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Diamond couple June and John Hiscock, from Shanklin, celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today (Thursday).

The deal is now expected to fully close at the end of May. 

Navigatr, the parent company of Kensington Tours, TripArc, and Travel Edge, is attempting to acquire Ensemble. 

Its all change at Cornwall Council as the Conservative Group takes overall majority control. For the past four years there has been a Liberal Democrat-Independent leadership at the council, but all that has changed following yesterdays local elections. The Conservatives took 47 seats, polling 37% of the votes. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrat Group took only 14 seats this time, polling 20% of the votes. Independent candidates did one better, taking 15 of the seats, with 17% of the votes...

Sat 1 May 2021 01.00 EDT This is the time of year when the Duke of Burgundy, a small jewel of a butterfly named after an unknown aristocrat, takes to the wing. Ten years ago, it was Britain’s rarest butterfly, living in tiny colonies on scrubby chalk or limestone grassland. Now it has bounced back, its population surging by 25% over the decade. Last spring, one of the biggest colony of Dukes in the country was discovered by Martin Warren, the author of Butterflies: A Natural History. This was...