Prince Andrew’s Twitter account has been deleted and a Government Minister slammed his ‘horrifically ill-advised associations’ as pressure intensified on the Queen’s son one week after she removed his honorary military roles. Social media users visiting the Duke of York’s official Twitter page @thedukeofyork today were greeted with a message …
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‘I pay tribute to our hard-working posties, but it is clear that shutting down delivery offices and flogging them to the highest bidder has left Royal Mail with no resilience and the result has been a disaster’ Eight years ago, the Tory Lib-Dem coalition government privatised Royal Mail, dismissing extensive …
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The ASA ruled that the ad must not be shown again (Photo: screen grab from Advertising Standards Agency of Dairylea TV advert) A Dairylea advert featuring two girls eating cheese triangles while hanging upside down has been banned for encouraging ‘unsafe behaviour’. The video on demand ad, seen on ITV …
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Published: 12:25 PM January 19, 2022 A number of roads in Norwich’s Riverside area will remain closed as work to introduce a new transport hub begins. The works which will begin on January 24 will include building a new bus gate between Lower Clarence Road and the Foundry Bridge junction as …
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Royal Mail is planning a new state-of-the-art parcel delivery hub in Brighton on a derelict site in Patcham. The move comes as parcel volumes have soared and the existing hub in Brighton is no longer fit for purpose. The site, part of the former Patcham Court Farm, was subject to …
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A study of 2,000 adults found they generally need some sort of change in their life every seven months. The average adult will get bored of the same daily routine after 17 months, but one in 10 will get tired after little longer than one month of the same old, …
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Some 13,000 employees were off sick or self-isolating last week, which is double the normal level for this time of year Royal Mail is struggling to deliver letters and parcels because thousands of its staff are off sick or self-isolating due to COVID-19 exposure. Some 15,000 postal service workers – …
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Home | The Socialist 19 January 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Royal Mail workers, photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) CWU member A number of Royal Mail delivery offices have taken unofficial industrial action since the New Year, all of …
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Royal Mail has warned customers over delays and disruption to deliveries across the country, including areas in Cheshire. The postal service stated that due to issues such as Covid self isolation and high levels of sick absence, deliveries in a ‘small number’ of offices may temporarily not be possible. Two …
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Households in the CR2, South Croydon, postcode, West Norwood (SE27) and West Wickham (BR4) are among 56 postal areas warned that their mail deliveries could face delays because of covid-related staff shortages. Covid-hit: South Croydon delivery office is one of the areas worst-hit by mail delays Royal Mail issued the …
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