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Royal Mail deliveries across Bedworth have been hit by up to 20 staff self-isolating. Extra help has been drafted in from areas such as Leamington to try and tackle the backlog in mail waiting to be delivered. Sunday shifts have even been held to try and ensure people get their …

DOZENS of Press readers have stepped in to defend their local postie in the wake of criticism of Royal Mail’s service over Christmas. Last month, the Press reported several complaints from residents across Dunfermline and West Fife with one describing the standard of delivering over the holidays as “absolutely appalling”. …

Campaign signs began to appear on St. John’s streets last Friday morning on the eve of the first anniversary of a ferocious winter storm that paralyzed eastern Newfoundland and became known as “Snowmageddon.” The record-breaking snowfall led to a declaration of a state of emergency and the intervention of the …

Prince William was once ‘chased by a police dog who mistook him for an intruder’ at the Queen’s Sandringham estate, retired policeman claims William was enjoying a late night walk when the dog mistook him for an intruder PC Jon Chandler who was on duty on the estate has recalled …

A Belfast lorry driver is “physically and mentally” exhausted after leaving hospital where he was treated for injuries caused when a wheelie bin filled with rocks was hurled from an overpass onto his cab. octors say Fra McCaffrey may need further plastic surgery on his face. “He’s improved massively since …

Businesses experiencing problems exporting to the EU “through no fault of their own” will receive compensation, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson said he “understands the frustrations” of businesses exporting to the continent who have run into issues since new post-Brexit UK-EU trading rules came into effect. He was …

Cyclicals were in favour at the start of the week as positive Chinese gross domestic product data helped to offset worries about the new Covid-19 strains. Nonetheless, there appeared to be confidence among analysts and strategists that vaccination rollout programmes now underway would help to bring the pandemic to heel …

Royal Mail deliveries have suffered due to staff being off with Covid issues Bosses said workers at sorting offices had been instructed to look out for letters containing the NHS logo and prioritise them for delivery. It comes as parts of the West Midlands have suffered reduced postal deliveries in …

Hilda Hogan Hilda was the wife of marine engineer Arthur Hogan, who for 30 years looked after the Marrs Trawler fleet without loss of vessel, and the woman who launched the Marbella, which, post cod wars, went on (renamed the Northern Horizon) to be the main survey vessel of Bob …

The Liberal Democrats are not the party of rejoining the European Union, Sir Ed Davey has said. The Lib Dem leader said that whilst his party are “very pro-European” and want to see the closest possible relationship with the EU following Brexit, they are “not a rejoin party”. Sir Ed …