Residents in Brent Knoll are rallying behind a new community campaign calling for the return of key postal services to the village. Villagers are urging Royal Mail to reinstate a post box outside the Brent Knoll Community Shop. They are also calling on the Post Office to enable the return …
Read More »Man arrested in Craigavon over 2005 disappearance and murder of Lisa Dorrian – Armagh I
Lisa Dorrian Detectives investigating the disappearance and murder of Bangor woman Lisa Dorrian have arrested a 48-year-old man in the Craigavon area. The man was detained earlier this morning (Thursday), March 5, by detectives from the PSNI’s Major Investigation Team. He was arrested on suspicion of murder, assisting offenders and …
Read More »Posts suspend services to the Middle East
National postal operators across Europe, Asia and Oceania have suspended deliveries, returned parcels to senders and warned of mounting international delays after airspace closures linked to the US–Israel–Iran conflict disrupted global mail routes. As previously reported by CEP-Research, the express and freight sectors have also been heavily impacted by the …
Read More »Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi spends time on luxury island off the coast of Miami – but Sarah Ferguson is still MIA
By NICK PISA, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 09:41 EST, 4 March 2026 | Updated: 09:43 EST, 4 March 2026 Princess Beatrice’s husband is on a luxury island resort in the United States – while his mother-in-law Sarah Ferguson is still nowhere to be seen. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is spending time on …
Read More »Ex-Royal Navy chief says ‘horrible but acceptable’ US torpedoing of Iranian warship makes conflict ‘a global war’ – and describes what strike would have been like for the sailors on board
The United States-Iran conflict became a ‘global war’ on Wednesday night after an American submarine sank a regime warship in international waters. A torpedo launched from the US sub struck the Iris Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka, some 2,000 miles from Iran. Footage showed a huge explosion beneath …
Read More »Keith McDowall obituary: non-spinning spin doctor
When Keith McDowall titled his autobiography Before Spin he was making a point. During his years in Whitehall as a non-spinning media guru, he was scrupulously non-partisan and rigorously honest. Serving Conservative and Labour ministers during the premierships of Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan, he instructed his staff …
Read More »Fresh surge of complaints over stench from Shropshire tip sparks investigation
People living nearby the Granville landfill site at Redhill near Priorslee, have been complaining about a vile, eggy odour coming from the Telford tip since March 2024. After the Environment Agency (EA) stepped in, and amid calls to shut the site down last year, work began on installing wells to …
Read More »Trump warns Starmer: Fall into line over Iran, or else
US President Donald Trump has delivered the most extraordinary public rebuke of a British prime minister in the post-war period, insisting that he and NATO allies fall fully into line behind the US-led war on Iran. Speaking from the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump denounced Keir Starmer for initially refusing to …
Read More »UK seaside town family-run chocolate shop closing down after 23 years | UK | News
Sweet Moments store (Image: Sweet Moments) A beloved chocolate shop in East Sussex is closing down due to “age creeping up suddenly”. Vic and his wife Karen Dowdey have owned Sweet Moments in Seaford for 23 years but have decided now is the right time to retire, planning to do …
Read More »The last post for mail investments?
At face value, the collapse of City Link on Christmas Eve is just the latest in a long line of setbacks for the UK’s postal and courier services as they struggle to get to grips with the online retail revolution. The ever-changing dynamics of consumer spending have caused significant upheaval …
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