Royal Mail

James Holland The envelope reached its destination despite the sender omitting the address A letter simply addressed to “Mr James Holland, well known historian, Wiltshire” reached its destination thanks to the power of the postal service. Inside the envelope were World War Two anecdotes written by a veteran’s 102-year-old widow. …

A day before England’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday, the Royal Mail has published this historic photo. Here are the Queen and her three heirs, the Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince George. Number 41, 42 and 42 in a row salute the longest reigning Queen in …

A man has been charged with arson after “items were set alight and thrown into a property” in Grimsby. Crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue were called to Rutland Street shortly after 8pm on Tuesday (October 8), following reports of a rubbish fire that had spread to a property. The …

In celebration of Pharrell’s animated biopic Piece By Piece, the multi-hyphenate musician, designer and skincare brand founder of Humanrace, is launching a limited-edition Skincare Routine Pack that mirrors the LEGO aesthetic. The popular formulations remain the same, but the packaging is taking on a decidedly playful new approach by replacing …

Consultation on multi-employer/master trust CDC schemes published On Tuesday 8 October 2024, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published their consultation which puts forward draft regulations to allow CDC schemes to be set up on either a multi-employer or master trust basis, with a view to this legislation coming …

A suspected lair of a leopard, bursting with remnants of slaughtered sheep, has been uncovered in the rural landscapes of Britain. Big cat enthusiast Darren Tinsley stumbled across the grisly scene inside an abandoned metal pipe, where he found partially consumed sheep carcasses littered around. Additional skeletal remains were located …

Shares of cruise lines stocks rallied this week, with Carnival Corp.(NYSE: CCL)(NYSE: CUK), Royal Caribbean Cruises(NYSE: RCL), and Norwegian Cruise Line(NYSE: NCLH) up 12.9%, 8.3%, and 14%, respectively, through Thursday at 1:27 p.m. ET, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Cruise lines had been battered by the COVID-19 …

A former Grimsby sub-postmaster whose life was torn apart by the Post Office scandal has sadly died before receiving full compensation for being wrongly sacked. Gillian and David Blakey were finally cleared in 2021 along with dozens like them who were wrongly sacked or convicted of theft, fraud and false …

A family who fled Uganda in 1972 and were the first Ugandan family offered sanctuary in Warrington, have repaid the warm welcome that they received by serving their community for over 50 years. Kantilal Kanani, better known as Ken, has just retired after 27 years as postmaster for Padgate Lane …

By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates 60 years since the formation of the English rock band the Who on 12 stamps in an Oct. 17 issue. Royal Mail presents eight of the Who stamps in two horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) strips of four. The stamps in one strip are …