Satvir Kaur, MP for Southampton Test, visited postal workers at Shirley Delivery Office as part of her constituency work. She met local workers and heard about how Royal Mail is adjusting to the rise in parcel volumes and the decrease in letters. The firm, which used to deliver 20 billion …
Read More »Queen Camilla makes first statement after missing key royal event
Queen Camilla makes first statement after missing key royal event Queen Camilla marked her comeback to royal duties after she was forced to miss an important event on the royal calendar on doctor’s advice. A week after palace had cancelled her scheduled engagements, Camilla on Tuesday attended receptions at Clarence …
Read More »Mail belongs on rail say 3,650 signatories
Royal Mail, the modern iteration of the historic first-ever postal service in the world, dispensed with its mail train fleet earlier this year. The company, which is now in private hands, has wasted no time in sending the purpose-built electric multiple units for scrapping. A huge petition, with 3,650 signatures, …
Read More »Robert Irwin’s royal bombshell about very special guest on next season of I’m A Celebrity – after sneak peek trailer releases ahead of 2025 series
By KINTA WALSH-COTTON FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 17:00 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 18:23 EST, 12 November 2024 Robert Irwin has teased a very special royal guest for season 11 of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Australia. The celebrity conservationist, 20, appeared on The Project …
Read More »Woman wins award for invention to help cancer patients prevent hair loss
An woman has won an award for her invention to help patients prevent hair loss during chemotherapy after being inspired by her mother’s cancer battle. Olivia Humphreys, 24, from Limerick, has won the medical category of the James Dyson Award for Athena, an affordable and portable scalp-cooling device for patients …
Read More »Prestwick Airport – are those corrosive carpers happy now?
Such carping can be corrosive, so it is great to see that Prestwick Airport has managed to achieve what is now quite a long period of constant profitability in spite of the moaners and the negative air created by them. It has always been most dispiriting to hear some people …
Read More »Post Office ‘to close 115 branches and axe hundreds of head office jobs’
The BBC has reported that the Post Office is considering a major overhaul of its loss-making operations, which could see over 100 company-owned branches shut down and hundreds of head office roles at risk. The restructuring plans being mulled by Post Office chairman Nigel Railton include the potential closure of …
Read More »HPI in talks to buy six pubs as it defends against takeover bid
Pub landlord HPI is in talks to buy up to six assets for about $75 million, and is considering co-investing in hotels alongside “top tier” operators, as it pursues a growth strategy and defends against a takeover bid from property giant Charter Hall and Hostplus. “The group is currently in …
Read More »Britain’s Queen Camilla still ‘sort of coughing’ but back to some royal duties
LONDON, Nov 13 — Queen Camilla, whose husband is Britain’s head of state King Charles III, said she was “much better” as she returned to public duties on Tuesday after withdrawing from events last week due to a chest infection. Camilla, 77, attended a Booker Prize reception to congratulate the …
Read More »Norwich couple receive postal votes two years late
But it is less common for them to arrive quite this long overdue… A Norwich couple have been left baffled after receiving a stack of post three years after the letters were meant to arrive. Robin and Maureen Clare, who live just off Aylsham Road, have described the error as “dubious” after Royal Mail …
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