A Co Down postbox is one of four across the UK receiving a makeover to mark the coronation of Britain’s King Charles this weekend. The postbox in Hillsborough is being repainted with a special emblem to mark the coronation, which is being held in London this Saturday. Three other postboxes …
Read More »TV’s best and worst moments of 2022: The Traitors and Wagatha Christie to Queuegate
The shining lights of British television could never have hoped to match the drama, intrigue and entertainment that unfolded in Westminster and in this great nation’s many royal households in 2022. However, that does not mean we should discount their efforts. So here’s a bunch of special awards and honourable …
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Britain’s greatest long distance runner has said he was trafficked into the UK when he was around eight or nine (top image) and spent his early years as a domestic slave for a woman he had never met before. In a BBC documentary (left), The Real Mo Farah, which will …
Read More »The alternative London Underground map and lines with different names that almost happened
It is easy to look at the London Underground map and think that it has always been that way, but the truth is that over more than a century the network has changed and morphed. Tube lines and stations which seem like they have been there for donkey’s years have …
Read More »People living in these London postcodes will get their post delivered late after problems with Royal Mail
Mail posted by some Londoners will not arrive on time today Friday (July 24). This is due to processing problems Royal Mail had on Thursday (July 23) evening. Some post arrived late at the London Central Mail Centre, meaning not all of it could be processed. Consequently, mail posted by …
Read More »2019: What Happened In Politics?
And so ends another quiet year in politics… 🙃 I ended 2018 by describing it as a year that ‘delivered some of the strangest, most bizarre, comical and concerning political moments of recent history.’ I think that maybe, just maybe, 2019 might have topped that. Ok, fair, we didn’t see the UK …
Read More »An unholy alliance of Corbyn and Sturgeon would bring the country to its knees
Some elections are a clash of ideas, others a personality contest. The 2019 general election is shaping up to be a process story. Mountains of newsprint and swathes of commentary taken up with questions over the result. Will there be a hung parliament? Which parties could do deals with each …
Read More »Council protects Westminster Banksy art work after rumours a milkshake was spilt over it
An artwork by internationally renowned graffiti artist Banksy which appeared during the Extinction Rebellion protest has been covered with a protective layer to protect it. The artwork at one of the capital’s busiest roundabouts at Marble Arch features a kneeling child planting a tree and the words “From this moment …
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