BUSINESS chiefs have branded John McDonnell “toxic” in an outspoken attack on Labour’s radical plans to nationalise swathes of British industry. On the eve of the Shadow Chancellor’s speech to Labour Conference, the CBI made one last desperate plea for the self-styled Marxist to work with business rather than attack …
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Fresh PR disaster for British Airways as flight full of journalists flying to cover Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in Africa is delayed by 21 HOURS after month of walkout woes Journalists were supposed to depart Heathrow for Cape Town on Friday evening ITV’s royal editor Chris Ship vented his frustration …
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The Pitch: Set in 1927, the eponymous film adaption of the beloved six-season series, Downton Abbey, opens by tracing the path of a piece of Royal Mail, from (one assumes) some sort of mailroom at Buckingham Palace to the servant’s entrance at Downton Abbey. It bears the news that King …
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A hotel housekeeper on universal credit was sacked from a Premier Inn after losing his bus pass, he has claimed. Ashley Saint, 43, has slammed his former employers in the West Bromwich hotel after he was dismissed on September 10. Mr Saint told Birmingham Live that the decision to sack …
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There’s a lot very important letters that have to get to the North Pole in time for Christmas: and you could be the one to help. Royal Mail have announced that they are looking for postmen and women to work in Gloucestershire this Christmas. In the run-up to the big …
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Gayle King looked gorgeous in a green off-the-shoulder gown as she headed to Villa Aurelia to attend the high society wedding of designer Misha Nonoo and oil tycoon Mikey Hess in Rome on Friday. The 64-year-old journalist – who’s on Weight Watchers – flaunted her statuesque 5ft10in figure in the …
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Trading conditions for Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) have been difficult recently. Increasingly, everything is distributed by email. This goes some way toward explaining why the group announced that operating profits fell 34%, to £376m, in May. Unsurprisingly, the company’s share price dropped by a total of 17% in May. To the …
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A ROYAL Mail postman has been sacked after 28 years for arriving just one minute late with a special delivery. Robert Lockyer, who was based at the Ashford Delivery Office in Kent, had been tasked with dropping off a parcel to a high street bank by 1pm. 3 Royal Mail …
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Postman gets the sack for gross misconduct for delivering mail ONE MINUTE late after 28 years in the job Robert Lockyer was dismissed in October after accused of ‘gross misconduct’ Worked for Royal Mail for 28 years and based at delivery office in Ashford, Kent He delivered post one-minute late …
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The Met Office is warning that heavy rain set to batter the county is “likely to bring disruption to travel”. Forecasters have issued a yellow weather warning for rain on Tuesday morning (September 24). It will be in place from midnight until 3pm. Kent Royal Mail postman fired after being …
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