Royal Mail has today become the latest major company to pull forward its net zero emissions target date, pledging to reach the goal by 2040, a full 10 years earlier than its previous target. The new target date provides the centrepiece of a wide-ranging update to the company’s environmental strategy, …
Read More »Opinion: Reforms to Canada’s ineffective Royal Military Colleges are long overdue
Members of the graduating class are shown during a Celebration of Life at RMC for the four fallen cadet officer in Kingston, Ont., on May 19.LARS HAGBERG/The Canadian Press Ken Hansen is an independent defence and security analyst who retired from the Royal Canadian Navy in 2009 in the rank …
Read More »Lionel Messi hails Argentina form as he hits five against Estonia
Lionel Messi fired a warning to Argentina’s World Cup rivals after scoring all five goals in a 5-0 friendly win over Estonia in Spain. Messi’s haul followed his country’s impressive 3-0 win over Italy in the Finalissima – a game between the respective champions of South America and Europe – …
Read More »Craig David on royal event at Buckingham Palace: ‘We had to pinch ourselves’
Craig David has revealed the “pinch ourselves” moment he and his mother experienced when meeting the royals backstage during Saturday’s Platinum Party at the Palace. The event, broadcast on the BBC, saw David, 41, perform in the star-studded concert which was part of the weekend celebrations to commemorate the Queen’s …
Read More »Platinum Jubilee: Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn meets royal family
WELSH artist Nathan Wyburn said it was “a complete honour” to meet Prince William and family and share his special Platinum Jubilee artwork. He shared a special moment with the royals at Cardiff Castle on Saturday as part of the celebrations to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. …
Read More »A royal rainbow wardrobe to make Her Majesty proud
With one of the Queen’s mottos for the Royal Family being ‘we have to be seen to be believed’, it’s perhaps no wonder that an array of colourful outfits worn by female relatives could be spotted across the Jubilee weekend. From Princess Eugenie’s £1,503 orange dress from Emilia Wickstead to Zara …
Read More »Royal Mail: Environment is the next battleground for businesses
Royal Mail today launches an ambitious new environment plan, which includes a long-term target to reduce its average carbon emissions per parcel it delivers in the UK from 205gCO2e today to 50gCO2e. The company has also brought forward its Net Zero target by 10 years to 2040 and is committing …
Read More »‘Stratospherically’ popular Queen ‘more realistic’ in message – experts
The Queen’s message marking the end of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations acknowledges her “frailty” and is “more realistic”, a royal expert has said. The monarch, 96, pledged to continue to serve “to the best of my ability, supported by my family”. She said that while she may not have attended …
Read More »8% pay rise for PostNL delivery workers
6 June 2022 Transport / Logistics Services PostNL and three of its main trades unions have agreed a pay rise for its 16,500 Dutch delivery workers worth 8%. Effective 1st January 2021 (backdated) the delivery staff have a pay rise of 4% while on the 1st January 2023 they will receive …
Read More »Judge poised to decide future of 12-year-old boy at centre of treatment dispute
A High Court judge is preparing to make decisions about the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute. Doctors treating Archie Battersbee at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, think it “highly likely” he is dead and say life-support treatment should end. …
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