After months of hard work and what feels like a lifetime of suspense awaiting satisfactory grades, students around the country finally open their A-Level levels today. It may be of some comfort, however, to know that members of the Royal family have been through the exact nerve-wracking experience like every …
Read More »Union row continues after Wirral six posties are fired
The row is over the controversial suspension of 11 postal workers at the Prenton Delivery Office in June later followed by the firing of six on August 11. The union is supporting appeals of these decisions. It is understood that the action was taken by Royal Mail over workers taking …
Read More »Businesses secure space at St Modwen Park Broomhall
St Modwen Park Broomhall (image credit: St Modwen Logistics) A pair of businesses have committed to a total of 62,000 sq ft of warehousing space at St Modwen Park Broomhall in Worcester, expanding both their operations in the area. OBEX Protection, which manufactures and distributes protective construction products, has agreed …
Read More »Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital forced to apologise after IVF centre embryos were infected with bacteria
Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital forced to apologise after IVF centre embryos were infected with bacteria Royal Prince Alfred Hospital fertility lab infected by bacteria Investigation is underway on embryos were contaminated IVF patients issued an apology, diverted to alternate clinic By Hannah Wilcox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:02 EDT, …
Read More »‘Like Donald Trump’: Former US president compared to alleged Royal Mail fraudsters from Bucks
A Buckinghamshire family accused of defrauding Royal Mail lived a lavish lifestyle with a mansion, luxury cars and a pool, a court has been told. Parmjeet Sandhu and his nephew Balginder Sandhu have been accused of depriving the postal service of £70million over 10 years. The pair allegedly worked under …
Read More »Council finance lead warns ‘significant’ budget pressures remain
Inflation in July fell to 6.8 per cent from 7.9 per cent in June according to the Office for National Statistics, meaning prices are rising at a slower rate. But Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead finance lead councillor Lynne Jones cautioned that the new rate of inflation would still …
Read More »Men In £70M Mail Fraud Boasted Of Wealth, Prosecutor Says
By Sophia Dourou (August 16, 2023, 5:26 PM BST) — Two men involved in a fraud that deprived Royal Mail of an estimated £70 million ($89 million) by under-declaring post sent by businesses joked about “buying properties like Donald Trump,” a prosecutor told a trial in London…. Law360 is on …
Read More »Sikh family allegedly ran operation to defraud Royal Mail of 70mn pounds
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A Sikh family in central London pocketed millions of pounds by helping to run a decade-long operation to defraud the Royal Mail (LON:) of 70 million pounds, a court has heard.Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, who appeared for trial at Southwark Crown …
Read More »Package with £2k of heroin found in Royal Mail delivery office
A package filled with £2,000 worth of heroin has been seized at an island sorting office. Police received a report of a suspicious package in Royal Mail’s sorting office on Junction Road, Kirkwall, on August 11. Officers, along with the Orkney drug dog, attended to inspect the package. The police …
Read More »Royal Mail fraudsters bought ‘multi-million-pound mansion, Bentley, a Rolls Royce and pool house’
A family that deprived Royal Mail of £70 million over a decade owned a ‘multi-million-pound mansion’ and bought properties ‘like Donald Trump’, a court has heard. Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, were part of a scheme to under-declare mail posted through a network of logistics companies …
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