Royal Mail has rejected Covid safety concerns over Christmas cards and has embarked on its largest ever festive recruitment campaign. An extra 33,000 temporary workers are being taken on to deliver presents and cards as the service gears up for a period made busier by coronavirus and online commerce. For …
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Nicky Philipps, HM Queen Elizabeth II with Willow, Vulcan, Candy and Holly, 2011, oil on canvas Royal Collection Trust / All rights reserved In a year that has felt less than normal owing to the pandemic, many people have devoted a larger amount of time to creativity and the arts. …
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Prince Harry’s rift with the Royal Family over his Remembrance Sunday wreath has highlighted how ‘expendable’ he is, a royal biographer has claimed. The Duke of Sussex, 36, who now lives in his $14 million mansion with Meghan Markle, 39, and their son Archie, one, is said to have been ‘deeply saddened’ …
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Prince Harry was saddened when his request for a wreath to be laid on his behalf was denied, the Sunday Times reports. The organizers of a drastically reduced Remembrance Sunday ceremony prepared a wreath for the Duke, but it was never laid. Prince Harry — who now lives in the …
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Royal Navy warship intercepts Russian spy vessel and submarine as Putin’s navy enters British waters three times in a month Patrol ship HMS Tyne has kept close watch on Viktor Leonov and Sergey Osipov Have been sailing around Moray Firth, where they sheltered from Storm Aiden Tyne is part of Task …
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Santa Claus is the ultimate global logistics worker, magically delivering gifts all over the world in a single night. The rest of us have to rely on more mundane delivery systems to get gifts under the Christmas tree and into stockings – and this year those systems are under huge …
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Ian Evans is having problems with a new Royal Mail service. A ‘UNIVERSAL’ parcel pick-up service offered by Royal Mail doesn’t apply to some Inverness-shire postcodes. The service – Parcel Collect – launched last month, was meant to cover the whole of the UK, but potential customers seem to be …
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The number of seasonal jobs on offer is down by a third compared with a year ago, new research suggests. Firms are advertising around 13,600 roles in the run up to Christmas, according to jobs site Adzuna. The virus crisis is changing the type of work on offer, with more …
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A Talbot Green man has been jailed after the Royal Mail discovered hundreds of ecstasy tablets in the post. Damien Drab, 29, was arrested after a parcel containing 208 ecstasy tablets sent from the Netherlands was intercepted by the UK Border Agency. After searching his home, police also found cash, …
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David Toole was 26 when he found relief from his postal work in Britain in an unexpected way: as a novice dancer at a workshop, where he showed intuitive grace and athleticism while performing on his hands. His legs had been amputated in childhood. “In warm-ups, he was shy, quite …
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