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Missing a parcel? You are not alone

I DELIVER my accounts to my accountant by hand, usually. But, on Tuesday of last week, I asked my local Post Office branch to send them by Royal Mail’s guaranteed-by-1 p.m.-next-day Special Delivery. Without asking me, the person behind the counter decided to send them by DPD. The saga began. …

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Denmark scraps letters and its iconic red postboxes

Danes are sending their last Christmas cards through the post. PostNord, Denmark’s state-owned postal service, will stop delivering letters at the end of this year, bringing to an end the 400-year-old tradition. The country’s 1,500 remaining red postboxes have been “vanishing” since June, said The Times. A “handful” will be …

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Visits to Royal Mail and local businesses

Burnham-On-Sea MP Ashley Fox gives an update on his latest activities in the Burnham and Highbridge area in this regular column. “It has been another busy period and I am pleased to share a short update on some of the work I have been doing locally and in Parliament.” “As …

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Postman fired after kicking over rainbow garden gnome

Police are treating the east Belfast incident as a homophobic hate crime. (Belfast Live) Police are treating the east Belfast incident as a homophobic hate crime. (Belfast Live) A postman has been fired after footage showed him kicking over a rainbow-coloured garden gnome.  The incident occurred on 6 December in …

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