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Is this the end of 1p and 2p coins? Royal Mint abandons around £4million worth of copper coins in warehouses across the UK as Treasury officials consider scrapping coppers altogether
Byadmin August 25, 2024

[ad_1] By Tash Mosheim Published: 19:55 EDT, 25 August 2024 | Updated: 20:03 EDT, 25 August 2024 The Royal Mint has abandoned around £4million worth of copper coins in warehouses across the UK. Roughly 260 million excess 1p and 2p coins are sitting in cash centres, outnumbering those currently in circulation. This stockpile includes about…

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Dramatic moment Royal Navy soldiers intercept speedboat and seize cocaine worth £40m in Caribbean
Byadmin August 25, 2024

[ad_1] By Ed Holt Published: 12:01 EDT, 25 August 2024 | Updated: 12:07 EDT, 25 August 2024 This is the dramatic moment the Royal Navy intercepted a speedboat and seized cocaine worth £40m. In the footage Royal Navy soldiers can be seen leaving the HMS Trent on multiple smaller vessels, where they are roughly 120 nautical…

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Royal Family raked in £1.3million in farm subsidies over two years – with the King raking in more than £765,000
Byadmin August 24, 2024

[ad_1] By Natasha Livingstone Published: 19:05 EDT, 24 August 2024 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 24 August 2024 The Royal Family raked in £1.3 million from generous government farm subsidies in two years, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. King Charles was one of several high-profile landowners to benefit from the payments, alongside entrepreneur Sir James…

Read More Royal Family raked in £1.3million in farm subsidies over two years – with the King raking in more than £765,000
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Jigsaw fashion tycoon who played as royal ‘matchmaker’ for Wills and Kate charged with sheep cruelty offences on £12million country estate
Byadmin August 24, 2024

[ad_1] By Sam Merriman and Cameron Charters Published: 18:21 EDT, 24 August 2024 | Updated: 18:27 EDT, 24 August 2024 The multi-millionaire founder of luxury fashion chain Jigsaw has been charged with animal cruelty offences on his £12million country estate, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. John Robinson, who played a key role in Prince…

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Royal Fail! Postal workers are delivering less than 80 per cent of first-class post on time
Byadmin August 23, 2024

[ad_1] By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 20:45 EDT, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 20:53 EDT, 23 August 2024 Royal Mail has missed it targets again, delivering less than 80 per cent of first-class post on time. The company said 79.1 per cent of first-class mail arrived within one working day in the three months to…

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Mystery of Fergie’s London flat: £4million Belgravia home owned by Duchess has been lying empty – so, could it become her and Andrew’s new home if Charles ousts them from the Royal Lodge?
Byadmin August 22, 2024

[ad_1] As Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson wrestle with King Charles to hold onto their beloved Windsor lodge, just an hour away lies a potential solution to the thorny problem of where they should live. Fergie is the owner of a £4million apartment in one of London’s most sought-after addresses, which has seemingly been lying empty…

Read More Mystery of Fergie’s London flat: £4million Belgravia home owned by Duchess has been lying empty – so, could it become her and Andrew’s new home if Charles ousts them from the Royal Lodge?
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Royal Mail is forced to close postbox because snails keep EATING people’s mail
Byadmin August 21, 2024

[ad_1] By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 07:03 EDT, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 07:03 EDT, 21 August 2024 Royal Mail has been forced to close a country postbox after discovering snails have been eating the mail. The red box on the B1341 in Adderstone, Northumberland, has been closed since July this year…

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Postcard Arrives to Address Over 120 Years After It Was Mailed
Byadmin August 21, 2024

[ad_1] You might complain about the mail being slow, but how about over a century for a simple postcard to arrive at its address? That is what happen to a man in Wales as he was sorting through his mail and found a postcard marked with a date from 121 years ago mailed to the…

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Hungry snails force closure of postbox
Byadmin August 20, 2024

[ad_1] A postbox in a remote part of Northumberland has been closed because of snails crawling through the flap and eating the mail. The Royal Mail box in Adderstone has been out of use since last month thanks to a hungry snail family. A sign on the front of the red box, dated July 11,…

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Security for Harry and Meghan’s faux-royal tour cost poverty-stricken Colombia £1.5m, local reports claim as furious official slams vice president for ‘squandering’ public money
Byadmin August 20, 2024

[ad_1] Security for Harry and Meghan’s four day quasi royal tour of Colombia cost an eye watering eight billion pesos (£1.5 million) local media have claimed. The £375,000 a day cost involved 3,000 police and soldiers, plus helicopters, sniffer dogs, bomb disposal units and an ever-present guard armed with a ballistic briefcase or bullet proof…

Read More Security for Harry and Meghan’s faux-royal tour cost poverty-stricken Colombia £1.5m, local reports claim as furious official slams vice president for ‘squandering’ public money