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A gang of brazen thieves who stripped a town park of its entire stock of daffodils were being hunted by cops today. Just seven out of an estimated 10,000 blooming daffodils were left standing after the flowers were cut at their stems in an ‘industrial scale’ operation earlier this week. The flowers, worth around £2,000, … Read more
Owner of Trafford Centre and Lakeside ‘could go bust’: Shopping centre giant Intu sees share price wiped out after slumping to a £2bn loss Annual loss rose from £1.17bn to over £2bn in the last year, dismal results show Group admits numbers show ‘material uncertainty’ to carry on as a business But, company insisting it still … Read more
High Court judge is ‘gravely concerned’ about missing sisters, nine and 11, after they disappeared while at centre of Family Court proceedings Maya Bentchakal and Fitia Razakarisoa have vanished from west London home They were at the centre of a High Court case which is being staged in private Limits have been imposed on what … Read more
Duty calls! Sophie Wessex wraps up in a grey coat as she joins birthday boy Prince Edward at a local community centre in Mersea Island Sophie Wessex, 55, cut a casual figure as she arrived in Meresa Island today Mother-of-two was joined by Prince Edward, who is celebrating 56th birthday Couple arrived at a local … Read more
Laura wears three-piece shorts suit, maxmara.com When Laura Whitmore took over from Caroline Flack as the host of Love Island, no one could have predicted the tragic turn of events in store. She talks to Francesca Babb about the friend she loved and why we need to think before we tweet Just days after I … Read more
Former Wales centre Matthew J Watkins dies at the age of 41 after long battle with pelvic cancer Former Wales centre Matthew J Watkins has died at the age of 41 after illness Watkins, who won 18 caps for Wales, was diagnosed with pelvic cancer in 2013 Tributes have flooded in across social media from … Read more
The UK’s only working sled-dog centre will close next month ‘due to climate change’ amid fears the Cairngorms could be snow-free by 2080 if temperatures continue to rise. The Cairngorms Sleddog Centre, which has been open for 20 years, has decided to hang up its dog harness as rising temperatures turn the snow-covered slopes into … Read more
The most isolated island in the UK that has had no permanent resident for 90 years because life is too tough is to get a new £5.5m visitor centre – 40 miles away. St Kilda – a UNESCO World Heritage site – sits 40 miles west of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland which is the … Read more
The Queen shone the spotlight on Sophie Wessex in the Royal Family’s Instagram stories today, with a string of posts showing her busy day of engagements in London. The clips followed Prince Edward’s wife, 55, throughout her day, and shared snaps of her various meetings with its 7.5million followers. The story started with a brief … Read more
118 Britons evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan are released after spending two weeks in quarantine in Milton Keynes Kents Hill Park conference centre in Milton Keynes was used as quarantine site 118 British citizens evacuated from Chinese city of Wuhan were sent there They had to stay for two weeks with no symptoms until safe to … Read more