Foreign Office reveals oddest calls from Brits abroad in 2019 including request for 50 Cent’s number

Foreign Office reveals the oddest calls from Britons abroad in 2019, from a request for 50 Cent’s phone number to a complaint about an in-flight meal One woman called asking what to wear to an event being held at Windsor Castle Another person asked embassy staff to retrieve headphones left in a hotel room A … Read more

Inside Princess Anne’s lavish office at Gatcombe Park

Princess Anne has given royal fans a rare glimpse into her country home at Gatcombe Park.  The Princess Royal, 69, was seen sitting in a traditionally decorated room as she opened the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow via videolink yesterday. She is thought to be in isolation at Gatcombe Park, the Gloucestershire estate where she … Read more

Google tells its employees they won’t return to company office until at least June 1st

Google tells its employees they won’t return to company office until at least June 1st, and will use a staggered approach when it finally does bring workers back CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an all-staff email announcing the company offices would remain closed at least until June 1st He said that when the tech giant does … Read more

Heidi Klum puts her feet up on her cluttered side of the desk during ‘office time’ with Tom Kaulitz

Heidi Klum works in her bath towel as she reveals her cluttered desk with Oreo Thins and a skull… while husband Tom Kaulitz’s side is MUCH tidier By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 18:35 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 18:35 BST, 29 April 2020 Heidi Klum worked in her bath towel and put her … Read more

Britain’s £4.2bn foreign gender equality budget must be managed better, says National Audit Office

Fury over £4.2billion feminist foreign aid as spending watchdog warns overseas projects that receive financial gifts are not being properly assessed National Audit Office praises ‘ambitious’ plan to improve global gender equality But it tells foreign aid bosses to improve how it will deliver the £4.2bn scheme  Britain has previously spent millions on a Spice … Read more

Foreign Office officials failed to inform police that Harry Dunn ‘killer’ would be returning to US

Foreign Office officials failed to inform Northamptonshire police that Harry Dunn’s alleged killer would be returning to the US after the crash in which he died, it has been claimed. Anne Sacoolas was granted diplomatic immunity and fled Britain nearly three weeks after the car she was driving allegedly collided with 19-year-old Harry’s motorbike outside … Read more

Foreign Office officials failed to inform police that Harry Dunn ‘killler’ would be returning to US

Foreign Office officials failed to inform Northamptonshire police that Harry Dunn’s alleged killer would be returning to the US after the crash in which he died, it has been claimed. Sacoolas was granted diplomatic immunity and fled Britain nearly three weeks after the car she was driving allegedly collided with 19-year-old Harry’s motorbike outside RAF … Read more

Post Office launches cash delivery service for the vulnerable

Post Office launches cash delivery service to ensure vulnerable can access pensions and benefits By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 21 April 2020 A new cash delivery service has been launched by the Post Office and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to … Read more

The Office actor Ranjit Chowdhry dies aged 64 after perforated ulcer

Ranjit Chowdhry, who rose to prominence as a Bollywood character actor before his turn on The Office, has died aged 64. He suffered a perforated intestinal ulcer this week and underwent emergency surgery at the highly regarded Breach Candy Hospital in his hometown Bombay. ‘They operated on him but he died at the hospital yesterday … Read more

Post Office reveals the top 10 destinations where the pound will go further from Bulgaria to Tokyo

You’re planning a budget break. You’ve looked into flights and hotels. But what about everything else?  The new annual Post Office Travel Money report tots up the cost of a ‘tourist basket’ of eight holiday staples in 42 top-choice destinations for British tourists.  Thanks to the resurgent pound, more than three-quarters of the list is … Read more