National Cyber Security Centre guidance issued to help businesses produce communications their customers can trust Follows rise in scams spoofing popular brands with fake deliveries becoming the most popular text scam Anyone who receives a suspect text should forward it to the 7726 scam text reporting service BRITAIN’S cyber security …
Read More »Leicestershire’s newest Tesco store opens to villagers
A convenience store in Barwell has relaunched as a Tesco with a wider range of products. The former One Stop shop, on Moore Road, has been transformed into a Tesco Express after shutting down for the revamp in November last year. To celebrate the relaunch last week, a temporary balloon …
Read More »The Royal Mint remastered coins will commemorate historic monarchs
The Royal Mint has announced today it will release a new commemorative coin series celebrating some of the most iconic kings and queens from the last 500 years of British history. The collection will span four Royal Houses – Tudor; Stuart; Hanover; Saxe-Coburg, Gotha, and Windsor. It will remaster iconic …
Read More »The areas of London worst hit by Royal Mail delivery delays
Frustrated Londoners are asking politicians to “fix the broken postal service” as it was found that a third of all UK postcodes affected by Royal Mail delays last Thursday were in London. Royal mail’s website reveals that London has been hit uniquely hard by “Covid-related” closures to post offices and …
Read More »Royal Mail warns of Hampshire delivery delays as Havant hit by more postal issues
Royal Mail has warned Hampshire residents in a certain postal area that delays are to be expected. This morning (January 24), Royal Mail took to their website to issue an update on areas across the UK where delivery delays are being experienced. Of the 10 locations mentioned, one is in …
Read More »Royal Mail warns of delivery delays in 10 postcodes
Royal Mail has confirmed shortages in TEN postcodes this week – with homes warned they face delays for their parcels. Royal Mail confirmed: “Deliveries are operating as normal across most of the country today. We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week. “In …
Read More »Defenestrated dentists and burning whisky: insurer reveals weirdest commercial claims | Aviva
Have you ever had an accident at work that wasn’t your fault? A delve into the archive of a major insurer has revealed some of the strangest valid commercial claims, including recompense for a defenestrated dentist and a farm worker blown into a vat of liquid manure. The trawl through …
Read More »Wellingborough bus gate ‘nightmare’ for Kettering pensioner trying to pay ever-increasing fine
A Kettering pensioner’s shopping trip to Wellingborough proved costly after a drive through a bus gate eventually led to a bailiff clamping his car – even though he tried to pay his fine several times. Lance Rayner’s ‘nightmare’ began on a day trip to Wellingborough on March 30, 2021, when …
Read More »Slow postal deliveries: is it Royal Mail, or a royal fail?
Since Christmas we have had two deliveries of mail on Belvedere Street, Ryde. Having seen our previous post operative, he advised he no longer did that route but he knew of no problems as the ‘frame’ was empty each day. We received a bundle on the December 29, January 13, …
Read More »Councillor blasts antisocial behaviour | Barnsley Chronicle
YET another glass-walled bus shelter was shattered over the weekend – posing a ‘significant risk’ to pedestrians, a local councillor has said. A pane of glass in the bus stop on the corner of Lundhill Road and Park Street in Wombwell was found to be shattered – another damaged shelter …
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