When the Royal Mail wanted to make faster deliveries around London in the early 20th century, the Post Office Railway was their solution. According to Atlas Obscura, the system was inspired by Chicago’s subterranean freight system. So, in 1927, the system opened for operation. It was an automatic electric railway …
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Ocado claims its CNG delivery trucks will help slash the firm’s CO2 emissions | Credit: Ocado Ocado is expanding its fleet of CNG-fuelled trucks, while Amazon has unveiled its first custom designed electric delivery van Online supermarket Ocado is forging ahead with plans to draw down the emissions of its …
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HAD it tough in 2020? Give yourself an early Christmas present with seasonal work. Despite job losses in many sectors and the closure of restaurants and shops, there are 250,000 temporary festive roles up for grabs across the country. 2 Karen Emery joined The Entertainer as a Christmas temp back …
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Prince William’s £50million Earthshot Prize scheme aims to solve the world’s environmental problems by offering a series of high-value awards over the next decade. But missing from the TV interviews today was where the huge competition money was coming from. Those details can be found on the prize’s website, below …
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GRIFFITHS – John (Ex – Bersham Colliery and Royal Mail), peacefully on 3rd October 2020 at Nightingale House Hospice, aged 73 Years. Dearly loved husband of Hilary, much loved dad of Tony and Julie, dear father-in-law to Joanne and Tony, loving taid of Jordan & Ebony, Kelly, Georgia and Jemma, …
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A POSTBOX in an area with a high student population is being rammed with so many home Covid tests that the packages can barely fit inside. Royal Mail has now stepped up its daily collections from the box in Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, a city seeing a big spike in virus …
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A postbox in Nottingham is rammed with coronavirus home test kits in Nottingham (Picture: SWNS) So many students have been taking coronavirus tests that post boxes in hotspots are overflowing. Pictures have emerged of piles of tests waiting to be collected in Nottingham amid fears that the city is heading …
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When theatres and concert halls closed, thousands of musicians were stripped of their livelihood, not knowing when they might perform again. Indeed, this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned that many will have to seek new careers — prompting outrage from performers. But as ANTONIA HOYLE reveals, some musicians have already …
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Royal Mail (Photo credit should read ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) PNL-191120-131231003 The workers have been sent home and Royal Mail said an intensive clean of the building has been carried out. The office is operating ‘as normal’, according to the postal service, despite the four positive cases. A spokesman …
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Twenty-four people have died after a coronavirus outbreak at a hospital in Wales sparked by a ‘super-spreader’. There are now 129 Covid-19 cases at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in locked-down Rhondda Cynon Taf, up from 94 last week. Coronavirus infections in the region have spiked in the last month, from 48.9 …
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