Stores are warning of shortages for everything from children’s toys to turkeys. Covid-19 and government restrictions were already making for a somewhat gloomy Christmas this year. Now there’s reports that even the dinner on the table and presents under the tree could be under threat. Basically, a lot of shops don’t …
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Postal services in the Bishop’s Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Stansted area continue to be disrupted this week after staff at a sorting office had to self-isolate following five workers testing positive for Covid-19. It is believed that up to 37 people operating out of the Sawbridgeworth sorting office in Station Road …
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A festive postbox where children can send their wish lists to Father Christmas has been installed in Leamington town centre. Families will find Santa’s Post Box on the Parade, at its junction with Regent Street. Children will get a special mini light show as they post their letter, confirming it …
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A DRIVER had a lucky escape after their car went off-road and crashed into a lamppost on one of Oxford’s busiest roads. Firefighters from Wheatley happened upon the scene of the accident, which had just occurred on the A40 Oxford ring road, yesterday morning while on their way to a training session. ALSO READ: Royal …
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High street banks are offering to deliver cash to people’s homes to support those who have been told to self-isolate. Barclays and Tesco Bank have both said customers can get up to £500 delivered to their doors via special delivery if they’re unable to leave their homes due to the …
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The Week I was wrong about Mitt Romney The Donald Trump phenomenon is purported to have divided friendships, families, and even marriages. I can attest to this fact in my own suburban Washington household, for this perhaps peculiar professional reason: It has occasioned my wife, the longtime sufferer of all …
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From warehouse operatives, to customer assistants, Glassdoor has rounded up eight companies that are hiring temporary Christmas right now – so, no matter where you live, there will likely be a suitable vacancy for you. Amazon is hiring warehouse operatives across the UK, to help sort, pack and dispatch parcels. …
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I HAVE been a resident of the Peartree area of Southampton for over 60 years and for all of these years, I have posted our letters in Post Box that was positioned a the junction of Peartree Ave / Gainsford Road (Outside of Jonathan Terry, Funeral Directors Premises). This morning …
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The Queen has been given permission to build a huge adventure playground next to her house on the Royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. The Sandringham Estate, which attracts 500,000 visitors a year, submitted the playground application last month to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council and it was approved on …
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