Postal deliveries in Plymouth are due to return to normal after Royal Mail workers went on strike. Over the last three days, postmen and women from the West Park delivery office have stood on the picket line due to alleged bullying claims, and the Communication Workers Union [CWU] said it …
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A Royal Mail worker found dead in a delivery office toilet cubicle today is believed to have been there for about fifteen hours before his body was discovered. The death of the 53-year-old man at the Royal Mail Gloucester South Delivery Office in Quedgeley, Gloucester, has been reported to the …
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Jefferies Financial Group reissued their underperform rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a report issued on Thursday, July 11th, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on RMG. Berenberg Bank restated a hold rating and issued a GBX 240 ($3.14) price target on shares of in …
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Those regularly walking through Taunton town centre will have noticed that a postbox in the town has been turned white in recent days. The distinctive facelift has been given to the Royal Mail box outside Sharps on North Street. It has left some who walk past it questioning why it …
Read More »Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian While covering the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, the Guardian photographer David Levene took time out to photograph one of the city’s best-loved tourist spots, St Mark’s Square – and decided to capture a different view of the adjoining Piazzetta. Using his tilt-shift Zörk lens, which …
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Packaging technologists at Kite Packaging have introduced their new paper padded envelopes, an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional bubble lined envelopes. These new additions to the Kite website are a reliable way of getting smaller products to their targeted destination. With the envelopes’ simple yet effective corrugated …
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Is Formula E a sport? An environmental initiative? A technological test bed for the automotive industry? Answer: all of the above. When the all-electric racing series was launched in 2014, it seemed a quixotic venture. Diehard Formula 1 fans sneered at the idea. (It didn’t help that, for the first …
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It was a double win for a student of Kenyatta University after Arsenal manager Unai Emery sent him a congratulatory letter ahead of his graduation today. Kevin Ndirangu Njagi, who shared the good news on Twitter, was described by the club’s head coach as a “passionate supporter.” Hi Twitter!I’m graduating …
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Drugs squad officers carrying out a raid on a suspected dealer’s home were stunned when a postman arrived during the search to deliver a cannabis package. The detectives were probing Steven Lorimer and were in his home when the illicit drugs package arrived, addressed to him. Lorimer, 30, – who …
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On 7 July, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee announced the addition of Jodrell Bank Observatory to its list of significant sites. It’s a coup for the management and staff of the site as well as for the University of Manchester, which owns and operates it – all the more remarkable for …
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