This includes services like Parcel Collect, where posties pick up parcels from customers at the doorstep, and offering more ways to drop off parcels at convenient times and locations. Royal Mail has already rolled out more than 5,000 parcel points this year, including at Collect+ stores and its growing number …
Read More »Diners ditch traditional Christmas meals for highly rated lunch cruise
London is brimming with spots to soak up the holiday spirit, blending a classic Christmas dinner with live music and an abundance of yuletide cheer. But increasing numbers of revellers are turning to something a little different, with London Thames Christmas Lunch Party Cruise offering an ideal daytime festive gathering …
Read More »Purchase online by Friday, December 13th for pre-Christmas delivery
Take the hassle out of Christmas shopping this festive period and make all your purchases online. With that in mind, we’ve confirmed our last posting date for our club shop online orders in the UK to ensure you get your item on or ahead of the final day to receive …
Read More »AMANDA GOFF: Tyler Perry just confirmed my worst fears for the Royal Family. With two blunt words, Meghan and Harry’s Hollywood benefactor reveals what’s really going on behind closed doors in Montecito…
When I saw an interview with American filmmaker Tyler Perry published by the Times of London was causing a stir online, my first thought was… ‘Who the hell is Tyler Perry?’ Well, it turns out he is fairly well-known as a purveyor of lowbrow comedies that rarely see release outside …
Read More »Photographic portraits of royal family taken over a century to go on display
Royal Portraits: A Century Of Photography will run from February 28 until September 7 at The King’s Gallery in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, after previously being exhibited at Buckingham Palace. It chronicles the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s until the coronation of the King in 2023, with …
Read More »Ford Transit 350 most stolen van, Travis Perkins research reveals
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request, submitted to the DVLA by builders merchants Travis Perkins, has revealed that between 22 October 2023 and 22 October 2024, Ford Transit 350 topped the league of stolen vans, with 635 stolen during the period. In second and third place are the Mercedes Benz Sprinter 313 …
Read More »A functioning postal service would be a Christmas miracle
For the last three years – before the reluctance of Royal Mail to provide a postal delivery service became news – I have endeavoured to send all my Christmas cards at the start of December (“I resent writing Christmas cards… but I’d resent not receiving them even more”, Sunday 8 …
Read More »Royal Mail issues warning to customers in more than 50 UK postcodes amid Christmas shopping deliveries
Royal Mail has issued a warning that some customers may experience longer than usual delivery times due to severe weather disruptions. The postal service utilises an air, rail and road network to transport post and parcels between distribution hubs and processing centres. However, the normal travel route for letters and …
Read More »Red letter day for Royal Mail staff as Labour MPs visit
Royal Mail workers across the Indie patch got a festive visit from their Labour MP. Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean showed his support for staff at Bishop’s Stortford’s delivery office on Friday, December 6. He said on Facebook: “It was a pleasure to visit the Royal Mail delivery office …
Read More »Royal Mail issues warning to dozens of UK postcodes
The postal service has warned that some customers may have to wait longer than usual for their post to arrive. Royal Mail operates an air, rail and road network to keep post and parcels moving between distribution hubs and processing centres. However, severe weather, which prompted red and amber weather …
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