The Royal Family’s social media team embarrassingly had to delete two tweets after wrongly claiming Princess Alexandra was at the Remembrance Day service and misspelling the Countess of Wessex’s title. The official account said the late Queen’s cousin was part of a list of royal attendees at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, even though …
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Royal Mail workers will stage two 48-hour strikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a long-running row over pay, jobs and conditions continues. The action could have a significant effect on consumers, with these being two of the busiest shopping days of the year. However, the Communication Workers Union …
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The postal service is rolling out new versions featuring machine-readable codes in a bid to tackle fraud and make it easier to track post. But there are fears some Britons, particularly pensioners who are more likely to send letters, would be left with stacks of useless stamps due to the …
Read More »Royal Family Instagram shares photos marking Remembrance Sunday
The Royal Family Instagram account has shared a selection of photographs marking the tradition of British monarchs laying a wreath at the Cenotaph to mark King Charles III’ first Remembrance Sunday service as Monarch. Shared in a post, the snaps capture His Majesty The King laying the wreath for the first time as Monarch today …
Read More »King Charles pays emotional tribute to troops on first Remembrance Sunday as monarch
King Charles appeared tearful as he saluted fallen World War 1 soldiers at the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the cenotaph in Westminster. The King laid a wreath and seemed to have tears in his eyes as he paid tribute to the war dead, surrounded by the Prime Minister, politicians, and …
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Tickets for Peter Kay’s two Scottish dates on his first tour in 12 years are being sold for more than ten times their face value. Fans have been calling for the comedian to add more shows in Glasgow, Aberdeen or Edinburgh after the nights at the Hydro sold out in …
Read More »Australia Post prepares new round of restructuring—from the Sustainable Delivery Model to Post 26
In a recent interview with the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Australia Post CEO Paul Graham gave an indication of the sweeping changes he is planning to carry out at the government-owned postal service. Graham noted that Australia Post faces the same challenges as mail carriers around the world, where privatisation …
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The Chancellor will most likely not include business rates relief in his autumn statement this week. Insiders in the government have signalled that Jeremy Hunt will not give into calls to delay the uprating of business rates nor to extend relief from the tax. They are set to rise in …
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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Danger of a hair shirt Budget – taxing aspiration is a tax on human nature Two enormous challenges lie in wait for Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak in Budget The first is restoring credibility to the public finances The second, and even more important challenge, is to ignite …
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