A 2,700ft tribute fit for a Queen: World’s tallest building the Burj Khalifa is lit up with an image of late monarch and the British flag – after Brandenburg Gate and the Empire State building illuminated to mark the world-renowned royal’s passing Iconic buildings around the world have been lit up in the colours of […]
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The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards postponed following the Queen's death | The Sun
THE Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards have been postponed following the death of the Queen. Our gongs, which honour Britain’s frontline healthcare heroes, had been due to be handed out tomorrow. But as a mark of respect, we have taken the decision to hold the ceremony at a later date. Sponsors The National Lottery are […]
Florida sex trafficking sting nabs 160 people – including Georgia cop
Florida sex trafficking sting nabs 160 people – including Georgia deputy police chief and two Disney workers Jason DiPrima, 49, deputy chief of the Cartersville Police Department in Georgia, was one of 160 people arrested as part of the week-long sting ‘Operation Fall Haul II’ resulted in 52 felony charges and 216 misdemeanor charge against […]
Ex-Braves pitcher Anthony Varvaro, who retired to become a police officer, dies in car crash at 37
Former MLB pitcher Anthony Varvaro, who retired in 2016 to become a New York City police officer, died in a car crash on Sunday morning as he was on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony, according to The Associated Press. He was 37. Varvaro spent six years as a relief pitcher […]
Senior transport bureaucrat linked to council CEO’s yacht fundraiser resigns
A senior Victorian public servant embroiled in a controversy over a fundraising campaign to crew and equip a yacht to participate in the 2020 Sydney to Hobart race has resigned from his role following an internal probe into the incident. Nick Foa resigned as the head of transport services at Victoria’s Department of Transport effectively […]
Britons will be encouraged to view King as compassionate, wise monarch
Grandfather of the nation: How Britons will be encouraged to view 73-year-old King as a kind, compassionate and wise monarch who will ensure a seamless transition from his mother’s reign, writes REBECCA ENGLISH He has taken on many roles during his long apprenticeship for the crown – royal action man, environmental warrior and, according to […]
US President Joe Biden WILL attend the Queen's funeral
Joe Biden WILL attend the Queen’s funeral: US President and wife Jill will attend service at Westminster Abbey on Monday – amid claims world leaders will be BANNED from arriving in London via private jet or helicopter The US president will attend Her Majesty’s funeral on September 19 with his wife There are reports foreign […]
Britney Spears goes on Instagram rant over estrangement from her sons
‘I feel like part of me has died’: Britney Spears goes on Instagram rant over estrangement from her sons, Sean Preston, 16, and Preston, 15, and says she is NOT willing to see them until she feels ‘valued’ Britney Spears vented her frustrations with her sons as they continue to avoid her in a series […]
Dismantling our castles in the air
We are, remarkably, still only at the beginning of what already seems an endless parade of royal imagery, printed or broadcast or tweeted. There are days of pageantry ahead, of solemn ceremony, public tears and worn prose, of personal recollections of the time a certain face was glimpsed. Because this is all about the passage […]
Waiting for Metro: Train services promised for outer-west ‘nowhere in sight’
The Victorian government is being urged to explain when it will deliver the Metro train services to Melbourne’s outer-west it promised four years ago amid concerns public transport investment is falling severely behind the skyrocketing population growth. A month before his landslide 2018 state election victory, Premier Daniel Andrews pledged to bring electric Metro trains […]