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UK civil servant allegedly held five full-time jobs simultaneously. (Photo: Wikipedia) A UK civil servant accused of earning £349,378 across eight government jobs allegedly attended virtual meetings with his camera switched off, citing technical problems, a court has heard. According to a report by Personnel Today, Kashim Chowdhury, 55, is accused of lying to secure…

Abu Dhabi royal found unconscious on London street with a toddler unattended, Daily Mail reported. A Daily Mail report has claimed that a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family was found unconscious on a street with a three-year-old child who was unattended. The matter has reached the court as 32-year-old Mahrah Al Nahyan, the…

British actor Jeremy Irons bought the historic Kilcoe Castle in County Cork, Ireland, in 1998 with his wife, actress Sinéad Cusack, and spent years restoring the medieval property. The castle was later joined by another acquisition: a small island nearby, with a cottage. In January 2022, Irons revealed the purchase during an appearance on Late…

When South African technology billionaire Koos Bekker bought Hadspen House and 16 acres of land in Somerset in 2013, the purchase marked the beginning of a much larger project. The estate, now known as The Newt in Somerset, has grown to cover more than 2,700 acres through land purchases made by Bekker’s company, according to…

A shopper who paid £15 for an old ring at a charity shop in Leicester has made thousands of pounds after auction experts linked the item to the British royal family. The rare ring turned out to be a 19th-century gold and enamel mourning ring made to mark the death of Princess Amelia, the youngest…

Representative Image of Thorpeness’s whimsical house-shaped water tower surrounded by trees in Suffolk ( AI Generrated Image) In the English village of Thorpeness, a 70-foot structure built to store water was designed to resemble a house perched above the trees. Completed in 1923, the building concealed a tank with an original capacity of 50,000 gallons,…

A pilot project supported by the Elton John AIDS Foundation has helped transform how HIV testing is offered in England, expanding a programme first introduced in two South London hospitals to 89 emergency departments across the country. The initiative makes HIV tests a routine part of emergency care, allowing patients to be tested unless they…

A British prop maker has turned a corner of his backyard into a science-fiction hideaway, complete with a bar, curved seating that doubles as a bed and a screen showing distant planets. In an interview with PEOPLE, Chester Walsh, 29, spent three months building the spaceship-inspired retreat at his home in Northamptonshire, with the project…

Meet Harrison Nott, the teenage entrepreneur behind CoolTowel. (Photo: Instagram) A 16-year-old entrepreneur from Essex, UK, has chosen not to attend college to focus on his towel business, CoolTowel, which he started in his bedroom in 2023. Harrison Nott’s venture has generated more than £750,000 in revenue this year, driven by a surge in demand…

Lily Coleman and Felix McCorquodale tie the knot in London. (Photo: Instagram) Former tennis star and television presenter Annabel Croft was overjoyed as her daughter, Lily Saffron Coleman, 28, married her long-term partner, Felix McCorquodale, 31, at St Mary’s Church in Battersea, London, on Saturday. The wedding brought together family and friends for an emotional…