When Colchester councillor Darius Laws was told on Thursday the town was to become one of eight new cities for the Queen’s platinum jubilee, he couldn’t hide his joy.“ I was in my office fist pumping the air, ” he says.... Dan Fell, chief executive of the Doncaster Chamber, predicted the South Yorkshire town would become a “ magnet for inward investment ”.... Jobs and opportunities would follow, he added. Except, well… will they really?...

drove, you’d encounter acres of trees laden with blood-red baubles....

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Johnson was “ reduced to desperately phoning around his mutinous MPs offering baubles in a doomed

Johnson was “ reduced to desperately phoning around his mutinous MPs offering baubles in a doomed

Its glossy pages encapsulate the Queen’s long reign, depicting Her Majesty as a wife, amother and head of state.As she approaches her Platinum Jubilee, the Queen, 95, has approved 77 images to feature in a new commemorative book illustrating her 70 years on the throne. The Queen: 70 Glorious Years was published on Monday in celebration of the forthcoming milestone, alongside the traditional commemorative range of china, tea towels and shortbread. Each photograph is accompanied by resonant quotes

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a Covid announcement before Christmas as Omicron cases surge across the UK. Fears have been growing that a new wave of Covid restrictions will be announced before the festive period.... 1 Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement before Christmas Credit: Getty Images Is Boris Johnson making an announcement today, Tuesday December 21?... Though no new press conference has been confirmed, the Prime Minister is expected to deliver his next Covid

A FAMILY has set the world record for the biggest-ever Christmas display with a whopping 444 trees decorated with 10, 000 ornaments. Thomas and Susane Jeromin who live in Lower Saxony, Germany, have spent months completing the festive display.... 5 Thomas and Susane Jeromin have set the world record for the biggest Christmas display Credit: AP 5 They have covered their entire flat with Christmas decorations Credit: Reuters 5 They used a total of 10, 000 ornaments to decorate 444 trees The Chris

Its poison is slow working, but compromises blood coagulation, leading many victims to slowly bleed to death internally.... Without the antidote, a single bite can prove fatal. The Wild family proceeded to call snake catcher Gerrie Heyns who advised them not to let the snake out of their sight until he arrived, to ensure the snake did not find another hiding place in their home.... “ I wish there were lots of things under the tree on Christmas day, but not a four-foot poisonous snake, ” Mr Wil

Without its free-trading, transatlantic partner Britain, Dublin has become “ hopelessly exposed ” in its battle to maintain its globalist approach in the coming years.... Remarkably, 75 percent of recent Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland either comes from the US.( 58 percent) or the UK( 17 percent).... '[ ANALYSIS] And now maybe Ireland will pay the price for using the EU as “ an exit from long-standing dependencies on Britain ”....