This is the chilling moment a Russian navy officer brandished a machine gun on a warship escorting a sanctioned cargo ship through the English Channel. Dramatic pictures taken by The Times from a nearby fishing vessel show crew on board the Boikiy as it escorted the Baltic Leader cargo ship early …
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COPENHAGEN – The Danish postal service announced on March 6 that it would no longer deliver letters from 2026 and would lay off a third of its staff. “At the end of the year, PostNord will deliver its final letter… to focus on its role as the premier parcel delivery …
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MORE than 1,000 people have called on Royal Mail to reverse its plans to close Grassington sorting office. Residents claim closure of the sorting office, which has served the area for more than 30 years, will mean a 52-mile round trip to collect a missed delivery for some people and …
Read More »The Danish postal service has said it will deliver its last letter at the end of this year, instead focusing on packages to respond to changing forms of communication. PostNord said on Thursday it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes, citing the “increasing digitalisation” of …
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Eric Barton, who delivered letters across Grinsdale, Kirkandrews on Eden, Beaumont, and Moorhouse for the last eight years of his 40-year career, retired in January. A special farewell event was held at Beaumont Parish Hall on Sunday, March 2, with over 70 people in attendance. Organiser Harold Bowron felt that …
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The cost of posting a local letter in Guernsey will go up by 4p and it will cost 17p more to post a letter to the UK from next month, the island’s postal service has said. Guernsey Post blamed the increase, to come into effect on 1 April, on “unprecedented” …
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The British asset management firm announced the change to Abrdn in 2021. · Iain Masterton The vowels are back. British asset management firm Abrdn (ABDN.L) announced this week that it is reinstating the Es in its name four years after it removed them in a rebranding exercise dubbed an “act …
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Royal Mail to roll out its new parcel locker network across NewRiver portfolio of shopping centres and retail parks. Source link
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UK shopping center and retail park operator NewRiver has partnered with Royal Mail to roll out parcel lockers at more than 60 sites across the UK. The Royal Mail lockers will be available within the next six months, with the first locations launched at two shopping centers in Essex – …
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In a stark revelation, the public is facing an overwhelming bill of £45 billion due to the financial mismanagement of the Royal Mail pension schemes. The situation has escalated to such an extent that the government’s handling of the pension funds has resulted in nearly £4 million being drained from …
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