There were smiles from the King and Queen as the royal couple were guests of honour at the annual Braemar Gathering Highland Games. King Charles donned a kilt for the annual event, while Queen Camilla wore a blue coat with a tartan collar. Saturday’s Games were the third that the …
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DISCUSSIONS have been held about ongoing postal service issues affecting Redditch residents, including delayed mail deliveries. The meeting – between Royal Mail regional operations director Kate Seals and Redditch MP Chris Bloore – followed a period of serious service disruptions which delayed critical correspondences. Among them were hospital appointments and …
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A Derby magician has been left hopping mad after a hare-raising £429 city council bill – because he uses a rabbit in his shows. Littleover-based Stuart Brown, known to many as Magic Stuart, has been taking his white bunnies to magic shows around Derby for more than 15 years – …
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88 nations have halted mail and parcel deliveries to the United States following new tariffs imposed by America, and Pakistan is one of those countries that has stopped deliveries. The step was taken after the United States withdrew tax exemptions for small parcels coming into the country, disrupting international postal …
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The owner of a beauty salon in Allenton has reflected on her journey five years after opening her salon in the height of lockdown. Monique Murphy, owner of Monique Hair & Beauty on Nightingale Road, said opening her salon has been “one of the best decisions she has ever made” …
Read More »Your article (Royal Mail second-class delivery cuts will take ‘many months’ to roll out, 1 September) raised a wry smile in our household. We have not had a regular mail delivery since 2020. It has gone from weekly to irregular to the present situation where we haven’t had any mail …
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Alex Luke and Shauna Whitcombe are the proud owners of new business Luke’s Ice Creams, a gloriously painted ice cream van currently situated in Lower Town, Fishguard. The couple will continue to bring the taste of delicious goods to Lower Town throughout September after a great first summer. Shauna and …
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Prince Harry is feeling ‘so excited’ about his upcoming trip to the UK for the WellChild Awards on Monday. The Duke of Sussex, 40, is set to jet to London as part of a four-day visit to spend time with several of his patronages, before moving up the country to …
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A story that has appeared on my radar time and time again has been the highly controversial refurbishment programme of a tourist town. Ashbourne, often called the “Gateway to the Peak District”, has seen its famous streets of cobblestones and independent traders closed to traffic all summer, which has divided …
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Royal Mail is to roll out thousands of solar-powered “postboxes of the future” around the country, which will also allow customers to post bigger parcels. Royal Mail set to make biggest change to postboxes in 175 years Royal Mail is set to make the biggest change to postboxes in 175 …
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