Royal Mail postal workers will for the first time collect parcels on the doorstep, in one of the biggest changes to the service as it adapts to the decline in letters and rapid growth in online shopping. From Wednesday customers across the UK will be able to pay a fee …
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In a change hailed as one of the biggest to the service since the introduction of the postbox in 1852, Royal Mail will charge 72p to pick up a parcel from … Source link
Read More »Documents ‘show Hunter Biden’s signature on Delaware computer repair shop receipt’
Documents appear to show Hunter Biden’s signature on a receipt for $85 at a Delaware computer shop where he dropped off laptops that included details of his international business deals. Last week a New York Post report claimed that Hunter Biden’s laptop was abandoned at the computer shop in April …
Read More »Darting pioneer Deta Hedman will get her moment in spotlight at PDC World Championship | Darts News
Deta Hedman will celebrate her 61st birthday before making her PDC World Championship debut Deta Hedman is a darting pioneer – instrumental in putting women’s darts on the map. Later this year, Hedman will become the second oldest debutant in PDC World Championship history and you’d struggle to find anyone …
Read More »Coronavirus morning headlines as Wales goes into lockdown and what to expect now
These are the coronavirus morning headlines for Tuesday, October 20, as Wales economy minister Ken Skates is due to set out how the Welsh Government will be helping businesses through the upcoming fire-break lockdown. On Monday, First Minister Mark Drakeford ordered people to stay at home for two weeks to …
Read More »UK set to become the first country to deliberately infect people with Covid-19
The UK is set to become the first country in the world to deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus, the Government confirmed today. Up to 90 volunteers under the age of 30 will receive a dose of an experimental nasal vaccine, before being infected with Covid-19 in the challenge …
Read More »Coronavirus: Royal Mail’s Derry staff in standoff over deep clean
There has been a sharp rise of confirmed cases over recent weeks in Northern Ireland’s north west region. Source link
Read More »Bishop’s Stortford postman Jeremy White has his ginger dreadlocks shaved off for Cancer Research UK
A postman in Bishop’s Stortford had the ginger dreadlocks he’s been growing for three decades shaved off for charity. Jeremy White, who is based at the Royal Mail sorting and delivery office in South Street, celebrated his 50th birthday on Sunday (Oct 18). To mark the milestone he decided to …
Read More »Extreme E adds scientists to paddock of drivers and teams
Extreme E will have a ‘floating paddock’ – the St Helena Extreme E, the new off-road, motor racing series set to launch next year are inviting applications from scientists to conduct ocean based research aboard their ship, the St Helena as it sails the cars and teams around the globe. …
Read More »Royal Mail Delivery Matters – 11% growth in online shopping
20 October 2020 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail’s annual Delivery Matters report has shown that the pandemic has contributed to an 11% year-on-year increase in the monthly spend of online shoppers. The Royal Mail research shows that the average UK online shopper now spends £83 a month online as against …
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