Well, Cannes had a Royal Mail sack full of them, and I was star struck. So much A-List musical talent, all in this one city, for one week. Source link
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British Airways axes another 10,300 flights this summer
British Airways has announced it will axe another 10,300 short-haul flights until the end of October. The move takes the percentage of cancellations across the airline to a total of 13% this summer. BA has been one of the worst affected carriers in terms of schedule disruption in recent months …
Read More »A 23-year-old Indiana man pleads guilty to shooting female postal walker with a single gunshot to the chest after she stopped delivering mail to his house ‘due to his vicious dog’
A 23-year-old Indiana man admitted to killing a postal worker by shooting her after she stopped going to his residence to deliver mail because of his aggressive dog. After 45-year-old Angela Summers was slain by a single gunshot to the chest, Tony Cushingberry-Mays was charged with second-degree murder, assaulting a …
Read More »Royal Mail issues statement as exact dates of three-day strike in July confirmed
Royal Mail bosses have vowed to strike later this month in a dispute over jobs and pay. The Unite union said 2,400 managers will work to rule on July 15-19, followed by strike action on July 20-22. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This business is awash with cash but …
Read More »Australia Post: We’ve seen more than 900 million parcels delivered in the last 3 years
Australia Post has delivered an online shopping bonanza in the past financial year with a record 9.3 million Aussie households buying online. For just the second time ever, total households shopping online across the nation surpassed 9 million. This was up from 9.1 million the previous financial year, while online …
Read More »Pharmacy2U and Royal Mail launch NHS prescription deliveries before postal strike
Royal Mail has “contingency plans in place to minimise disruption for customers in the event of industrial action”, a spokesperson for the company told C+D today (July 7). The company “will work to keep people, businesses and the country connected”, they added. Royal Mail and P2U’s decision to team …
Read More »‘I’d be better buying a pigeon’
‘When people are sent a letter, it is not supposed to sit in a pigeon hole for three weeks.’ That’s what one furious Oban resident said about a hospital appointment letter that the Royal Mail took 20 days to deliver to his home last month. Another vexed Oban resident missed …
Read More »All you need to know about the new anti-hangover pill now on sale in the UK
A new anti-hangover supplement has just gone on sale in the UK. It is marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works”. The pill is said to break down up to 70% of alcohol after 60 minutes. This means that if someone drinks 50ml of 40% spirits, …
Read More »The difference between ocean liners and cruise ships
There’s a common and persistent misconception among the public that all large passenger carrying ships are ocean liners and that all ocean liners are cruise ships. Admittedly, there is some overlap, but to misunderstand the difference between the two is to overlook a key reality of the human condition as …
Read More »Royal Mail managers strike dates announced
7 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail managers are to work to rule between 15th and 19th July and strike between the 20th and 22nd July. This comes after a successful vote by Unite the union members for industrial action over pay and job cuts. The postal operator announced …
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