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NO DATA: Scarth Hall, in Staindrop, has led a ‘shadowy existence’, say the parish council OFFICERS of Staindrop’s historic village hall were dumfounded to discover their venue has no official address despite being built almost 150 years ago. The anomaly was discovered by Scarth Memorial Hall secretary Ed Chicken when he …

The home delivery expert ParcelHero says Amazon’s rapid climb to become the UK’s second-largest courier should surprise no one. ParcelHero’s 2015 report, Amazon’s Prime Ambition, predicted that the e-commerce giant would become a major logistics company, overtaking many of the most-established UK delivery companies. ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, David …

Postal workers could be paid to check up on elderly people during their rounds under new plans proposed by union members. Delivering prescriptions could also become the responsibility of Royal Mail staff under measures designed to widen their duties and create additional revenues. The idea has been put forward by the …

Postal workers could be utilised to check on the wellbeing of the elderly and to deliver essential items, such as prescriptions, a trades union has suggested. The Communication Workers Union is understood to have proposed the idea to the loss-making Royal Mail to build on its claim “we own trust …

UK retailers face £360 million of Christmas 2020 clothing and footwear returns, according to a survey by Retail Economics and Penningtons Manches Cooper. This comes as apparel retailers have grappled £4.3 billion of returns across 2020 as a whole. Return rates of clothing and footwear under pressure as sales …

Postal workers could be utilised to check on the wellbeing of the elderly and to deliver prescriptions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has reportedly proposed the idea to the loss-making Royal Mail to build on its advantage of “the fact we own trust on the doorstep”. Royal Mail’s 120,000 frontline …

The spread betting firms are calling the UK blue-chip index 35.5 points higher at 6,524.55 The FTSE 100 looks set to open firmly in positive territory amid hopes of a global economic recovery and renewed optimism over US economic stimulus plans. The UK’s top shares index will take its cue …

Ranvir Singh is a regular presenter on ITV news and appears on Good Morning Britain when the show’s main hosts are off. She is known as one of the programme’s original hosts, but more recently she made headlines for reaching the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing last year. Ranvir has …

The royal family will ‘not like’ the upcoming Princess Diana’s upcoming biopic starring Kristen Stewart, an expert has claimed. Robert Jobson, a royal biographer who knew the late Princess’ ‘well’ said that it was ‘inevitable’ The Firm won’t enjoy the picture ‘at all’.  The film, directed by Pablo Larraín and …

TWO police officers went to a sorting office to retrieve a parcel of £4,250 in cash — posted to fraudsters who had duped an 80-year-old grandmother. PCs Jay Monk and Nicholas Beynon came to the rescue after one of the gang phoned the woman, pretending to be from her bank. …