Hundreds of people lined the streets of a UK town Friday for the funeral of one of the three girls stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed event — ending with the 7-year-old Swiftie’s favorite song, “Love Story.” The moving ceremony for Elsie Dot Stancombe was the last to be …
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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 …
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Royal Mail celebrates the 50th anniversary of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, which is enjoyed by around 64 million fans globally. ADVERTISEMENT Fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year and the Royal Mail is celebrating by unveiling a set of 14 stamps, featuring monsters and characters …
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A former Royal Marine who was awarded the George Cross for bravery in Afghanistan and falsely held in Dubai on spying charges has said he is “relieved” to have returned home to the UK. L/Cpl Matthew Croucher, 40, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last November for “accessing …
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Zara Tindall is on top fashion form – and it’s down to her Aussie secret weapon. Leaving the late-Queen’s hat colour a distant memory, Zara “won Ascot”, this week, when the Olympian horsewoman appeared in a series of fabulous fashions on the field. On Thursday, she sported a beautiful baby …
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LONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail said Wednesday it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Křetínský. Under the deal, Křetínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for 370 pence ($4.72) per share. Including debt, …
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A Royal Mail lorry drives past the Warrington Royal Mail Centre. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images Royal Mail’s parent company International Distributions Services is set to agree a £3.5 billion ($4.42billion) takeover by Daniel Kretinsky if the Czech billionaire tables a formal offer, the British firm said on Wednesday. Kretinsky’s …
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BRAEMAR, United Kingdom, Sept 2 — Britain’s King Charles III today attended his first annual Highland Games in Braemar as monarch, a traditional highlight of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II’s summer visits to Scotland. The Braemar Gathering, near the British sovereign’s remote Balmoral retreat in northeast Scotland, is always …
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A set of special stamps are being issued to celebrate 65 years of Paddington Bear. ADVERTISEMENT The marmalade-loving Peruvian bear will feature on six postal stamps taken from Ivor Wood’s cartoons, which were originally published in the London Evening News in the late 1970s as the character became a star …
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The stamps celebrate Terry Pratchett’s defining work, the Discworld saga. A set of stamps celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sir Terry Pratchett’s first Discworld novel, ‘The Colour of Magic’, has been unveiled. The eight special stamps feature some of Discworld’s favourite characters including Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes, The Librarian …
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