Travel has largely been off the playing cards for the previous couple of months as Brits have been instructed to keep at house by the Government amid the nation’s third lockdown. And to add to the scenario, the Government has simply carried out a quarantine lodge coverage by which travellers …
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POSTAL workers are refusing to deliver mail to a block of flats in Dursley because of an ‘unacceptable level of risk’ posed by an aggressive dog. Royal Mail suspended deliveries to Heath Court four months ago and residents were told they would have to collect their post from the delivery …
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Union members at Royal Mail have given a resounding vote of confidence in the new framework agreement about future working practices, job security and pay at the group. Eligible members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted 91.5% in favour of the agreement. Royal Mail said it welcomed the …
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From April 1, the energy price cap will increase by £96 to £1,138 for 11 million default tariff customers, and by £8 7 to £1,156 for four million pre-payment meter customers, the government regulator OFGEM has said. The price cap is in place to protect customers who have not switched supplier …
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“This isn’t a market that needs puffing up any more. “The threat of valuations becoming detached from reality should concern buyers, landlords and investors alike. “However, the vaccine rollout is proceeding better than expected, and if the engines of the economy are firing on all cylinders by the summer, the …
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Britain’s hotel quarantine scheme will finally begin on February 15 – nearly three weeks after it was first announced – and is expected to end six weeks later, it was revealed today. Retired Royal Marine general Sir Gordon Messenger, a former vice chief of defence staff who led a mass …
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A Chinese takeaway owner from Carmarthen will have her first book published this month. Julie Ma won popular daytime TV couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s Search For A Bestseller book competition last year. She scooped the prize for her book Happy Families – a fictional story about three generations …
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Whether you get your food delivered or handpick your objects in a grocery store your self, there’s nonetheless an opportunity you’ll choose up the COVID-19 virus. Some Brits have been meticulously sterilising their food shopping as quickly because it crosses the edge into their dwelling, and apparently, they’re doing the …
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Construction of a major, new Royal Mail parcel hub is underway in the East Midlands at the Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange (DIRFT). Scheduled for launch in 2023, the company’s commitment to the Daventry-based hub, which will be fitted with state-of-the-art parcel automation machinery, represents a significant investment in its …
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Labour newsletters are now being distributed, after previously condemning the Liberal Democrats for leafleting in lockdown. The South Oxhey Rose newsletters from the Labour group have now continued distribution using the Royal Mail, despite the group accusing Watford’s Liberal Democrats of violating Government lockdown restrictions. All political groups were discouraged …
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