Campaign for Better Transport supporters delivered a giant postcard to the postal service’s head office in central London with the message ‘Mail belongs on rail’ Public transport campaigners have urged Royal Mail to transport post by rail Public transport campaigners have appealed to Royal Mail to reconsider its recent decision …
Read More »Royal Mail post box ‘stolen’ overnight in Wiltshire village
A Royal Mail post box was stolen from Perry Green, Charlton, Malmesbury, overnight between October 14 and October 15. A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: “Please keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour around post boxes overnight. “Anyone with information relating to this incident should contact Wiltshire Police on 101. “Alternatively, …
Read More »Use trains to move post, Royal Mail urged
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Read More »Youngest ever champion crowned at boccia championships
PLAYERS from across the isles came to compete for the title of Shetland boccia champion on Sunday (20 October) at the Clickimin. Boccia is a paralympic sport in which athletes throw, kick or use a ramp to propel a ball onto the court with the aim of getting closest to …
Read More »Royal Mail recruiting posties to improve Andover service
This follows MP Kit Malthouse’s collaboration with senior executives and staff last year to enhance performance. Mr Malthouse said: “Last year, I had visited Andover Sorting Office and met with management and posties to discuss how we could make our local postal service more reliable. “The good news is that …
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WATCH / There’s no place like home Somebody Somewhere is loosely based on the life of comedian Bridget Everett, who plays Sam (above), who reconnects with her high-school friend Joel (Jeff Hiller). I get too attached to characters on TV shows. When the French comedy Call My Agent! ended, I …
Read More »Basildon Broadmayne development name to honour D-Day hero
The name, which has been approved by Basildon Council but awaits Royal Mail confirmation, will see the upcoming Broadmayne development be called Sheppard Mews. Once complete, the new-build estate will include 18 new council and private houses as well as a block of 15 flats on a former car park …
Read More »Isle of Man Post Office reports £2m increase in profit
The Isle of Man Post Office has recorded a £2m increase in its annual profit due to an increase in its parcel business. The figures was revealed in the organisation’s annual report for 2023-24, which shows it posted a £2.58m profit, up from £540,000 in 2022-23. Chief executive Simon Kneen …
Read More »Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO
The Post Office’s boss has met with former subpostmasters about the future, and was warned the business could not move forward without action on financial redress and clearing out staff members involved in the scandal. Former Post Office branch owners and members of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) Jo …
Read More »RICHARD EDEN: How I may have ruined the launch of Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard, as I reveal the ten mistakes that have taken her from Duchess to D-list
Vanity Fair’s former editor Tina Brown has described the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to quit royal duties as a ‘disaster’ and accused Meghan of having ‘the worst judgment of anyone in the entire world’. That verdict might seem a little harsh, but Brown is a royal biographer and …
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