Union officials are now calling on Royal Mail to re-instate the worker to avoid industrial action. CWU union members voted 87.8% in favour of strike action over the sacking of their colleague. The postman, who has worked several years for the business with no previous disciplinary record, was fired in …
Read More »Essential supplies arriving weeks late as coronavirus restrictions hit Royal Mail – South London News
By Alexandra Warren Residents are complaining that for the past six months post has been taking much longer to arrive than usual. Since lockdown began in March, many people in in SE22 postcode have reported letters and packages delivered by Royal Mail have been delayed – sometimes for weeks at …
Read More »What the papers say – September 28
Isolation cheats, vaccine problems and starving rats are among the stories leading the papers at the start of the week. The Times leads with proposals for a “total social lockdown” in northern Britain as the country wrestles with a second wave of Covid-19. The Times 28/9/20Play it with flowers: The Scots …
Read More »Huge increase in UK Personal Protective Equipment production
Large stockpiles in place for items such as face masks, visors and gowns Almost three quarters of expected demand for PPE to be met by UK manufacturers from December Health and social care workers treating COVID-19 patients have access to an uninterrupted supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Government …
Read More »Formula E Founder Develops World’s First Electric Powerboat Championship
Image: E1 World Electric Powerboat Series Alejandro Agag, founder of both the Formula E and Extreme E championships, has just announced the formation of an all-electric powerboat league called the E1 World Electric Powerboat Series. Once again, the whole goal of the series is to draw attention to the environmental …
Read More »SARAH VINE: Do Meghan Markle and Prince Harry actually WANT to be stripped of their titles?
Donald Trump is not my favourite person. But I couldn’t help feeling a certain grudging admiration for the old dunderhead last week. Asked what he thought of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to interfere in the US presidential election, he just gave a wry smile and said: ‘I …
Read More »Sir David Attenborough gifts Prince George a fossilised shark tooth
Sir David Attenborough has given Prince George a fossilised giant shark’s tooth to mark their first meeting at Kensington Palace, after discovering the young royal was a ‘massive fan’. The young prince, seven, was photographed looking intrigued as he handled the fossilised tooth from an extinct Carcharocles megalodon – one of …
Read More »PIERS MORGAN: How have liberals become a shrieking mob hell-bent on silencing all dissent?
I don’t know when it first hit me that the world had gone nuts, writes Piers Morgan I don’t know when it first hit me that the world had gone nuts. It might have been when an American white woman named Rachel Dolezal self-identified as black on national television despite …
Read More »Newspaper headlines: Johnson 'faces Covid revolt', and Charles' warning
The letter urges the PM to block poor quality food from coming into the UK under post-Brexit trade deals, the paper says. Sunday Mirror 27 September. Source link
Read More »Harry and Meghan’s US election intervention ‘violated’ terms of deal with Queen, say senior aides
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s US election intervention ‘violated’ the terms of the ‘Megxit’ deal the couple have the Queen, according to senior royal aides. Their comments could further risk their links to the monarchy, with sources claiming that senior courtiers are discussing how to further distance London royals from …
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