[Link] ‘Meltdown’ at UK passport renewals forces travellers to cancel Easter breaks

Read: 10/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Travellers are being forced to cancel Easter travel bookings because of a backlog at HM Passport Office which is delaying renewals. Some passengers have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket because their new passports failed to arrive before their departure date.

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[Link] Lara Trump claims pricier turkeys are a liberal plot against Thanksgiving

Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Lara Trump, the Fox News contributor and wife of Eric Trump, has bizarrely claimed that the rising cost of the Thanksgiving turkey is part of a liberal plot to “chip away” at American traditions.

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[Link] Move to make Christmas Day a public holiday in SA passes Lower House but unlikely to proceed

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

South Australia's Lower House of parliament has passed legislation to make Christmas Day a public holiday, but with a major amendment that could scuttle any chance of the bill passing into law.

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