As the water table rises across much of the country, so we are also reaching saturation point in the co-ordinated lobbying of water executives to discredit their regulator Ofwat and foist bill rises of hundreds of pounds a year on their captive customers. Water bosses are a funny lot. They …
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The chairman of Royal Mail’s parent company has criticised the slow timetable of Ofcom’s consultation on reform of the struggling postal operator’s universal service obligation. Keith Williams, 68, told International Distribution Services’ shareholders at Wednesday’s annual meeting, that while the loss-making Royal Mail welcomed Ofcom’s plans to consult, the process …
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The Nepalese Massacre was one of the most dramatic, bloody royal events to ever happen – and the chances are that most listeners won't have heard … Source link
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By Samuel Norman Updated: 17:00 EDT, 25 September 2024 Shares in Rentokil rose after a member of Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund was handed a seat on the royal rat catcher’s board. The FTSE 100 pest control firm, which won contracts at Buckingham Palace in the 1960s, said Trian’s head of …
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At first glance, the small village of Shiptonthorpe in Yorkshire appears to be like any other sleepy community on a busy road with a petrol station, two churches and shop. But dig further and speaking to locals reveals a bizarre state of affairs with the tiny population being terrorised by …
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The “brilliant and witty” 12-year-old boy who plunged to his death from a balcony on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship earlier this month was innocently playing with new pals when the “unthinkable happened,” according to his grief-stricken family. Pierson “Piers” Davis, of Coloma, Michigan, was vacationing with his family on …
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SEVEN Department for Work and Pensions benefits will qualify you for a free £150 winter payment this year. The Warm Home Discount was first introduced by the Government and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in April 2011 to help eligible customers in England, Scotland and Wales with their energy …
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By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail depicts spiders on 10 stamps in a Sept. 26 issue. Each stamp shows a vivid illustration of a spider against a white background, and all of the spiders pictured on the stamps can be found in the United Kingdom. David Gold, director of …
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Campaigner and former subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates said he will put his knighthood to “good use” after receiving it in a ceremony at Windsor Castle. Sir Alan was honoured for his services to justice, having been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours in June. He received his knighthood from the …
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