North-east residents have been forced to wait in “massive queues” to send their Christmas parcels due to lack of postal services in the area. Stonehaven’s main post office, which was situated within the Keystore on Allardice Street, closed in April this year. Since then, residents have had to rely entirely …
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COVID-19 restrictions have limited people’s movements during the 2020 festive season – meaning Royal Mail is as crucial as ever this Christmas. Royal Mail has already admitted to delivery delays, blaming “exceptionally high volumes” of post as lockdown and Christmas merge. So is there post today (December 24, 2020) and …
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T he UK has recorded 744 more deaths, the highest daily toll since last Spring, along with more than 39,000 new coronavirus cases – the highest case number yet. The Government said a further 744 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing …
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. COVID home test kits are now available for symptomatic people in all areas of mainland Scotland to book. The kits were previously unavailable in some parts of the mainland Highland, Forth Valley and Tayside health board areas. But online booking access has now been expanded to …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is currently monitoring a second mutated strain of coronavirus even more infectious than the one already gripping the UK after it was discovered in South Africa. The new variant, which is feared to be driving a surge of infections among young …
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SHETLAND’s police chief has added his voice to calls for people to act responsibly over the festive period and beyond by adhering to the new tougher Covid regulations coming into force on Boxing Day. As yet another new strain of the Covid virus has been discovered and more counties in …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new measures to ensure that travelers arriving from the United Kingdom comply with the state’s mandatory quarantine order on Wednesday amid fears of a new mutant strain of coronavirus taking hold abroad New York City is ramping up efforts to ensure that travelers arriving from …
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A cancer patient missed an appointment after receiving the letter three days after the consultation was due to take place. Peter Barry, 75, of Castlefields, Runcorn, said residents in his neighbourhood have been receiving letters from once a week to 10 days. This meant his letter notifying him of a …
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Jeane Freeman said the Scottish Government would continue to work with the UK government and local partners to improve access to testing in remote and rural areas. Home test kits for Covid-19 are now available for symptomatic people in all areas of mainland Scotland to order. The expansion covers parts …
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