BASINGSTOKE’S delivery office is experiencing “very high levels of absence” this week following a Covid outbreak, resulting in further disruption to postal services across the town. Information on the Royal Mail website states that it cannot guarantee that deliveries will happen every other day in Basingstoke, but it is prioritising the …
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A competition to design an “urban park” in Bradford city centre could be held as part of a push to “green the district”. And the large, empty plot of land near Forster Square rail station could be a possible location for the new green space. The Bradford District Economic Recovery …
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The fashion industry is ever-evolving with various trends coming and going each year. The 21st century has seen a major trend in fast fashion, which has led to huge waste and sustainability issues. The industry has been under intense scrutiny from environmentalists. A pressure that have given birth to a …
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The Australian share market is set to continue its positive trend this week. At 7:45am AEDT, ASX futures were up 0.7 per cent to 6,781. The benchmark local ASX 200 index closed 0.4 per cent higher on Monday after being up by as much as 1.8 per cent earlier in …
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As if the universe was trying to warn us, May 19 is also Malcolm X’s birthday and I dread to think how fast he was spinning in his grave with all the talk of the wedding symbolising racial progress. Malcolm famously declared the 1963 March on Washington, despite its best …
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A hero RAF helicopter pilot was dialling 999 after witnessing an accident when a lorry driver smashed into the back of his car and killed him. Malcolm Clarkson, 44, was talking to his mum on a hands-free phone when he ploughed his HGV into the back of Scott McConnell. Sergeant …
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A lorry driver who killed a hero RAF helicopter pilot because he was distracted by talking to his mum on a hands-free phone has been jailed. Malcolm Clarkson, from Southport, ploughed his HGV into the back of Scott McConnell who had stopped his VW Golf with his hazard lights on …
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Royal Mail is testing faster prescription deliveries in a move which could see it offer a same day delivery service covering morning orders for urgent medication. The company is working with Echo, LloydsPharmacy’s free online NHS prescription service which is already used by more than 400,000 NHS patients, to trial …
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If red postboxes didn’t already look lovely enough on the streets of London, they certainly do now thanks to one mystery artist. Royal Mail boxes have been snapped wearing woollen covers decorated in hand-knitted designs. The creations have been snapped in areas spanning across London, from Eltham and Twickenham all …
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Do you have a rare 20p in your pocket? (Photo: Shutterstock) A rare coin is being sold on eBay for almost £1,000 pounds due to a minting error acknowledged by the Royal Mint in 2008. Could you have a 20p worth hundreds of pounds hiding in your wallet? Rare minting …
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