Published: 15:50 Friday 16 August 2019 The Royal Mail has launched a new-style parcel postbox in Falkirk – but there’s just one such box and it’s in Callendar Business Park. Billed as “one of the biggest innovations in parcels since the launch of Parcel Post in 1883” the postbox is …

Every August brings complaints about A-levels. The latest suggestion is that there should be a single national awarding body for schools examinations. This idea has been around for years: Michael Gove, for instance, considered nationalising exams. Complaints mainly seem to focus on the unreliability of results (manifested by high numbers …

Ten post boxes in Essex have been taped shut leaving residents utterly baffled. The familiar red post boxes on Canvey Island were taped shut yesterday (Thursday, August 15) with confusion spreading as to why. Many were left unable to post items and there was plenty of conversation on social media …

Meghan Markle, along with everybody else, will apparently be skipping a major royal tradition this year. Vanity Fair reported on Thursday that an infestation of heather beetles has been sweeping the moors around Balmoral Castle, Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite vacation getaway. The outlet shared that while the insects have long been …

A number of Royal Mail postboxes in a rural town have been sealed up over “security fears” after a postman is believed to have lost the keys to open them. The 10 boxes on Canvey Island, in Essex, have been taken out of use following concerns that the original keys …

Graze chief executive Anthony Fletcher Retailers that take the time to strike up and engage in conversations with existing and potential customers stand out in the IRUK Top500 Brand Engagement Report 2019. For by providing information or inspiration that’s of real value to the people considering buying their products, these …

Alibaba underlines how brands “need to adapt” to Chinese consumers Alibaba’s online marketplace Tmall is mooted to overtake Walmart to become the world’s largest B2C retailer by 2020. Naturally, food companies are keen to work with the Chinese behemoth. Ben Sillitoe reports. Food companies from around the world are increasingly …

A planned development of 2,000 homes and a school in the south of Gloucester would be a “disaster”, the city’s MP said. Richard Graham said developer Taylor Wimpey is due to submit a formal application to Stroud District Council to build 2,000 homes, a school and a park on farmland …

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Vehicles Wrecked by Hurricane Irma Sunk as Artifical Reef One of Captain Jack Sparrow’s friends busy plotting the Willy T’s next adventure (Photo: Beyond the Reef) By Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell Beyond the Reef, a not-for-profit organisation in the British Virgin Islands, has sunk three disused light aircraft and a small …