Pita Limjaroenrat Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images With nearly all of the votes counted, Thailand’s main opposition parties came out on top in Sunday’s election. The liberal Move Forward party and populist Pheu Thai Party are both set to win more than triple the number of seats of the junta’s …
Read More »Royal Mail postal deliveries are worst on record
The figures follow revelations in the Telegraph last week that “postal deserts” had sprung up across the country, leaving households starved of deliveries for up to a fortnight. Grant McPherson, Royal Mail operating chief said: “We’re sorry to any customers who may have been impacted by our performance during a …
Read More »Logistics UK call for measures to support industry decarbonising fleet operations
In their 2023 Electric Vehicle Report, Logistics UK, the trade association for the UK freight industry, have called for more support in moving the industry towards full decarbonisation. The report is based on responses from 32 Logistics UK member organisations, between December 2022 and January 2023. These members included companies …
Read More »King Charles to be in ‘perpetual orbit’ between Royal residences
King Charles will be in ‘perpetual orbit’ if he chooses to split his time between his more than a dozen royal residences, from London to Transylvania, a royal historian has claimed. It has been widely known for some time that the newly crowned monarch has no desire to move into …
Read More »British homes could be sending an average of £5,700 to foreign gas producers by 2035
Average home could be buying foreign gas worth around £500 a year by 2035 UK will need to speed up deployment of renewable power and insulate homes British homes will send an average of £5,700 abroad to foreign gas producers to heat their homes and water and cook food by …
Read More »Sir Mo Farah dedicates Bafta documentary award to ‘children being trafficked’
The four-time Olympic champion revealed how he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally, having assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war. Collecting the prize at the event at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, Sir Mo dedicating the best single documentary …
Read More »Ministers braced for fresh industrial unrest as nurses gather in Brighton
It comes as RCN general secretary Pat Cullen called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to restart pay negotiations with a proposed rise in double digits. Members of RCN, one of the two unions to turn down the recent Government pay offer to NHS staff, will gather in Brighton as the …
Read More »Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson to step down
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is to step down from his role, the owner of the postal giant has said. Mr Thompson said he believed it was the “right time” to go after Royal Mail and the main postal union struck a deal that could end a long-running dispute. He …
Read More »Whitehaven coal mine: Plan continues to divide opinion
Cumbria is set to be the location for the UK’s first major coal mine in more than 30 years. Will the return of a traditional industry to an economically-deprived area a chance for regeneration – or is it a backward move, out of step with the times, that its critics …
Read More »S Club 7 rebrands as five-piece S Club following death of Paul Cattermole
Pop band S Club 7 has rebranded as S Club following the death of Paul Cattermole. Hannah Spearritt will not join their 25th anniversary tour which will see the band become a five-piece. Member Jon Lee said in a video on the band’s Instagram: “You’ve probably noticed that there’s only …
Read More »