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A new 50p has been released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the changeover Credit: Royal Mint Britain was in the midst of a seven-week postal strike, the average house cost £4,265, and a pint of best bitter would set you back less than 14p. The United Kingdom of February 1971 was a very different place to today. However, the nation’s currency was about to enter the modern age and faced its biggest-ever overhaul. The days of the shilling, half crown and threepenny bit were all numbered...

Juvenile Runner-Up Hot Rod Charlie Revved Up For Lewis Stakes Sponsored by: Hot Rod Charlie, shown training for last years Breeders Cup Juvenile at Keeneland Hot Rod Charlie may not win Santa Anitas Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Jan. 30, but one things for sure: he wont be 94-1. He was dismissed at those boxcar odds in the Breeders Cup Juvenile on Nov. 6 at Keeneland but outran them big time when beaten just three-quarters of a length by undefeated Essential Quality, who is expected to be...

Two Cache County officials moving on from local government service reflected on civic engagement at an open house in Logan on Friday. After a decade of serving and working for Cache County, Jon White officially retired from Cache County Council, while former-Cache County Executive Craig Buttars has started his new role as the interim-Commissioner of Agriculture and Food for Utah. Despite all of the political unrest and national division, Utah, and especially Cache County, have been largely shel...

Old Bank Antiques in Royal Wootton Bassett is marked its first anniversary. It was a year ago that businessman Jon White breathed life into an historic Wiltshire building – the former HSBC bank at 143 High Street – and opened its doors. The ribbon was cut by Wiltshire TV presenter and antiques expert Paul Martin. Within three months, the shop had to close during lockdown and this fledgling business – like so many others – had to go online. Jon said: “What a year it’s been....

on 11 Nov 2020 The search is on for Ireland’s greatest friendship Capture what friendship means to you and be in with the chance to win €750 Blue Book Vouchers, while two runners-up will get a €250 Blue Book Vouchers. SPONSORED Fishermans Friend friendship photography competition. \ Chris Bellew /Fennell Photography They say ‘a picture paints a thousand words’, and this year Fisherman’s Friend Ireland is celebrating the strength of friendship with its nationwide search to find I...