The boss of Royal Mail’s parent company has said it will push on with a transformation of the group despite its £3.57bn takeover, as Royal Mail prepares this month to cut more daily freight flights. Martin Seidenberg, the chief executive of International Distribution Services, plans “the biggest network change in …
Read More »Cybercrime groups restructuring after major takedowns: experts
Cybercrime gangs are looking to rebuild with new tactics after global police operations this year made a huge dent in their activities, experts have told AFP. The gangs have had a bad year so far, with law enforcement operations taking out some of prominent groups including LockBit, a loose network …
Read More »Coventry barber who gives free haircuts to homeless people hailed for his ‘amazing work’
Readers showed lots of support for Coventry barber Abdulghani Najjar, 24, who gave free haircuts to the homeless earlier this year. One said he is ‘an amazing guy’ and that ‘humanity still exists’. Abdul is the owner of Abz Barbers on Harnall Lane East in Hillfields. He came to the …
Read More »Who are Northamptonshire’s newly elected MPs?
Labour won five of the seven seats in Northamptonshire [BBC] Labour took five of Northamptonshire’s seven constituency seats. They were all Labour targets, including the hard-fought seat of Kettering. The Conservatives retained the two blue seats held by Dame Andrea Leadsom and Chris Heaton-Harris, both of whom decided not to …
Read More »Inside Denton Caravan Site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend
To passers-by, the tucked-away land off Dering Way and Shamrock Road could be anything. But just down from a small industrial estate sits Denton Caravan site, run by Gravesham Borough Council and home to eight Roma and Traveller families. Denton Caravan site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend …
Read More »Sub-post office in West Linton will close this year
Calum and Gillian Greenhow have run the sub-post office branch in West Linton for almost three decades. But with their contract coming to an end and a shift in how people use postal services, the village “stalwarts” have decided to shut up shop. Mrs Greenhow said: “It is awful. It …
Read More »Waddington man completes whacky 17-marathon charity challenge
1 day ago By David McKenna, BBC News Supplied The 38-year-old took on the challenge under the pseudonym Neville to remain anonymous A man has completed a challenge to run the equivalent of about 17 marathons over 30 days on the same half-mile (0.8 km) “mundane” stretch of road in Waddington, Lincolnshire. …
Read More »Ed Miliband will be a liability as energy secretary
Ed Miliband (Photo: Getty) I know it has only just begun, but it is not too early to start wondering: what will it be that causes the Starmer government its first serious problem? A likely surge in arrivals of illegal migrants seems one possibility, given that some of those encamped …
Read More »Positives to take from General Election campaign
Dear Editor,There are many positives from our General Election campaign. At our first attempt to stand for Parliament we were able to beat two long-established national parties. It also enabled us to post a A3 leaflet, via Royal Mail, to every home in the Crewe and Nantwich Constituency. All 54,400 …
Read More »Pep Guardiola joins sports legends including Leah Williamson and Ben Stokes in Centre Court’s Royal Box at Wimbledon… but Man City’s manager is playfully booed by the SW19 crowd!
Wimbledon’s box welcomed a host of sports stars for Saturday’s action at SW19 The Centre Court spectators jokingly booed Pep Guardiola as he took his seats He was joined by a handful of rugby and cricket stars, as well as Olympics icons By Ben Willcocks Published: 10:09 EDT, 6 July …
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