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Read More »Royal Mail resumes overseas deliveries via post offices after cyber-attack | Royal Mail
Royal Mail has restarted international parcel and letter deliveries through Post Office branches almost six weeks after it revealed it had been affected by a ransomware cyber-attack that left it battling to get its international services back up and running. It refused to pay an $80m (£67m) ransom sought by …
Read More »Spain Court Agrees To Extradite British Man Over Twitter Hack
Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition of a British citizen accused of involvement in a 2020 hack in which the Twitter accounts of a number prominent figures were simultaneously hijacked and used to promote a cryptocurrency scam. Joseph James O’Connor, from Liverpool, was arrested in July 2021 in …
Read More »Pottery to launch King’s coronation mugs, plates and more
Staff at Emma Bridgewater, who have begun painstaking work on the pieces, are expecting the collection to see “big demand” from collectors, royalists and members of the public who are keen to own an item that marks the historic moment. The collection includes small plates, a teapot and a half-pint …
Read More »University and College Union sells out UK higher education strike
On Friday, the University and College Union (UCU) called off seven days of strikes set to be held over the next two weeks. The sell-out came 24 hours after 70,000 university lecturers and other higher education workers at all 150 UK universities held three days of strikes. This completed nine …
Read More »Royal Mail issues urgent warning to anyone sending or receiving post in the UK
An urgent warning has been issued to anyone across the UK who sends or receives mail or parcels in the post, as more strikes are set to occur. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have confirmed that Royal Mail workers have voted to continue with industrial action this year, reports Birmingham …
Read More »Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has advanced a plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, defying a mass uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States. A vote early on Tuesday marked only preliminary approval for the plan. But it raised the stakes in a battle that …
Read More »The Antidote: Five happy things in the news today, February 21
We live in unusual times. It all gets a bit much some days. So each weekday we’re bringing you a much-needed dose of positivity to remind you that there’s inspiration, kindness and quirkiness out there too. Brought to you by Tourism Fiji. A letter arrives in London a century after …
Read More »Letter Arrives At Recipient’s London Address 100 Years Later, Decade Before Queen Elizabeth’s Birth
Representation. A letter. Pixabay KEY POINTS The letter was sent in February 1916 and addressed to Hamlet Road, Crystal Palace in South London It had a stamp bearing the head of King George V, grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II The letter arrived at the property in 2021 but was only …
Read More »What’s On?: The website for Neston News, Events and Information (Neston)
19 Apr – 13 May 2023 – The Neston Music Festival 2023 Published: 20th February 2023 15:12 Spring is time for Neston’s celebration of all forms of music The Neston Music Festival has been bringing a celebration of all forms of music to this wonderful town since 2017, …
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