By Alan Jones, PA Industrial CorrespondentPic: Royal Mail/PA Wire A new set of stamps is being launched by Royal Mail featuring popular breeds of cat in the UK. Eight new stamps will show images of the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Working with author and animal expert …
Read More »Ofcom proposes new licensing for drones
Ofcom has proposed a new licensing regime proposed for commercial services delivered by drones. In a news release, the regulator explained: “Advances in technology have led to drones increasing in size and complexity, and flying over longer distances – in some cases travelling beyond the sight of the operator. This …
Read More »Postman with grudge over dog investigated after sweary rant on delivery card
A postman is being investigated after apparently branding a customer a highly offensive slur in a delivery note – over a ‘misguided grudge as he thought it was her dog that bit him’. Suzannah Ashton was stunned when she spotted the foul-mouthed surname a Royal Mail postie appeared to enter …
Read More »Last post for Garstang postwoman after forty years service
Since 2005, in fact, she has exclusively posted mail on delivery rounds in Pilling and Stakepool. However, this was just the final spell of a long career of mail delivery spanning no less than four decades. And before that she worked for a time as a cleaner for the business. …
Read More »Census lessons will only be learned if the Scottish Government goes back to school
Royal Mail postal worker Patrona Tunilla launches Scotland’s Census FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week again assured Holyrood that “lessons would be learned”, this time over the hugely controversial and shambolic Scottish Census, which due to a lower than UK average take up rate, has again had its deadline for …
Read More »‘Furious’ Prince Harry wants apology from royals
Prince Harry is likely to have felt ‘absolutely furious’ during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – and could ‘want an apology from the royal family’, according to an expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex only made one public appearance at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, despite flying in from the US …
Read More »Endangered adult pine hoverfly spotted in wild for first time in years
A critically endangered adult pine hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade following conservation efforts, experts have said. The discovery comes after staggered releases of larvae in October 2021 and March 2022 at RSPB Abernethy and Forestry and Land Scotland …
Read More »Our experts discuss news from House of Windsor in our essential royal talk show Palace Confidential
What REALLY happened with the Jubilee seating plan? Our experts discuss all the latest news from the House of Windsor in our essential royal talk show Palace Confidential Richard Eden says Jubilee seating may have been set up to stop Harry and Meghan appearing in photographs Victoria Murphy tells the …
Read More »Drivers join rail strikes with ballots set to spread | News
The crisis threatening Britain’s railways this summer has deepened after train drivers voted to join the biggest rail strikes in a generation. A union leader warned of a “summer of discontent” as drivers on three lines backed industrial action, with the strike ballots expected to spread. The railway walkout, the …
Read More »A glimpse at the royal cousins’ lunch:
The Queen’s grandchildren gathered for a Trooping the Colour flypast viewing party before heading off for their secret cousins’ lunch revealed by Mike Tindall. Princess Eugenie shared a glimpse into the celebrations on her Instagram account, revealing how members of the family came together on what appears to be the …
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