Royal Mail deliveries under threat as union leaders urge workers to call in sick rather than risk contracting coronavirus while postmen say slam lack of protective equipment Postal workers unhappy with delivering ‘pointless junk mail’ during lockdown Soaring absence rates could lead to ‘reductions in services’ Union workers encourage staff …
Read More »Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson: ‘I didn’t want to be a notch on Charles’s bedpost’
This is the first time Sheila Ferguson, pictured above, has spoken so openly about her relationship with the Prince of Wales. Many of us are, as she says, ‘tying up loose ends’ during these frightening days Sheila Ferguson was self-isolating at home in Kent for the third week when she …
Read More »Royal snub: Harry told Queen and Prince Charles by email that he ‘wanted’ out of the firm | Royal | News
A report in the Daily Mail claims the Sussexes decided to announce their departure by an email to senior royal members. The paper claims this lead the Queen and Charles to intervene, asking the Duke not to rush into any decision on his future. A source told the Mail: “They …
Read More »Coronavirus live updates: Frontline NHS staff to be tested as deaths rise to 759
Amazon, Boots and Royal Mail will help administer and process the tests. Seb James, UK and Ireland managing director of Boots, said the high street … Source link
Read More »NHS Western Isles assures essential patient travel will continue
NHS Western Isles has reassured patients needing to travel for essential hospital appointments on the mainland that every effort is being made to ensure they can attend appointments as planned, after airport operator Hial closes all their airports on Sunday. Hial is closing its airports to scheduled and routine air …
Read More »Coronavirus test laboratories to work ‘around the clock’ with first centre to open TODAY | UK | News
Critical care nurses, intensive care staff, emergency departments, ambulance services, GPs will be front of the queue. Other essential public sector staff, including social care workers, will be able to receive tests when capacity is increased. New field hospitals in Manchester Central Convention Centre and Birmingham National Exhibition Centre will …
Read More »Why it’s still safe to send and receive letters and parcels
Royal Mail has said people are still safe to continue sending and receiving mail during the coronavirus crisis. It said COVID-19 cannot survive on the surfaces of letters and parcels, meaning people are safe to handle them providing they continue washing their hands regularly. Royal Mail said in a statement: …
Read More »Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to narrate movie about elephants in first post-royal project
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to return to the small screen in her first post-royal project, as the narrator of a new film about a family of elephants journeying across Africa. A trailer for Disneynature’s “Elephant,” posted on the official Disney Twitter account, said it “follows one family’s …
Read More »Royal Mail postie urges Scots not to open door for deliveries amid Covid-19 lockdown – The Scottish Sun
A POSTMAN has urged Scots NOT to open their doors for deliveries amid the coronavirus lockdown. Shaun Bird, from Dumfries, shared the advice on Facebook in a bid to help fight the spread of the virus. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates on Covid-19 2 Posties …
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Glasgow ex-IBM Factory to be crisis hospital
The former IBM factory near Glasgow has become Britain’s second crisis hospital as the building has been offered to NHS Scotland in the battle against coronavirus. It comes as the ExCel Centre in Newham, East London, was kitted out with 4,000 beds and two morgues amid the Covid-19 crisis. Britain’s …
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