A man has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of a remote island to the east of New Zealand. Jade Kahukore-Dixon had been diving off a boat in the Bay of Waitangi, near Chatham Island, when he was injured by the shark, local media reports said. …
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Open this photo in gallery: Britain’s Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas on Oct. 22 in Austin, Texas.Nick Didlick/The Associated Press Britain’s royal social media accounts posted 40th birthday wishes Sunday for Prince Harry, marking the …
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Heritage Open Days (HODs) returns this September with thousands of free events and experiences in places that are usually closed to the public. From historic houses to factories, museums to music halls, formal gardens to graveyards, places and spaces will again open for free this autumn. Across the country, thousands …
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Katie Price has explained why she failed to appear in court for a bankruptcy hearing – resulting in a warrant for her arrest. The former glamour model insisted she was “not running from matters” and posted a statement on Instagram saying she could not attend because she was filming abroad. On Tuesday, …
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Taylor Swift is getting her own exhibition at the V&A Museum in London this summer. The show – titled Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail – will feature costumes, awards and items from her childhood – with many on display for the first time. The temporary exhibition will be made up of …
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Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, will next week meet the Czech tycoon who is on the verge of becoming the first foreign owner of Royal Mail in its 500-year history. Sky News has learnt that Ms Badenoch will hold talks with Daniel Kretinsky after his investment company, EP Group, struck …
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A former senior executive at the Post Office was told by auditors the Horizon IT system was “a real risk”, four years before sub-postmaster prosecutions stopped. Post Office’s auditors Ernst and Young (now called EY) warned Alice Perkins, the company chair in 2011, that the accountancy software “is a real …
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The commitments offered by the Czech tycoon seeking to buy Royal Mail’s parent firm do not go far enough, according to the union leader representing its 112,000 UK frontline workers. Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward made his remarks following talks with representatives of Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group. …
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A disabled young mother fears that she is stuck in emergency housing months after she hoped to have been moved on to a more suitable longer-term property. Zoe McBride, 28, who suffers from chronic back problems and has a 10-month-old baby, said that families had come and gone from the …
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At least 18 people have been killed and hundreds are injured after powerful storms left a trail of destruction as they swept across parts of the central United States. The storms, which began on Saturday evening local time and continued into Sunday, inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning …
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