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What do you know of Royal Navy ships?
As an island nation, the sea has always been of the greatest importance to the United Kingdom. The history of the country is indelibly linked to that of the Royal Navy. From […]

Eat Local in Penrith
Find places to eat in Penrith on Five Minutes Spare.

As part of our Select and Collect service you can find Restaurants, Takeaways and More, Eat Local and Support your local small […]

The new US Elected President Joe Biden has recently gone to the hospital about his foot, the 78-year-old was playing with his German shepherds and managed to twist his foot, resulting in him fracturing it. This is […]

The Government has announced that up to Christmas, shops, including non essential ones, could be allowed so stay open 24/7. 

Currently, for a business to be allowed to stay open for hours other than 9am to […]

Highwaymen – what do you know?
In Britain, they were known as highwaymen, and, in Ireland, sometimes as Rapparees, and elsewhere as land-pirates, mail-coach robbers, stagecoach robbers, road agents, or […]

Covid-19 infections are still big and at its peak. The UK is still in a lockdown type system as of the 2nd of December that will stop the virus from spreading in more than one place and stop spreading from bar to […]

Breaking up the Arcadia empire is “the only way” forward, former chief executive Lord Rose says.
BBC News – Business

Israel says it has ‘no clue’ who was behind the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an ambush on Friday.
BBC News – Middle East

Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Protesters throw fireworks and set up barricades while police use tear gas in tense clashes in Paris.
BBC News – Europe