A spokesperson for Royal Mail said it has "rectified the situation". Presentational grey line. Homes agreed for land made famous in Watership Down. Source link
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Voter ID almost a year on and what it means for the future
This Conservative party manifesto promise was designed to combat almost non-existent electoral fraud. In 2022, there were just 13 cases of personation recorded by police – and none led to prosecutions. Thank heavens there aren’t more pressing issues for our parliamentary overlords to sink their legislative teeth into, eh? Read Catherine’s …
Read More »Sunday papers: Royal Mail may cut Saturday deliveries after union gives in – Citywire
… Royal Mail to enact historic cuts to postal services. The Sunday Telegraph: The water regulator is working on rescue plans for Thames Water that … Source link
Read More »Young boy shocked after receiving first birthday card – nearly nine years after it was first sent
A birthday card that went missing in the post for nearly nine years was delivered to a young boy just after his ninth birthday – but no one knows why it went missing for so long Alfie Wilson received a first birthday card nearly a decade after it was first …
Read More »Scottish gran of baby battered by brute after mum died slams ‘unfair’ jail sentence
The grandmother of a Scottish baby who was battered by an evil brute has slammed his four years prison sentence and says it ‘doesn’t feel like justice’. Violent Mark Tannahill left the infant with broken ribs and a fractured skull after her mum died of cancer eight weeks after giving …
Read More »Something borrowed – and proudly so… we recall the dazzling heirloom tiaras worn by royal brides through the decades
When it comes to incorporating ‘something borrowed’ on your wedding day, few items could impress more than a family tiara. Royal brides have traditionally walked down the aisle with a gleaming headpiece, more often than not, one passed down the generations. The Queen Mary Fringe tiara, worn by Queen Elizabeth II, …
Read More »FTSE 100 chiefs claim they are hard-up compared with the States. But our analysis suggests a very different story: Are British bosses REALLY underpaid?
A tale of a chief executive about to join a high-profile British company has gone down in City folklore. Before taking the reins, a trusted advisor asks him the rather awkward question of how much he thought he should be paid. ‘How much do you think I can get away …
Read More »King Charles to meet cancer patients to show the illness ‘doesn’t have to be scary’ as the monarch makes his return to royal duties next week in his first public engagement since diagnosis
King Charles will meet cancer patients to show the illness ‘doesn’t have to be scary’ in his first public engagement since his own diagnosis. The Monarch will return to royal duties on Tuesday with the blessing of his doctors by visiting a cancer treatment centre with his wife Queen Camilla. The …
Read More »Taxpayers could be on the hook for a multi-million-pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver post
By Jessica Clark Updated: 16:51 EDT, 27 April 2024 Taxpayers could be on the hook for a multi-million-pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver post. The 500-year-old postal service, which this month became a takeover target, has urged the Government to contribute to the cost of distributing letters. It has …
Read More »Andrew Haigh on why ‘Strangers’ had to be filmed in Croydon
Our latest, all-star Under The Flyover podcast from Inside Croydon is a recording from a special event staged earlier this week by the David Lean Cinema. All Of Us Strangers is the acclaimed movie from director Andrew Haigh, which was named as the British Film of the Year – and …
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