THE mum of a terminally ill tot has issued a desperate plea to Matt Hancock: “Please don’t forget about us.” Afroz Shehzad, 37, from Stoke-on-Trent, is full time carer to her four-year-old daughter Amirah – one of an estimated eight children in the UK with genetic Krabbe’s Disease. 4 Little …
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Family handout The front of the postcard shows a picture of the HMS Raleigh figurehead with recruits marching by Post can sometimes take a while to be delivered or get lost, but imagine receiving a postcard that was sent 77 years ago. Bill Caldwell was 18 years old and in …
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A student caused mass disruption and panic around the UK when he sent improvised explosives through the post as part of an elaborate fraud plot. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, rigged packages with match heads, combustible paper, and timer devices in order for address labels to be “obliterated” while they were in …
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This is the ‘arrogant’ postman who claimed he was ‘too knackered’ to help a frail pensioner who fell in the snow. Thomas McCafferty has been suspended by the Royal Mail for refusing to assist Patricia Stewart, 72, when she lost her footing and fell down her icy front steps as …
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PACKETS of drug-laced gummy sweets were intercepted by eagle-eyed Royal Mail workers. Wiltshire Police published a warning after a package of the Haribo-like sweets were seized earlier today. Staff at the Royal Wootton Bassett mail sorting office handed the parcel over to police. On Facebook, officers from Royal Wootton Bassett …
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A paperboy saved the life of a pensioner who had been lying on the floor of her Kent home for three days after he spotted her newspaper hadn’t been read. Robert Purt, 18, spotted the paper poking out of the pensioner’s letterbox in Birchington, near Margate, a day after he …
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There have been some areas that have not received Royal Mail deliveries in over a week. Cllr Paul Donovan, the ward councillor for Wanstead Village, has reported that there have been continued postal delays around Wanstead, with some people reported to have not received any mail in over a week. …
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Royal Mail staff have intercepted a shipment containing drug-laced sweets. Police officers from Royal Wootton Bassett attended the local sorting office following a report that the gummy sweets had been found and held by the team there. The sweets are believed to be laced with drugs, but no further information …
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UK – ITV has created four new leadership positions in its data division as part of a wider transformation of its group data and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. As part of the changes, Lara Izlan (pictured) has been promoted to director of data strategy and will be responsible for developing …
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A postman has been called a ‘hero’ for buying a sweet Valentine’s Gift for an elderly woman. Many people might feel lonely on Valentine’s Day and upset if they’re not expecting to get a present from anyone. However, the thoughtful postie made sure one elderly woman felt special by deliver …
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