Royal Mail today reveals the areas in the UK where residents have been returning the most unsuitable and ill-fitting items ordered online during lockdown as restrictions ease. Royal Mail has seen a 25% increase in returns traffic, in comparison with the same time last year (July 2019 vs. July 2020) …
Read More »DeJoy vows to deliver election ballots ‘securely and on-time’
American Enterprise Institute Visiting Scholar, and Cornell University Professor, Rick Geddes joins Yahoo Finance’s Zack Guzman to break down the details of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday. Source link
Read More »Home-testing Covid kits ‘useless’ in some Highland areas, Health Secretary admits
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has discovered that in some remote areas of the region home-testing kits for Covid-19 are unviable, due to the amount of time taken to get them to the laboratory. And a question mark hangs over what is happening to mobile testing units in …
Read More »Immigrant who never really left home
Do you know anyone in the above picture? Are you there yourself? Do you know the names of the youngsters whose first names are missing? Al Carry (back, sixth from the left) departed from his native north Meath in the late 1950s to carve out a new life and career …
Read More »The remarkable Roman sculpture in Scotland that features on new Royal Mail stamp
Heritage and RetroHeritage The powerful story of the Roman occupation of present-day Scotland is being brought home with one of the country’s finest Roman relics featuring in a new collection of stamps issued by Royal Mail. Tuesday, 25th August 2020, 7:30 am The Bridgeness distance slab which features in the …
Read More »MCL Create goes under in blow to events industry
Event production company MCL Create has gone into administration, in the second major blow to the UK events industry in the space of a week. Staff were informed on Friday, just days after the liquidation of live events company Blitz was announced. The difficulties which took their toll on the …
Read More »The Yorkshire companies creating millions of pieces of PPE for NHS key workers
Business Millions more visors, face masks and gowns will be delivered to health and care workers treating Covid-19 patients thanks to Yorkshire companies. Tuesday, 25th August 2020, 6:00 am Duraweld in Scarborough has won a contract to produce PPE face masks .MD Mark Yeung at the second factory site. Picture: …
Read More »Her Majesty presents award to Alabama native horseman
“I am deeply honored and grateful to Her Majesty, and my friend Monty Roberts for their recognition – working to help the voiceless horses we all care so deeply about has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life,” said Marty Irby, recipient of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, II’s …
Read More »Royal Thai Navy declares country needs submarine
Royal Thai Navy discloses that the country needed enough resources to protect its sovereignty and maritime routes in the event of a maritime territorial dispute or clash in the South China Sea. The Royal Thai Navy defended its project to procure a submarine, saying it was vital for national defense. …
Read More »Amazon restricts reviews on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive new biography
Amazon has restricted reviews on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive new biography Finding Freedom after ‘noticing unusual activity’ on the site. The controversial biography about the Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, and written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was released earlier this month and was quick …
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