The Royal Mail is calling for thousands of temporary workers across the UK to join its ranks over the Christmas period – with jobs currently available in Milton Keynes. The festive season is the busiest time of the year for the mail service, even amid the ongoing pandemic, meaning extra …
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Royal Mail’s annual Delivery Matters study has revealed data showing that new purchasing habits caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to 11% year-on-year online shopping growth in the monthly amount consumers spend online. The research reveals how online shopping has helped UK shoppers to get through the early stages …
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Two ‘Covid marshals’ are to be brought into the Falmouth and Penryn area to make sure students are following social distancing rules. They are being funded by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter, in cooperation with the Falmouth Town Team. The marshals will be patrolling the town centre, beaches …
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More than 20 cases of coronavirus have been discovered at the Royal Mail’s sorting office in Cardiff. A letter from the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), sent to its members working at the Royal Mail’s Penarth Road site, states there were 21 confirmed coronavirus cases in the last fortnight. The union …
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Sir Edward Mutesa II became the first president of an independent Uganda in 1963. He was also, as Kabaka of Buganda, the new country’s most significant king. The tension between these two roles — as servant of a democratic republic on the one hand, and leader of East Africa’s largest …
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Registrar Office has finalised the newspaper advertisement for summoning former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on November 24 and handed over it to Additional Attorney General on Tuesday. The court through its letter has directed to issuance the proclamations to be published in two newspapers. …
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His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana have performed royal merit-making ceremonies at Debsirindrawas and Suthat Thepwararam temples. Their Majesties the King and Queen proceeded to Debsirindrawas temple in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok on Monday. They were accompanied by Her Royal Highness …
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Employing over 600,000 workers and handling 48 percent of the world’s mail volume, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the world’s largest mail carrier service. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, postal workers join all logistics workers in playing an ever more “essential” role, as they deliver food, …
Read More »Police in Lancashire are urging the public to report any breaches of the new Tier 2 lockdown restrictions which come into force today (Wednesday, October 14). Lancashire officially enters into Tier 2 (High Risk) local lockdown from today, with restrictions similar to those previously implemented across the county, but now enforceable by …
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In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 14. What we are watching in Canada … Canadians appear to be turning against mandatory COVID-19 inoculations whenever a …
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