With many people shopping for Christmas presents online, there have been more orders out for delivery over recent weeks. This has subsequently put further pressure on delivery services, from Royal Mail, Amazon and Hermes, among others, with delays commonplace. With time tight between now and Christmas Day, some items won’t …
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Now you see it: the postbox in Rufforth, and after it was stolen. Photographs © Google Street View / YorkMixPolice are hunting thieves who stole an entire postbox just days before Christmas. The theft took place some time between 9pm on Tuesday and 9am yesterday (Wednesday, 22 December). The postbox …
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A Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been refused entry to two islands after dozens of vaccinated crew and passengers tested positive for Covid just days after setting sail. The Odyssey of the Seas will not be allowed to make port at Curacao and Aruba, two of just three stops in …
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A Doncaster woman has said she is “disgusted” with the postal service after several of her Christmas cards arrived opened. The woman, posting on a local Facebook group, claims that her Christmas cards had been opened before they were delivered and believes that it was by Royal Mail workers looking …
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Omicron is spreading across the country like wildfire, and its lead to closures, disruption and chaos across vital services. Most rail operators across the UK have been forced to run reduced timetables due to the number of staff members off sick with the virus. This comes days before Christmas, leading …
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Today (December 23) is the final day for parcels to arrive in time for Christmas Day thanks to a special service from Royal Mail. Caithness residents who have left it until the last minute to post Christmas gifts are in luck as Royal Mail’s Special Delivery Guaranteed® Service is still …
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A warning is being issued to last-minute Christmas shoppers that there is a rise in scam delivery text messages. With online shopping increasing this year, there are expected to be huge numbers of parcels delivered to households across the UK in the coming days. In the final three months of …
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If you’ve ever received a bizarre text message claiming you have a parcel “waiting for delivery”, it’s likely to be a fraudster waiting in the shadows to scam you. More than a million scam texts are expected to be sent out across the country this week, and more than half …
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Experts are warning people to be wary of unexpected text messages ahead of Christmas – with those claiming to be from delivery firms the most likely to be a scam ( Image: Getty Images/EyeEm) More than one million people will receive a scam text message between now and Boxing Day …
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Christmas means we are all shopping more and the online deliveries are piling up – but how do you know if a text about the parcel you’re expecting is real? Key indicators it’s a scam delivery text The mobile number is unidentified, even if the company name is mentioned in …
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