Martha4Chippenham RT @BBCWiltshire: The Royal Mail delivery office in Swindon which closed for deep cleaning after two workers tested positive for Covid-19 h… 3 hours ago lynne RT @WorldCarDriver: Royal Mail delivery office is forced to close in Swindon after Covid outbreak https://t.co/NCZMqMN2YR 3 hours ago Chloe Scott Royal Mail delivery office is forced to …
Read More »Royal residences given spring clean ahead of visitors’ return
Final preparations are being put in place ahead of the reopening of the Queen’s official residences to the public on Thursday. Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, and The Queen’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh are welcoming tourists back through their doors once again …
Read More »Royal residences given spring clean ahead of visitors’ return
Final preparations are being put in place ahead of the reopening of the Queen’s official residences to the public on Thursday. Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, and The Queen’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh are welcoming tourists back through their doors once again …
Read More »Huge Royal Mail depot near Sheffield bought by investment firm for £13 million
The 151,000sq ft unit off Sheffield Road in Rotherham is currently being used by the Royal Mail Group Limited and is the largest and busiest Parcelforce depot in the UK, handling around 20,000 parcels per day. It has been bought by InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, on behalf of the InfraRed …
Read More »Iceland distribution centre and Swindon fire service hit by positive Covid-19 tests
The borough council said this afternoon that staff at the Iceland distribution centre at XPO Logistics in Bridgemead had been infected. Three firefighters from Swindon Fire Station have also tested positive, the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service confirmed. The service added that anyone else who develops symptoms will be tested …
Read More »Plans revised at former Reading Royal Mail depot – affordable housing axed
Affordable housing has been axed from a huge development to replace Reading’s former Royal Mail depot. Developer Hermes Property Unit has revised its application at 80 Caversham Road site to reduce the number of homes planned from 658 to 620 but none will now be available at affordable rates. The …
Read More »Felix of Denmark poses with his model brother Prince Nikolai
They divorced when he was just two years old, but Prince Joachim of Denmark and his ex-wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, put on a united front to celebrate son Prince Felix’s 18th birthday today. The parents marked the milestone occasion alongside their eldest son Prince Nikolai, 20, and Joachim’s current wife Princess Marie and …
Read More »Queen Mother didn’t approve of ‘progressive’ Prince Philip
The Queen Mother initially didn’t approve of Prince Philip as a match for her daughter, then Princess Elizabeth, because she saw him as a ‘dangerously progressive’ man, a new documentary claims. The Queen Mother, who died in 2002 aged 101, was concerned about Philip marrying into the family and viewed …
Read More »Thief who stole hand cream and bared buttocks could be jailed
A MAN who bared his buttocks at a shop assistant before leading police on a five-mile chase has been warned he faces jail. Police were called to the Tesco garage in Calne on April 6 shortly after 7am after Christopher Padget stole a £2.50 tub of hand cream, spread his …
Read More »Royal Agricultural University offers support to students with Welsh background
STUDENTS with a Welsh background can get help to study at the Royal Agricultural University. The Sir Emrys Jones Memorial Trust Award can offer £4,500 to undergraduates and £3,000 to graduate students who are either from Wales or whose parents or grandparents come from, live or have lived in the …
Read More »