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A 23-year-old Indiana man admitted to killing a postal worker by shooting her after she stopped going to his residence to deliver mail because of his aggressive dog. After 45-year-old Angela Summers was slain by a single gunshot to the chest, Tony Cushingberry-Mays was charged with second-degree murder, assaulting a …

Royal Mail bosses have vowed to strike later this month in a dispute over jobs and pay. The Unite union said 2,400 managers will work to rule on July 15-19, followed by strike action on July 20-22. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This business is awash with cash but …

Australia Post has delivered an online shopping bonanza in the past financial year with a record 9.3 million Aussie households buying online.  For just the second time ever, total households shopping online across the nation surpassed 9 million. This was up from 9.1 million the previous financial year, while online …

Royal Mail has “contingency plans in place to minimise disruption for customers in the event of industrial action”, a spokesperson for the company told C+D today (July 7). The company “will work to keep people, businesses and the country connected”, they added.   Royal Mail and P2U’s decision to team …

‘When people are sent a letter, it is not supposed to sit in a pigeon hole for three weeks.’ That’s what one furious Oban resident said about a hospital appointment letter that the Royal Mail took 20 days to deliver to his home last month. Another vexed Oban resident missed …

A new anti-hangover supplement has just gone on sale in the UK. It is marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works”. The pill is said to break down up to 70% of alcohol after 60 minutes. This means that if someone drinks 50ml of 40% spirits, …

There’s a common and persistent misconception among the public that all large passenger carrying ships are ocean liners and that all ocean liners are cruise ships. Admittedly, there is some overlap, but to misunderstand the difference between the two is to overlook a key reality of the human condition as …

7 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail managers are to work to rule between 15th and 19th July and strike between the 20th and 22nd July. This comes after a successful vote by Unite the union members for industrial action over pay and job cuts. The postal operator announced …

PRINCE Charles has visited a town on the Herefordshire border as he officially opened a refurbished castle. Prince Charles, who’s the Prince of Wales, has been in Hay-on-Wye today (Thursday) to officially open the castle which can now be visited by the public for the first time in its 900-year history. RELATED …

Jimeoin is acclaimed as one of the hottest stand-­up comics of this generation – ­a true comedy master – and he’s making his way to Castlemaine.Loved for his brilliantly funny wit and charming observations on the absurdities of every­day life, audiences are in for a treat with Jimeoin LIVE! at the Theatre …