New York City has forever been changed by the coronavirus pandemic, but Palm Beach has also been transformed by the influx of New Yorkers fleeing south. Palm Beach, Florida, has been a popular destination for New Yorkers looking to escape the danger of COVID-19 in the spring and the civil …
Read More »Prince Andrew’s three hours of private time in New York just as Virginia Roberts flew in to the city
Monday, April 9, 2001, saw a day of extreme weather across New York City. Lowering skies, thunder, lightning and hailstones ‘the size of dimes’, one observer noted. It would prove a suitably sulphurous and doom-laden backdrop to the arrival in town that lunchtime of Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, …
Read More »Boris Johnson says the UK will ‘go the extra mile’ in EU Brexit talks as he steps back from No Deal
Boris Johnson stepped back from the brink of a No Deal Brexit today and pledged to ‘go the extra mile’ to seek a trade deal with the EU. At the 11th hour the Prime Minister announced that talks that have been deadlocked for weeks would continue, having previously suggested that today …
Read More »Queen delays recording her Christmas speech until after No Deal Brexit deadline today
Queen delays recording her ‘personal and emotional’ Christmas speech until after No Deal Brexit deadline today The Queen’s speech is usually filmed in early December but has been postponed Sources suggest speech could be amended depending on Brexit talks outcome Monarch has written a ‘personal and emotional’ message but has …
Read More »Germany tightens virus lockdown rules over Christmas
Germany cancels Christmas: Angela Merkel plunges country into new national lockdown over the festive season in desperate bid to drive down Covid infection rate Country will close most shops and schools and further limit social contact The measures will be in place from December 16 to January 10 to stop …
Read More »Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin gunned down at Perth Motorplex
A Rebels boss has been gunned down at a family drag racing event just weeks after being bashed at a pub, sparking fears it could lead to an all-out bikie war. Nick Martin, 50, was watching the Outlaw Nitro Challenge at the Perth Motorplex, at Kwinana Beach, at 8.30pm on …
Read More »Royal Mail set to test DRONES to fly deliveries to remote areas of Britain
Air Mail: How new letters boss will use DRONES to fly deliveries to remote areas of Britain in overhaul of 500-year-old service Royal Mail executive chairman Keith Williams wants to use unmanned vehicles Trials of the service in remote areas are expected to begin imminently Also examining putting barcodes on stamps …
Read More »MPs accuse The Crown’s Prince Charles star of ‘outrageous’ bid to silence critics
MPs accuse The Crown’s Prince Charles star of ‘outrageous’ bid to silence critics after he slapped down Culture Secretary who asked for ‘fiction’ disclaimer Tory MPs accused Josh O’Connor of trying to silence criticism of The Crown Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden insisted show should carry ‘fiction’ disclaimer The actor who plays Prince …
Read More »End of the Christmas jumper as pyjamas become the must-have Yuletide essential
“You think when you are walking around London at Christmas in normal times, you always see colleagues off out in their Christmas jumpers.” He said: “A lot of people are planning smaller Christmas celebrations with just very close family so they are buying pyjamas.” The site has seen sales of …
Read More »BBC inquiry into Diana interview scrutinises note written by royal praising Martin Bashir
Diana’s mystery note at heart of Bashir probe ‘heaps praise on the shamed BBC journalist’, claim insiders – after it went missing for 20 years and was suddenly found as investigation reopened Note went missing for more than 20 years after a staff member took it home BBC is using …
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