A number of UK retailers and delivery companies have announced new rules for how couriers behave on the doorstep as the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic grows in severity. Despite the UK government only telling people who show symptoms to stay at home, many citizens are changing their behaviour to avoid travelling, …
Read More »More than 16,000 parents and pupils call for schools to close as UK coronavirus deaths rise to 35
The #CloseTheSchoolsNow hashtag is trending on Twitter as increasing numbers of parents and pupils are sharing their concerns about their family members going into schools and colleges across the UK. It follows a Department of Health announcement that some 35 people in the UK have now died after testing positive …
Read More »Covid-19: Royal Mail change policy for signed-for items
Royal Mail have made changes to their doorstep delivery amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The company posted on their website: “In order to protect both our people and customers as much as possible, we will not be handing over our hand-held devices to customers to capture signatures. Postmen and women will …
Read More »Now the UK faces an OXYGEN crisis and hospitals ‘could run out within hours’
NHS hospitals could run out of oxygen within hours if hit by a wave of coronavirus patients, experts have warned as the UK’s crisis rapidly worsens. Gas suppliers have been told to quadruple production to help hospitals prepare and military drivers may be requisitioned to do the deliveries. The coronavirus …
Read More »Bentley Mulliner Bacalar marks return to coachbuilding
Bentley has taken the wraps of the Mulliner Bacalar, its first two seater in decades. Just 12 of these will be built, each one of which has already been sold. The name comes from the Laguna Bacalar in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, a lake famous for its natural beauty. This is …
Read More »UK hand-gel producer explains why it has doubled its prices
A hand gel producer that has received online abuse over its price hikes says the cost of some of the raw ingredients have shot up 700 per cent since the coronavirus outbreak. Staff at Jennychem, a British industrial chemicals firm, have been labelled “crooks” and “parasites” for doubling the price …
Read More »Eur-Seree Collecting Auction 55 – Pattaya Mail
Eur-Seree will be conducting their 55th auction at the Narai Hotel in Bangkok on April 4 and 5, 2020. 2880 Lots are to be sold in the auction. A variety of collector’s objects are to be sold, including, documents, books, photographs, watches, stamps, coins medals and banknotes to mention but …
Read More »RMG) Insiders Have Been Buying Shares – Simply Wall St News
We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of examples of share prices declining precipitously after insiders have sold shares. So before you buy or sell Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG), you may well want to know whether …
Read More »Carriers start to suspend signatures on delivery
Carriers including the Royal Mail are starting to suspend signatures on delivery, even for services where a signature is normally required such as Special Delivery or other Signed for services. Instead, they will simply ask for the name of the person receiving the parcel and record this without signature removing …
Read More »Labour MP Kate Osborne becomes the second British politician to be diagnosed with coronavirus
A Labour backbencher announced today she had become the second British MP to contract coronavirus as another 16 self-isolated themselves. Jarrow’s Kate Osborne made the announcement on Twitter as Parliament began to take steps to operate with fewer politicians present. She followed Health Minister Nadine Dorries, 62, who is recovering at …
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