[ad_1] Many Royal Mail customers have seen long delays in getting their letters and parcels delivered recently as the busy Christmas period coincided with posties striking in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions. But if you weren’t home or didn’t manage to get to the door in time to collect a delivery, you…
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Workers in several of Britain’s key service sectors are striking in what is being called the new “winter of discontent” as cost of living pressures clash with below-inflation pay offers. Many strikes,…
[ad_1] The plethora of Royal Mail strikes have caused chaos in the postal system, with people waiting longer than usual for deliveries. The run-up to Christmas is always a busy time in any event and this year no doubt there has been disappointment with cards and parcels going astray. Postal workers have walked out in…
[ad_1] With an abundance of deliveries requested around the festive period, the chances of your parcel going missing, or simply not arriving, goes up. And with some undoubtedly important gifts in the mail, it’s the worst time of the year for people’s parcels to go AWOL. The likes of Evri, Yodel and DPD have been…
[ad_1] The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg last week has climbed to 18, regional health authorities said on Monday. A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) got stuck under a bridge in Boksburg on Saturday, causing a leak and explosion that initially killed 10 people…
[ad_1] MANY developments that would see hundreds of homes built in key locations in Reading have either been given the go ahead, stalled or rejected this year. In December 2021, the Local Democracy Reporting Service identified four of the biggest developments that would either move ahead or be decided on in 2022. They were the…
[ad_1] Ahead of Christmas, our posties have had more work to do than ever, with many of us placing online shopping orders before December 25. This year’s Royal Mail strikes have seen a number of us waiting longer than usual for things to arrive, as posties have walked out in a row over pay and…
[ad_1] I DECIDED that the “Unusual ways to save on fuel costs” in the motoring section of The Press (December 15) could be worth trying. One suggestion was to place a bowl of water on the passenger seat, filled to an inch of the top. On placing the bowl on the seat, I made a…
[ad_1] Royal Mail delivery driver Mark Walker has been suspended on no pay after a row over a parcel ended in a street fight with punches being thrown. The 38-year-old says he had left a parcel on the doorstep of a Longton property after failing to get an answer. But as he attempted to drive…
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters around the world Sign up for our free Morning Headlines email Banking and payment scams have become an increasingly common way for fraudsters to access people’s personal and financial information in recent years. Earlier this year, a report from UK Finance found that…