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As members of the Royal Family gathered outside of St George's Chapel in 2025, eagle-eyed onlookers noted a rare interaction between Andrew and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Daily Mail can today reveal the uplifting survival story of little Posie - a child whose very existence touches all who come into contact with her.

The TV personality, 31, welcomed her first child, Ziggy, two months, with her husband, Jamie Laing, 37, in December 2025.

In many rural areas, America's online shoppers can wait half a week or more for deliveries. But Amazon started a $4 billion "rural delivery push" last year, reports Bloomberg, and has now cut delivery times to under 24 hours for 1 in 5 rural and small-town households, with 48-hour delivery to 62% of rural households. The payoff could be huge. Rural shoppers in the US collectively spend $1 trillion a year on clothing, electronics, household goods and other items, representing about 20% of retail purchases excluding cars and gasoline, according to Morgan Stanley. Amazon aims to recondition those shoppers to expect quick delivery, which would play to its strengths and make the company top-of-mind for online purchases... "Rural America is often overlooked," said Sky Canaves, an analyst at EMarketer Inc. who tracks online sales. "This is the opportunity Amazon is trying to seize because e-commerce growth is getting harder to come by...." Amazon's rural push will require a lot more rural business owners willing to make deliveries... Today, Amazon delivers more parcels overall than UPS and FedEx, which are both shedding workers and shrinking their delivery networks, including in rural areas. By picking up the slack, Amazon is expected to become the largest parcel carrier in the US — surpassing the postal service — in 2028, according to the shipping software company Pitney Bowes. Amazon currently delivers two of three orders itself. For rural shoppers, the most visible change will be fewer brown UPS trucks, fewer packages delivered by mail carriers and more small business owners pulling up in their minivans. Amazon's relationship with America's postal service "has become rocky following a dispute over contract terms," notes the Wall Street Journal. But they also share an interesting calculation by Marc Wulfraat, president of MWPVL International, a supply-chain consultancy monitoring the e-commerce company's logistics network. . At Amazon's current pace of constructing 40 to 50 new delivery hubs each year, he estimates Amazon will be able to ship packages to every single U.S. ZIP Code within four years.

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Martin Zubimendi is the latest Arsenal player to join a growing list of withdrawals from international duty this week due to injury.

One of the most prolific actresses of the 80s had fans doing a double take on Monday, as she appeared almost unrecognizable during a rare outing in Los Angeles.

Footage has emerged of a large-scale emergency response after a crash on A130 in Essex

The car was travelling south along Shore Road, between Garthorpe and Meredyke Road, North Lincolnshire, at around 5.45pm.

Over the course of my (almost) 40-year career as a beauty editor on glossy magazines such as Red and Good Housekeeping, I tried and tested thousands of fancy creams.

There was great fanfare for the 15-time major winner as a group of spectators showed their support for him, despite him being arrested 1,300  miles away days earlier. 

Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK on Wednesday. "After downloading a new update, users will now have to confirm that they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features," reports Gizmodo. "Users will be able to confirm their age with a credit card or by scanning an ID." For those underage or who have not confirmed their age, Apple will turn on Web Content Filter and Communication Safety, which will not only restrict access to certain apps or websites, but will also monitor messages, shared photo albums, AirDrop, and FaceTime calls for nudity. Apple didn't specify exactly which services and features are banned for under-18 users, but it will likely be in compliance with UK legislation... The British government does not require Apple and other OS providers to institute device-level age checks, but it does restrict minor access to online pornography under the Online Safety Act, which passed in 2023. So far, that restriction has only been implemented at the website level, but UK officials have been worried about easy loopholes to evade the age restrictions, like VPNs. The broader tech industry has been campaigning for some time to use device-level age checks instead in response to the rising tide of under-16 social media and internet bans around the world. Last month, in a landmark social media trial in California, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also supported this idea, saying that conducting age verification "at the level of the phone is just a lot clearer than having every single app out there have to do this separately." Pornhub-operator Aylo had advocated for device-level restrictions in the UK as well, and even sent out letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft in November asking for OS-level age verification... The most obvious question: Could this be brought stateside?

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In a significant escalation to the month-long war, Iran's proxy group in Yemen yesterday issued a warning over the waterway which is known as the 'Gate of Tears' in Arabic.

The age-defying stars of today refuse to chop their hair into sensible bobs and stick to flowy, modest dresses.

Chocofay is set to open a new store at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex

It's been 30 years since Leonardo DiCaprio locked eyes with Claire Danes through the Capulet mansion's fishtank in Baz Luhrmann nineties take on Shakespeare's most famous love affair.

The former Duke of York was reportedly urged to stop horse riding after aides feared it would be a 'bad look' for him to be seen enjoying himself while under police investigation.

The British version of the US hit has earned mixed reviews so far, with it recently revealed by industry sources that Sky have spent approximately £2million per episode on the show.

Five Guys CEO Jerry Murrell said he gave his employees a $1.5 million bonus after a chaotic day in the workplace because he 'didn't want anybody shooting me in the back'.

The pair split in 2023 after five years of marriage, and have continued to co-parent their three-year-old daughter together.

Robyn, who welcomed her son Tyko in July 2023, also admitted that being a single parent can be 'very, very taxing.'