I got my first professional byline in 1981 while working as a high school student for my hometown weekly newspaper. It involved the increase in price of a first-class postage stamp to 18 cents. The story was easy to report because I lived across the street from the post office. …
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With the local elections less than three weeks away, how will the voting process work during the COVID-19 pandemic? Last year, the government made the decision to delay the local elections until 2021 as they were deemed unsafe to carry out during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. With social …
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WEST FIFERS have been warned to avoid a post scam. Dunfermline Central councillor and postie Garry Haldane says the scam claims householders need to stump up cash for items where not enough money has been paid. Cllr Haldane told the Press: “I have been contacted numerous times over the past …
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I was reminded of this a few days ago, when Royal Mail delivered a pack of rapid coronavirus tests to my door – less than 24 hours after I’d ordered them for free from the Government website. I took a test that morning – I found it very straightforward to …
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ROYAL MAIL has been delivering letters and parcels for over 500 years and has tons of services available from “signed for” to “UK guaranteed” delivery. We explain the different Post Office delivery package options on offer. 3 If you’re sending an important parcel, there are lots of delivery options from …
Read More »Few shoppers in Sainsbury’s will have heard of Daniel Kretinsky. Yet the Prague-based billionaire, nicknamed the “Czech Sphinx” because of his enigmatic nature, has quickly made a name for himself in the City of London after increasing his stake in Britain’s second biggest supermarket this week to about £550 million. …
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A government-listed Covid-19 test supplier has been accused of providing an “appalling” service after quarantined travellers said they have faced delays waiting for home test kits and results to arrive. Complaints have been made online against the East Yorkshire-based Latus Health, as customers claimed they received their £175 tests or test results …
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A new behavioural artificial intelligence (AI) system claims to prevent more than 90% of crashes by predicting the actions of pedestrians and other road users and alerting the driver to a potential incident. Behaviour AI is available as a dashcam after-fit solution but the company behind the system, Humanising Autonomy, …
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With Amazon Buy Shipping, you can buy shipping labels individually or in bulk, ship and confirm your orders and track your shipments. Amazon Buy Shipping automatically suggests shipping services based on services that can meet the delivery promise to the customer, your carrier preference and lowest available cost. You must …
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Amazon is not new to data breaches. In fact, many customers have previously reported phishing emails in the name of the company. In many instances, Amazon has been able to find out the point of a data breach, or the person involved. This time, scamsters have taken it a step …
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