Pictured: Hit and run victim, 47, who was deliberately mown down in Iceland supermarket car park as police continue hunt for driver John Avers was declared dead at the scene in Dagenham supermarket car park Witnesses said Mr Avers was hit multiple times by a car while on the ground …
Read More »Postman sacked for drink driving after being called into work at short notice while drunk on cider
A Royal Mail delivery driver has been sacked for drink driving after he was called in to work on his week off because the office was ‘really busy’. Daniel Austin had already drunk a large amount of strong cider when he received the call from bosses asking him to work …
Read More »Royal Mint will not make any more 2p or £2 coins for the next decade
The Royal Mint is set to go more than a decade without producing any new 2p or £2 coins after cash usage slumped over the last 10 years and the country handed back its old change, an official report claims. Figures published in a National Audit Office report into Britain’s …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will feature in the first ever televised TIME’s 100 list
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will feature in the first ever televised TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list A promotional video released by E! News Wednesday shows a handful of stars who will be honored on TIME’s prestigious list for 2020 TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list will be broadcast …
Read More »NatWest banking goes DOWN across much of the UK leaving customers locked out of their accounts
Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers across the country were locked out of their accounts and left unable to use their payment cards for hours following a huge system breakdown. Many took to social media on Wednesday evening to complain about their money disappearing, being unable to make payments …
Read More »Newry.ie – Just Fourteen Hours from Newry to Dublin by Mail Coach
While there has been a postal service available in Newry from as far back as 1564, Newry only became a Post Town in 1784, the year the Irish Post Office separated from the English Post Office. Sometime after 1761, the Post Office was relocated from Market Street to Marcus Square …
Read More »Prince Andrew ‘is airbrushed out of Prince Philip’s 100th birthday celebrations’
Prince Andrew ‘is airbrushed out of Prince Philip’s 100th birthday celebrations’: Scandal-hit royal ‘won’t be invited to major events and won’t feature in photo exhibition’ Andrew, 60, is reportedly not being invited to major events for the milestone Prince Philip is due to turn 100 next June but allegedly won’t …
Read More »Kate Middleton unveils 100 photos of how the world has coped under coronavirus
She said she wanted photographs that captured a ‘snapshot of life during lockdown’. And that’s exactly what the Duchess of Cambridge has amassed. Hold Still, a photography initiative launched by Kate with the National Portrait Gallery, attracted more than 31,000 entries from members of the public in just six weeks. …
Read More »Lockdown blow to UK health: Hospital admissions for seven major non-Covid illnesses slump by 173,000
The devastating impact of the lockdown on the nation’s health is laid bare tonight. Shocking figures reveal that admissions for seven deadly non-coronavirus conditions between March and June fell by more than 173,000 on the previous year. The NHS Digital data for England shows there were nearly 6,000 fewer admissions …
Read More »New coin marks 100 years since publication of Agatha Christie’s first crime novel
There’s no mystery about who this celebrates! New coin marks 100 years since publication of Agatha Christie’s first crime novel The Mysterious Affair At Styles introduced Hercule Poirot to the world in 1920 The coin is available on the Royal Mint’s website, priced from £10 to £1,115 The novel ushered …
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