Preston Magistrates’ Court. Photo: Google Street View Laura Whalley, 38, of Pollard Place, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ prison suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £2,903 in compensation when she appeared before Preston magistrates. She stole 8,029 postal packets – worth £6,000 – containing greetings cards, gift cards, …
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STATE-owned postal service operator An Post insists it is going ahead with plans to launch mortgages despite the plans falling behind schedule. t said in 2018 it was planning to launch a mortgage offering last year that would shake up the market with rates that would undercut what lenders are …
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2020 was a volatile and unpredictable year for businesses large and small. In a sink-or-swim situation, the swimmers were those who responded fairly quickly to the pandemic and managed to come up with creative and innovative solutions. This often involved pivoting to an entirely new model, according to Shoreditch-based Chris …
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A DRINK and drug driver who ran over a pedestrian before fleeing the scene of the fatal crash as he lay dying in the street has been jailed. Gemma Clout, of Bewsey, callously stepped over her critically injured victim as she made her escape and even told police that her …
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The ‘Amazon Brexit Bible‘ is where you will find the latest Amazon Brexit FAQ updates. If you’re shipping cross border you should check back regularly to ensure you have the latest updates. Will my account health metrics be impacted if there are issues at the border that are outside of …
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Amazon are demanding that all merchants offer delivery duty paid to EU customers. This means that now the UK transition agreement has expired and there is a new trade agreement, if your products are not covered by free trade then when sold on Amazon you must deliver to your customer …
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Royal Mail deliveries across Bedworth have been hit by up to 20 staff self-isolating. Extra help has been drafted in from areas such as Leamington to try and tackle the backlog in mail waiting to be delivered. Sunday shifts have even been held to try and ensure people get their …
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DOZENS of Press readers have stepped in to defend their local postie in the wake of criticism of Royal Mail’s service over Christmas. Last month, the Press reported several complaints from residents across Dunfermline and West Fife with one describing the standard of delivering over the holidays as “absolutely appalling”. …
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Campaign signs began to appear on St. John’s streets last Friday morning on the eve of the first anniversary of a ferocious winter storm that paralyzed eastern Newfoundland and became known as “Snowmageddon.” The record-breaking snowfall led to a declaration of a state of emergency and the intervention of the …
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Prince William was once ‘chased by a police dog who mistook him for an intruder’ at the Queen’s Sandringham estate, retired policeman claims William was enjoying a late night walk when the dog mistook him for an intruder PC Jon Chandler who was on duty on the estate has recalled …
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