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The claim: Prince Philip dressed as a palace guard to trick Queen Elizabeth II On April 9, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Shortly after, a misleading post about the prince and queen went viral on Facebook. The Facebook post was an image of the queen laughing next to Prince Philip in uniform.  Along with the image was a caption saying, "The time Prince Phillip dressed as a palace guard to trick the queen." Read...

Skoda has swooped in and taken up even more slack resulting from Holden leaving the market. Following on from taking over as the supplier of patrol cars to the Police from Holden, Skoda New Zealand has once again stepped into a void left by the Australian company following its demise, and this time it is in an arguably even more important role. Following a one-two punch of the Covid-19 pandemic and the departure of Holden, learner driver training programme Street Smart was left hanging by a th...

CMO profile: Navigating the ecommerce boom Shopify marketing chief talks through the strategy hes been using to differentiate the ecommerce solutions provider in the midst of rapid digital uptake in retail Rapid uptake of ecommerce was an inevitable outcome of the events of 2020, and naturally, those companies that supplied the picks and shovels of the digital goldrush were among the biggest winners. But for ecommerce platform providers, the challenge then was not about convincing would-be clie...

Art society hosts Easter exhibition Childhood memories of Easters past by Gail Pantin - The Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ASTT) gallery is hosting an exhibition called Easter Traditions and Religious Art. The exhibition opened on March 23 and will reopen on April 7 and runs until April 9. The society is closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays. It is open to the public, free of charge, from 12 pm - 6 pm. He is Risen by Judy Joseph Mungal - A media release said during the year its ...

Survey plan outlined for historic village church following coronavirus grant Published: 17:00, 03 March 2021 A detailed study of the condition of a West Norfolk parish churchs tower and spire will take place this spring, thanks to the allocation of a coronavirus support grant. Officials from the All Saints Church in North Runcton have announced plans for the survey, which is to be financed with more than £15,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund. And they have also welcomed the grant which th...

Trust welcomes extension to VAT tax concession  Norfolk Churches Trust has warmly welcomed an extension to a VAT tax concession until March 2022. There had been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31. Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, said that the one-year extension was welcome news. “This is great news for churches, and I know that those facing major repairs will be relieved,” he added. Th...

Michael Pollitt St Mary the Virgin, church, Burgh St Peter. - Credit: James Bass An extension to a VAT tax “concession” until March 2022 has been warmly welcomed by Norfolk Churches Trust. There have been growing fears that the 20-year VAT relief under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme would end on March 31. But on Wednesday, Nigel Huddleston MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the department of Culture, Media and Sport, revealed in Parliament that it would continue on the same ter...

Covid-19 emergency grants to 28 Norfolk churches Emergency repair grants of more than half a million pounds have been awarded to 28 historic churches in Norfolk. The 28 Norfolk churches will share £513,000 from Historic England’s Covid-19 emergency heritage at risk response fund. The funds will enable repairs, conservation and investigative surveys to be carried out as soon as possible.   The Historic England grant applications were processed in double-quick time, said a delighted Mid-...

Michael Pollitt All Saints Church in Gresham. - Credit: David Faulkner A 20-year tax “concession” to help meet repair costs of places of worship could be lost from next April, a leading Norfolk church conservation charity has warned. Norfolk Churches Trust is urging the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to continue the successful VAT relief scheme (the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme), which was introduced in 2001. Scrapping the listed places of worship grant scheme could add at least £2.25m to...

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