Senior students at Gordonstoun School will now be able to respond to emergency calls 24/7 following the launch of the purpose-built facility on the school campus. The school said that from September they will be the first cadet corps in the UK to attend live search-and-rescue callouts. They will support …

A Saltash vape and tobacco shop that was ordered to close for selling illegal products has seen its appeal against the closure refused – but it can open tomorrow (Wednesday, June 25) anyway. Saltash Smoke Point, on Fore Street, was made subject to a closure order at Truro Magistrates’ Court …

Liberal Democrat MP, Caroline Voaden, has slammed Royal Mail as just 73% of first-class deliveries in the TQ postcode area were delivered on time … Source link

Newton Abbot MP Martin Wrigley is calling for regulators to take action to stamp out mail delays. Source link

Tuesday, 24 June 2025 10:30 The Island’s post office says services to Israel and Iran have been suspended. The Post Office says Royal Mail has halted services to both countries during the current conflict. It says operations at ports have been suspended with flights and other transportation services also on …

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh Thought to be Queen Elizabeth’s ‘favourite’ daughter-in-law, it is surprising Sophie would opt for bold-coloured nails when Her Majesty found them to be ‘vulgar’. But during a visit to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in Hampton on February 12, 2020, the Duchess sported a chocolate brown manicure …

Elliot Ball BBC News, South West BBC Valerie Bannister said she is “scared” of the seagulls outside her house A woman living in Cornwall has said she cannot leave her house without needing to defend herself against seagulls. Valerie Bannister, from Fowey, said she has been left “feeling scared” after …

The man who filmed a viral punch-up between two racegoers on Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot has described how the pair moved like ‘professional’ fighters as a pal acted as their referee while they traded blows. Jermaine Kingsman, 34, shot the widely seen footage of two men in grey and …

A list on the Royal Mail website shows several postcodes in Southend are currently being affected, with one Canvey postcode also facing delays.  Deliveries across Southend’s SS0 to SS4 postcodes, as well as SS9, SS22 and SS99, may be disrupted as a result of these issues, while Canvey’s SS8 postcode is also …

Residents in a Cornish town have been warned that their post may be delayed due to dive-bombing seagulls attacking postal workers. This is the second consecutive summer that the issue has arisen, with the protective parent birds causing havoc for Royal Mail staff. Seagulls are known for their territorial behaviour, …