A woman who worked at a Clarks outlet in the United Kingdom for 68 years was fired from a her job with only two days of notice recently, it was reported. Jill Cornick said that she started working at Clarks in Blandford, Dorset, in 1956 when she was 14 years old. She worked there for...
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Prince Harry is returning to UK on this date after reportedly ‘scrapping’ the visit
Prince Harry is returning to the United Kingdom for a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, according to an Independent UK report. Prince Harry to illuminate St Paul’s with Invictus anniversary reading amidst security buzz. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File Photo(REUTERS) “Whenever Harry travels to the UK, his trips are always dependent on...
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Prince Harry returning to the United Kingdom
Prince Harry is set to return to the United Kingdom within days, though his wife, Meghan Markle, is not expected to join him. According to a spokesman for the Invictus Games, as reported by The Sun, Harry will be at the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8. The event...
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Woman Who Worked At UK Clarks Store For 68 Years Sacked With Just 2 Days Of Notice – News18
Last Updated: April 28, 2024, 15:00 IST The woman even put off her honeymoon in 1969 so she could take a training course.(Representative Image) Jill Cornick, a shoe shop employee, started working at the facility in 1956 at the age of 14. An 82-year-old woman in the United Kingdom who had been employed at Clarks...
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Rwanda Bill ignores history, isn’t humane
The United Kingdom (UK) has codified the xenophobic tendencies of a section of its citizens into legislation. Under the Rwanda Bill, refugees deemed to have entered the UK illegally will be deported to Rwanda, against payments from the former to house them for “processing”. Even if their asylum requests are found to be genuine, they...
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The England and Scotland border ‘badlands’ where tragic history and epic scenery converge
In the 18th century the closest Scottish customs house was in Dunbar 20 miles north. I naively conjure up scenes of savvy smugglers sneaking around the tight wynds of Eyemouth’s old town while Keystone Cops excisemen give comical chase. The reality was darker, as Janes reveals: “They would have used force if they had to....
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Asylum seekers pouring into Ireland from UK, says minister
Infrastructure on the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland has gradually been dismantled since the Good Friday Agreement more than 25 years ago. During the Brexit negotiations, Dublin insisted that the border on the island of Ireland be kept “invisible”, without infrastructure such as checkpoints. It argued this would protect the peace process and...
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N.B. tourism minister defends pricey trip to United Kingdom, France | CBC News
New Brunswick’s tourism minister is defending a trip she and her top officials took to the United Kingdom and France that helped her deputy minister rack up a $77,000 travel bill last year. Tammy Scott-Wallace said the trip last September included meetings with a number of tour operators and public relations firms in London and...
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Sunak promises to boost UK defence spending by 2030
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to boost spending to 2.5% of GDP, putting the defence industry on a ‘war footing’. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he would lift defence spending to 2.5 percent of the country’s annual GDP by 2030, saying the British arms industry must be on a “war footing” when the...
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The 20 most beautiful seaside villages in Britain
There’s just something about the British seaside – we do really love to be beside it. Even in an era of cheap and easy flights to hot and sandy places, the idea of hanging out on the UK coast still manages to exert a strong pull. Specifically, in its little villages. Spots that don’t have...
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‘Can’t give them jobs’: Rwandans grapple with fears over UK asylum plan
Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had no plans of ever living in Rwanda. In northern Kigali, Hope Hostel sits on a hill overlooking the capital. Across town in the southwest sits the Bwiza Riverside Estate, where...
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Enphase Energy Partners with Octopus Energy Group in the United Kingdom
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced a new strategic relationship with global energy and tech company, Octopus Energy Group. The parties will focus on deploying Enphase IQ8™ Microinverters and IQ™ Battery 5P™ in the United Kingdom. Octopus Energy’s retail customers in...