As Covid restrictions continue, many families with relatives abroad will be prevented from giving presents in person again this Christmas and, instead, have to send them through the post. As this is Britain’s first post-Brexit Christmas, the rules for sending items to the EU have changed, and you now need …
Read More »Criminals jailed in November including rapist and man who sent suspicious packages
November has seen some serious crimes heard in the courts, with the Joshua Hall verdict, the alleged rape of an elderly resident and fraudsters posing as police officers to target pensioners. There was also the conviction of a man for a horrific historic rape case, three decades after the crime …
Read More »Prince Andrew used his royal connection to help a controversial tycoon
Prince Andrew worked secretly behind the scenes to help a controversial multi-millionaire open a bank for the super-rich in Monaco, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Bombshell emails leaked to this newspaper reveal how the Duke of York contacted the office of Albert II, the sovereign Prince of Monaco, on …
Read More »Cat rescued from engine compartment of delivery van
UPI – Firefighters in Britain rescued a cat trapped in the engine compartment of a mail delivery van. The London Fire Brigade said a Blue watch crew from the Croyden branch responded when a cat was found trapped under the hood of a Royal Mail delivery van. …
Read More »Two Coventry men jailed for 26 years for mail order gun service after Parcelforce call exposes them
Two men from Coventry have been jailed, along with a third man, for a total of 35 years for importing guns and ammunition into the UK by post before trying to sell them to organised criminals. The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets …
Read More »Barry Humphries congratulates Dermot O’Leary for bravely ‘coming out’ on This Morning
The man behind Dame Edna had the hosts of This Morning in fits of laughter over his embarrassing blunder Barry Humphies, the Australian comedian behind the iconic Dame Edna Everage character, caused amusement in the studio of This Morning yesterday (26 November). The 87-year-old star was telling host Dermot O’Leary …
Read More »Why your online Christmas shopping is costing more, and how to avoid this
When European Commission officials first decided the tax rules on goods coming into the EU needed to be looked at, Brexit was barely a twinkle in Nigel Farage’s eye. No one could have imagined – had they even bothered to try – what impact such tweaks might have on Irish …
Read More »Sheffield postman who ‘died twice’ on the operating table raises thousands for brain injury unit
The Sheffield Community Brain Injury Rehabilitation Team (SCBIRT), provided by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, supported Iain Barker with speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and help with his eyesight after an operation had successfully removed the tumour. Iain, who works at the Royal Mail Halfway Delivery Office …
Read More »College group WCG wins prestigious Queen’s award
THE group which owns two county colleges has won a prestigious award. WCG, which runs Pershore College and also ran Malvern Hills College until last year, was given the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its work teaching engineering. Chief executive Angela Joyce represented the group at …
Read More »11 Royal Mail jobs available in Hertfordshire this Christmas
The Royal Mail are an invaluable service, especially over the busier periods such as Christmas. They are on the lookout for workers all-year-round but during the holidays there are often more opportunities available for those after part-time work. Every year the Royal Mail ask for seasonal mail sorters, whose job …
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