, but it was the dress that those present on the night …
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