The Royal Mail’s promise to beat the big freeze by taking on thousands of temporary staff and making extra deliveries has failed to clear the backlog.
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[ad_1] Senators in California voted in favor of a bill that exempts Sikhs from wearing a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle. The Senate Bill 847, authored by Senator Brian Dahle cleared the state senate this week with a 21-8 vote margin, and will now move to the Assembly. “Freedom of religion is a core…
[ad_1] Six postal workers have been fired from their jobs in a row over tea breaks, a union said. They were among 11 workers suspended from Prenton Delivery Office in Wirral, Merseyside, in July for drinking tea and coffee at pubs while on their breaks. Three were later reinstated, one was handed a penalty and…
[ad_1] The Duchess of Cornwall could secure the top table at any of the world’s finest restaurants, but she today reveals her fondness for the simpler fare of fish and chips, beans on toast – and a childhood obsession with ready-meal frozen pies. In an interview with her son Tom Parker Bowles in You magazine,…
[ad_1] Well, of course, it had to happen eventually. It’s official, we are now a Covid infected household after my wife tested positive last week. Not quite the Christmas gift I’d been hoping for. I feel I ought to surround the house with Salem-style burning torches or stand at the front door ringing a bell…
[ad_1] Royal Mail announced on its website that the new first class stamps are coming in and old stamps will gradually be phased out. The new stamps look similar to the old ones with a portrait of the Queen and a plain background, but there are some big changes too. The new first class stamps…
Soccer star David Beckham will be there with his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish. And the Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala will be there too, probably one of the few guests at the wedding of the year wearing orange Buddhist robes. More: continued here