Ninety-five people who will turn 95 this year are to receive a commemorative coin to celebrate the Queen’s 95th birthday, the Royal Mint has said. The Mint is inviting nominations for recipients of a brilliant uncirculated £5 commemorative coin featuring a design by heraldic artist Timothy Noad. One of the …
Read More »Royal Mail shares: is it the right time to buy?
Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) shares rose 170% in the past year, widely outperforming the FTSE 100 index, which dropped around 5% in the same period. I would like to analyse the pros and cons of investing in the company. Royal Mail’s fundamentals Royal Mail Group’s trading update for the nine …
Read More »Kirklees Borough Council planning decisions week ending Sunday, February 28
The below list, taken from Kirklees Borough Council’s website on Monday, March 1, contains planning decisions that became valid in the previous week in Monday, February 22 and Sunday, February 28 in Kirklees. Decided by the Officer on planning applications for February 22-28 Erection of two detached dwellings (modified proposal), …
Read More »Should Fairford Leys near Aylesbury have a Post Office?
Two people who live in a residential village just outside of Aylesbury, have expressed their frustration after discovering that their area does not have a Post Office. Fairford Leys, which is a 10-minute drive from the town centre, currently does not have a Post Office outlet. The residents, who have lived …
Read More »Two more Covid deaths in Oxfordshire in latest 24 hour data
TWO more people have died in Oxfordshire after testing positive for Covid-19 as more than 20 million people have received their first dose of a vaccine. One death was recorded in Oxford and one in South Oxfordshire, which takes the total number of people who have died from the virus …
Read More »Covid: Royal Mail helping to track down person with Brazil variant
ROYAL Mail has been asked to help find the mystery person with the Brazil variant of Covid in England, the vaccines minister has said. This morning Nadhim Zahawi said the postal service will be helping to locate the individual with the Brazilian variant, who cannot be located by track and …
Read More »‘End of an era’ as Broughton loses postmen after more than 150 happy years
THE much-loved posties of Broughton-in-Furness are bidding a fond-farewell as the distribution centre in the area is set to move to Millom. Steven Acott, Mike Robinson, and Paul Thompson are all due to retire in the coming weeks after decades of delivering post to their local area in what is …
Read More »Global Competition Review – DAF clashes with claimants over expert evidence
Credit: Shutterstock/Siarhei Kuranets The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has thrown out a request by truck maker DAF seeking permission to rely on new additional economic analysis to establish whether Royal Mail and BT passed on the alleged loss they claim they suffered from the Trucks cartel. To read more Subscribe …
Read More »US states easing COVID-19 restrictions despite warnings
Employees with the McKesson Corporation scan a box of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while filling an order at their shipping facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., Monday, March 1, 2021. Image Credit: AP Mission, Kansas: With the US vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, …
Read More »Fisherman died in moped crash outside Hull Royal Infirmary
A Hull fisherman became one of three brothers to die in tragic circumstances after he was thrown off his motorbike outside a hospital. Phillip Mosley, 36, died in a crash close to Hull Royal Infirmary in Anlaby Road on the morning of July 2, 2020. Hull Coroner’s Court heard that …
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