For those who have registered, papers can be returned until polls close on Thursday, May 2. The Isle of Wight Council has revealed there are more than 18,000 postal voters on the Island, of a total electorate of 110,725. The rules have changed about who can return the votes and …
Read More »Tories denounce BBC’s Nick Robinson for referring to “murders of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians”
The truth about Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in Gaza was inadvertently spoken of by BBC journalist Nick Robinson Monday. It met a torrent of denunciations from Britain’s Conservative government and a prompted a swift apology from Robinson on behalf of the state broadcaster. Robinson, with the BBC since …
Read More »Celebrity baker Paul Hollywood to receive royal honour at Windsor Castle
Hollywood, 57, has been a judge on The Great British Bake Off since it started in 2010, co-hosting firstly with Dame Mary Berry and now Dame Prue Leith. The hit programme made him a household name and he moved with the show when it switched from the BBC to Channel …
Read More »Reconsidering Horizon would have put Post Office in ‘crisis mode’, says ex-boss
The Post Office would have been in “crisis mode” if it had been forced to reconsider the Horizon system, the organisation’s former chief executive has said. David Mills told the Post Office inquiry he had not been made aware of complaints about the defectiveness of the Horizon accounting software, and …
Read More »PRWeek UK Corporate Affairs Awards 2024: winners announced | PR Week
Chaired by Jenny Hall, corporate affairs director, Royal Mail and Katy McMillan, senior director, global corporate affairs & sustainability … Source link
Read More »It was one of the most joyous – and most glamorous – royal visits of all time. So, can YOU tell what’s wrong with this magnificent photograph of the Queen?
It is monumental in sweep, mixing formal dignity with vast scale and, even today, unmatchable glamour. This famous black and white panorama by photographer Bert Hardy captures the young Queen Elizabeth at the Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier, on her first state visit to France in April 1957. It …
Read More »Royal Mail letter delays ‘blight Christmas for third year running’
An estimated 31 million people were hit by letter delays over Christmas as Royal Mail “let consumers down for a third year running”, Citizens Advice said. Some 60% of UK adults experienced delayed post, with some still receiving festive cards well into the new year, a survey for the charity …
Read More »Post Office inquiry hearing from former Horizon director David Miller
After a break, David Miller is now being questioned by lawyers representing the sub-postmasters. Sam Stein opens the questions, asking about a correction Miller made earlier. Earlier, Miller changed his statement to say that he was involved in part of the Impact programme, introduced in the late 1990s to update …
Read More »Royal Mail insists it will keep fining innocent victims of counterfeit stamps
Britain being flooded with as many as one million fake stamps a week from China By Toby Walne Updated: 17:28 EDT, 16 April 2024 Money Mail today demands that Royal Mail stops fining thousands of innocent people with a £5 penalty for receiving mail with a counterfeit stamp. We insist …
Read More »MAFS Paul Brunson explains first ever row with his wife
Married at First Sight star Paul Brunson has told how he and his wife had their first-ever row after tying the knot – because their holiday resort proved to be too quiet. The 49-year-old, who is known as ‘one of the world’s most influential matchmakers’ shared the details of the …
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