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Grace Kelly’s stark warning to Princess Diana: ‘It’ll only get worse!’

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Princess Grace had been a famous film actress but gave up her life in Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. There are astonishing parallels between Grace and Diana, […]

Divided EU seeks to agree huge coronavirus stimulus as economies face 'steep decline'

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – European Union leaders began the process of approving an unprecedented stimulus package for their coronavirus-ravaged economies on Friday (June 19), aware of the need to deliver help quickly, but still divided over its final size and terms. The 27 national heads started a video conference at 4pm Singapore time to discuss recovery […]

Burglars steal £50,000 of saffron from east London warehouse

Police are hunting two burglars who broke into a warehouse in east London and stole £50,000 of saffron. CCTV footage shows two men force their way into the independent business’s storage unit in Ilford, ignore all the other stock and go straight for a box containing 10kg of the spice. Saffron, which is used widely […]

Acid attacker to be freed 11 years after Katie Piper assault

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Sylvestre was freed in 2018 but recalled to prison 13 months later. He was then cleared of taking vehicles without consent and a Parole Board panel now says he can go free. […]

Prince Philip tribute: The sweet way Queen and Duke may bond today

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Prince Philip, 99, and Queen Elizabeth II, 94, have spent more time together than they have in years during lockdown. Since the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement from public life in 2017 he […]

Boris Johnson unveils £1,000,000,000 plan to help kids catch up after lockdown

Boris Johnson has unveiled a £1 billion catch-up programmed for children who have missed school during lockdown. The huge support package is aimed at giving millions of the most disadvantaged pupils access to one-to-one or small group tuition to make up for months of lost teaching time. It includes £350 million for a ‘national tutoring […]