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Snubbing Meghan Markle and Prince Harry over the Christmas period will not be a good look for King Charles, according to a former royal butler.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spent the last three Christmas periods away from the UK.However, in November Prince Harry rang King Charles on his 75 birthday in a move that appeared to be an olive branch to the Royal Family.Meghan Markle also spoke to the King over the phone on his birthday.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spent the last three Christmas periods away from the UK.PAThe conversation between the Sussexes and King…

More Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in the UK, with some people now due to get £50 so far this winter.There has been a second trigger in one area, with two payments now due in certain postcodes in Cumbria.The weather station used to determine the temperature in this area is Shap.GB News has verified there have been two triggers in the following postcodes this winter: CA10, CA11, CA12, CA16, CA17, LA8, LA9, LA10, LA21, LA22, LA23Cold Weather Payments could help with the additional costs of heating faced during periods of very cold wether PAThe DWP has shared the full…

Channel 10 announced on Monday they have changed the premiere date of the Gladiators reboot to January 15.It will be the second time the network has reshuffled the ’90s classic in the schedule – it was previously set to premiere on January 7.With I’m a Celebrity moved to April and The Bachelors now in December, Ten anticipate better audience reception with the change, reported TV Blackbox.  Releasing a revised promo with the new date, the network claimed audience research was behind the massive change.They suggested the later premiere would be more successful with viewers and help a wider audience hear about…

Carol Vorderman has launched a new investigation into the Government, accusing it of “secrecy and denial” over the Covid procurement VIP lane.The TV presenter teamed up with the Good Law Project to publish an analysis that claims that the Government’s fast track lanes awarded contracts that were “inflated by at least £925 million”. According to internal documents from the Department of Health and Social Care, seen by Good Law Project, VIP lane suppliers were paid on average 80 per cent more per unit than other suppliers. Some contracts were agreed at more than four times the average unit price.The group…

Asda has urged customers to check for a vacuum with a potential safety risk.Those who have purchased the product can return it to stores without a receipt. Beldray Revo Cordless VacuumDate code: Jan 2020 TYBSDC1400500Barcode: 05054061104523The Beldray Revo Cordless Vacuum has been recalled BELDRAYAsda said: “The defect may cause the back of the DC adaptor to come off.”The defect affects all UK & Ireland adaptors supplied since: Jan 2020. BS, 3-PIN, DC Adaptor Model Number: TYBSDC1400500.”If you have purchased the Beldray Revo Cordless Vacuum, please bring it back to your nearest store where you will be given a full refund.…

“For Lord Cameron to say he’s basically going to stop Scotland’s international engagement because of one meeting, where one FCDO official wasn’t able to attend – because, of course, at events like COP, diaries can change quite last minute – is really petty, really misguided,” Mr Yousaf told reporters.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the fairest Disney park of them all?DailyMail.com has compared Disney theme park rankings on Yelp, to see which are the worst and best rated.There are currently 12 Disney parks on the map around the world.Four are in Florida, two in Tokyo, two in France, two in California, one in Hong Kong, and one in Shanghai, but this China outpost is not listed on Yelp as the app hasn’t launched there yet.To see how these attractions compare, take a ride down to check out the rankings, which go from the highest to the lowest reviews.Tokyo…

Figures show UK is an increasingly high-tax country among the 38 OECD nationsData likely to further antagonise Tory MPs worried about the PM’s leadership Britain’s tax take has leapt to a record high, marking the latest evidence of the Treasury’s squeeze on hard-working families and businesses.Figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show the level of tax rose to 35.3 per cent of Gross Domestic Product in 2022, up from 34.4 in 2021.It suggests the UK is an increasingly high-tax country among the 38 OECD nations – moving up from 21st to 16th in the rankings.Separate analysis…

Stargazers have a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to see a rare astronomical event tonight.But you’ll have to be up during the small hours to witness it – and if you blink, you really could miss it.An asteroid known as 319 Leona is set to pass in front of a faraway star called Betelgeuse, famous for its bright red tint and unpredictable behaviour. This so-called ‘occultation’ will result in the star briefly disappearing, as if it’s been blotted out of the night sky by the almighty, before suddenly reappearing.The event will happen not long after 1am UTC, in the early hours of Tuesday (December 12),…

Super-strength opioids manufactured in illicit Chinese labs have been linked to at least 54 deaths in the UK over the last six months.Nitazenes, smuggled into Britain via typical criminal routes, are mixed into heroin due to being cheap and addictive. Sometimes they are sold as oxycodone pills or Xanax powders.As such, addicts don’t always know they are consuming the substances, which can be up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl. Nitazenes — which ministers want to make a Class A drug like cocaine —have started to flood the UK over the past year, police forces say. A sudden spike in deaths this summer…