[ad_1] 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 year that has been…
[ad_1] 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 such as DHL Express,…
[ad_1] 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 Buckingham Palace, preferring to…
[ad_1] 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 the middle of the…
[ad_1] 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 award to “children who…
[ad_1] 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 long-running dispute continues. Union…
[ad_1] 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 has had a difficult…
[ad_1] 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 say will fail to…
[ad_1] 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 five of us here…
[ad_1] Plymouth people who are sick or injured can benefit from special treatments at the newly opened Plymouth Oxygen Centre. The family-owned business, located in Stonehouse, offers accessible and affordable hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Bogdan and Cristina Buflea, who run the business, say the treatments have been proven to help speed up recovery times from injuries,…