WE are carrying out some local improvements in the Darlington area. They are designed to bring our business more in line with changing customer needs. More and more of us are shopping online. Darlington Delivery Office is to decommission one letter sorting machine at the site. We need to increase …
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The World Health Organisation has slammed Boris Johnson’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying every country should find and test every possible case. On Thursday, the Prime Minister announced only the most seriously ill will be tested with others who notice symptoms encouraged to self-isolate for 14 days. But on Friday, …
Read More »Changes to doorstep parcel deliveries to minimise coronavirus risk • B31 Voices
In response to the current coronavirus outbreak, Royal Mail have announced some temporary changes to how their staff will hand over parcels and ‘signed for’ items to customers at the doorstep. Parcel recipients ‘not at risk’ A statement on the Royal Mail website reads: “Public Health England (PHE) has advised …
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was ferried around in a chauffeur-driven car to be signed, at the cost to the taxpayer of over £900, its has been revealed. The withdrawal agreement was taken from Brussels to London and back again by high-speed Eurostar train, with no expense spared, according to receipts …
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Stephen Skinner is worried potholes could reduce vital ambulance access needed for his daughter. Picture: James MacKenzie CRUMBLING Ross-shire roads are putting people’s lives at risk and jeopardising livelihoods. A Black Isle dad fears his vulnerable daughter, who at her worst has suffered up to 60 epileptic fits a day, could …
Read More »Postman claims Swindon sorting office is not taking steps to stop coronavirus spreading
A POSTMAN in Swindon is worried he and his colleagues may be spreading the covid-19 virus. And he says bosses at the Royal Mail are not taking common sense measures to minimise the risk. Those claims are refuted by the service. The man, who does not want to be named, …
Read More »Gazette letters: Ocada hub, community parklets, Highbury & Islington station crossing and environment | Opinion
PUBLISHED: 08:30 14 March 2020 Readers’ letters #nocado local campaigners oppose the delivery hub being built close to Yerbury Primary school © Nicola Baird Nicola Baird N19 is a deceptive battleground, writes Nicola Baird, Islington Green. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you …
Read More »The best pop-up restaurant in Ireland
Here’s the food year in a soup. It starts with pickled garlic scapes, slices of the pregnant flower stalks sent spiralling skyward last summer. Bobbing above them are summer-ripened pickled nasturtium seeds. These sharpnesses slice through the full-throated turkey bone broth, an echo of midwinter feasting. In the middle floats …
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Mujh se dosti corona Kartik Aryan’s state of mind is loud and clear as he’s spotted at the Mumbai domestic airport on Friday evening. Pic/Anurag Ahire A new beginning Chef Sanjana Patel’s Bandra offering La Folie Lab, the patisserie’s first outlet with an open kitchen, has temporarily shut shop. Known …
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