Probashbangla24 online Desk : Supermarket customers may soon have to get used to a new way of paying for their shopping. Marks & Spencer has become the latest food retailer to test an app which allows people to buy their shopping without having to use a till. Users of the app, called Mobile, Pay, Go, scan…
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The £50 note is changing and here’s why
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The £50 note will not be scrapped and will instead get a plastic redesign, the Bank of England has said. Fears that the largest denomination was widely used by criminals and rarely for ordinary purchases had prompted a proposal to abolish it. But ministers said the new version, to be printed in…
Storm Callum: Continued downpours bring flooding
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Rivers have been bursting their banks as heavy rain from Storm Callum causes havoc for a second day. There are more than 30 flood warnings, while one village is on evacuation alert and other towns are at risk. Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys were worst hit and Dyfed-Powys Police told people to stay…
Princess Eugenie: The view from the royal wedding crowds
Probashbangla24 online Desk : It was inevitable there’d be comparisons with this year’s other royal wedding in Windsor. But while Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle brought the town to a standstill in May, there was the feeling that the more low-key atmosphere for his cousin Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s nuptials was actually quite welcome.…
Senior judges could get pay rise of up to £60,000
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Senior judges in England and Wales could be set for pay rises of up to 32% if recommendations made by the Senior Salaries Review Body are accepted. The move aims to address low morale among judges and to compensate them for changes to their pension scheme. The recommendations would see a High…
Drill rapper Daniel Olaloko jailed over county lines drug scam
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A drill rapper from south London has been jailed for seven years for selling drugs in a county lines operation. Trigga T, real name Daniel Olaloko, 19, admitted supplying heroin and crack cocaine in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The teenager was a member of the Silwood Nation drill group. He was a pharmacology student…
Brexit: PM’s compromises a ‘concern’ for cabinet ministers
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Cabinet ministers raised concerns about potential compromises with the EU over Brexit at a No 10 meeting. They are thought to fear the UK will stay in a form of customs union with the EU for an unlimited period, if a trade deal cannot be done in time. No 10 has insisted…
Royal wedding: Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Princess Eugenie has married her long-term partner Jack Brooksbank at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. The ninth in line to the throne was watched by her grandmother, the Queen, and Prince Philip, along with other members of her family. Celebrities were also among the 850 guests at the ceremony, including Cara Delevingne…
Brexit: May urges MPs to put national interest first in future vote
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Theresa May has urged MPs to “put the national interest first” when deciding whether to approve a Brexit deal in a crunch vote likely later this year. Asked about the issue during Prime Minister’s Questions, Mrs May said she was working to secure the best possible agreement that respected the 2016 vote.…
Eugenie wedding: How I also went plastic free on my big day
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The venue, food and drink, music, the dress, hair and make-up… a happy couple’s checklist can go on and on. And Princess Eugenie has added another factor into the equation – her wedding has to be plastic free. The Queen’s granddaughter, who is marrying Jack Brooksbank on 12 October, told British Vogue…