[ad_1] Air Mail: How new letters boss will use DRONES to fly deliveries to remote areas of Britain in overhaul of 500-year-old service Royal Mail executive chairman Keith Williams wants to use unmanned vehicles Trials of the service in remote areas are expected to begin imminently Also examining putting barcodes on stamps making it easier to…
[ad_1] The parable of Walkers Crisps is worth remembering next time you encounter a mainstream consumer item that is not recyclable, such as butter wrappers, coffee bags and the plastic backing on An Post stamps. Walkers Crisps became a symbol of unrecyclability in Britain when passionate consumers of the product became so frustrated at not…
[ad_1] MPs accuse The Crown’s Prince Charles star of ‘outrageous’ bid to silence critics after he slapped down Culture Secretary who asked for ‘fiction’ disclaimer Tory MPs accused Josh O’Connor of trying to silence criticism of The Crown Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden insisted show should carry ‘fiction’ disclaimer The actor who plays Prince branded Mr Dowden’s intervention…
[ad_1] Primark fans have queued overnight as Christmas shoppers prepare to spend £1.7billion today on high streets. While many Brits are hoping to finish their festive shopping before London plunges into coronavirus tier 3, shoppers at a Primark in Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow, and Abbey Wood in Belfast were pictured joining lengthy queues last night. Yesterday, Braehead and Abbey…
[ad_1] Call to order online as soon as possible ‘Exceptionally high’ volumes of Christmas mail have been blamed for delays in postal deliveries on the Island. The Isle of Man Post Office says a significant increase in online shopping is causing logistical challenges in the UK. It’s as many companies there are closed with staff working from…
[ad_1] A SUPERMARKET in an Oxford neighbourhood has been sold off, and could be bulldozed to make room for flats. The Co-operative in Headington has been sold by its owners, and could soon be replaced by a new building with a shop on the ground floor and flats on the second floor above it. A…
[ad_1] “You think when you are walking around London at Christmas in normal times, you always see colleagues off out in their Christmas jumpers.” He said: “A lot of people are planning smaller Christmas celebrations with just very close family so they are buying pyjamas.” The site has seen sales of Christmas jumpers fall by…
[ad_1] Diana’s mystery note at heart of Bashir probe ‘heaps praise on the shamed BBC journalist’, claim insiders – after it went missing for 20 years and was suddenly found as investigation reopened Note went missing for more than 20 years after a staff member took it home BBC is using it as tool to…
[ad_1] Boris Johnson was today blasted as an ‘English nationalist’ by a former Conservative party chairman as Tories rowed over the Prime Minister’s Brexit plan. Gunboats are being prepared for any ‘punch-up’ with ‘stormy’ French fishermen as last-minute negotiations with the EU rumble on. The trade talks continue to be deadlocked over the thorny issues…
[ad_1] Prince Andrew has been spotted out for a horse ride after an explosive dossier blew a hole in his Pizza Express excuse and showed he had a manicure booked on the day Virginia Roberts claims she slept with him. The Duke of York wore a long wax coat as he trotted around the grounds…