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Charles and Camilla’s visit was arranged at the last minute and took place on their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.
With the exception of buses, Whitby swing bridge will be closed to traffic on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday this bank holiday weekend. It will be closed between 10.30am and 4pm each day to ...
Scotland missed out on a top-two finish in Women’s World Cup qualifying but Bryce was player of the tournament.
A local mental health NHS Trust staged its annual event, and a 1km fun run near the racecourse on Saturday (April 19).
Four Serie A matches scheduled for Monday have been postponed following the death of Pope Francis. The Pope’s death, at the age of 88, came a day after he appeared in St Peter’s Square on Easter ...
Irish leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a remarkable figure” who had a “profound commitment to alleviating suffering”. The President of Ireland said Pope Francis had approached his papacy ...
MPs from across the political spectrum also paid tribute to Francis, with several noting his compassion for the poor and refugees.
Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, a senior Vatican official has announced. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated ...
Singer and actor Jay McGuiness has remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker as a “massive life force” who was “hilarious”. Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his ...
Pope Francis’s “common touch” and ability to connect easily with people is a huge loss to the Catholic Church, said an expert who recalled sharing a football joke with the pontiff.
Pope Francis has died, a senior Vatican official has said. Camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a statement on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of ...
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a voice proclaiming the innate dignity of every human being”. A senior Vatican official announced the pontiff died on ...