But new data from the UK's Royal Mail suggests that consumers are wising up: although online purchases have soared since the beginning of the … Source link
Read More »Watford and St Albans named hotspots for returning online orders
Two areas in Hertfordshire have been named as “hotspots” in the UK for people returning items ordered online. Royal Mail says it has seen a 25 percent increase in traffic for returns since lockdown. It has now revealed that St Albans and Watford are at the top of the list …
Read More »70 jobs lost as pandemic kills events business
The show won’t go on for event production business MCLCreate after it was forced to close with the loss of 71 jobs. The £10m-turnover company collapsed into administration as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. MCLCreate was based in Birmingham and had depots in Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It had …
Read More »Letters of Russian duchess who escaped 1918 execution for sale
Letters from a surviving member of the Russian royal family expressing her ‘hatred’ of the British for not protecting her murdered relatives have emerged for sale for £70,000. The correspondence took place between Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her sister the Grand Duchess Xenia between 1916 and 1920. Olga’s older …
Read More »BMW and Mini to axe 520 jobs at Birmingham, Oxford and Swindon plants
BMW is axing 520 production roles at its car manufacturing plants in Birmingham, Oxford and Swindon. Of these, 400 roles will be lost at the group’s Mini plant in Oxford, which is roughly a 10% cut to the 4,000-strong workforce on site. 1 BMW is axing 520 roles including 400 …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially change the title of Sussex Royal to MWX Foundation
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially changed the name of their Sussex Royal charity to the MWX Foundation. The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, agreed to stop using their ‘Sussex Royal’ brand after officially stepping away from The Firm on April 1 this year. Their departure – …
Read More »Dutch royal family release photos of Queen Maxima’s daughters
Thrice as nice! Dutch royal family release new portraits of Queen Maxima’s three lookalike daughters as they showcase their stylish summer frocks at Noordeinde Palace Princess Amalia, 16, Princess Alexia, 15, and Princess Ariane, 13, pose in snaps King Willem-Alexander’s eldest daughter Amalia opted for a pale blue dress Princess …
Read More »Two UK drug dealers sentenced to a decade in jail for mailing it in
Men caught shipping heroine, crack cocaine, marijuana, ketamine, LSD, crystal meth, amphetamines and ecstasy around world A judge in the UK sentenced two men to 10 years in jail this week for using the Royal Mail as the middle man in their drug business. James Willoughby, 27, and Mac Cheremeh, …
Read More »Prince Harry stars in Netflix documentary about the Paralympics
The Duke of Sussex has made his Netflix debut in a new documentary as he urged society to ‘encourage and accept’ people with disabilities. Prince Harry, 35, who is currently living in a $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara, has a starring role in a new Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, …
Read More »Hurricane History – CBS Baltimore
Hi Everyone, Thursday, Aug. 27 marks the date 120 years ago when one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States hit Galveston, Texas. Back in 1900, storms were not named as they are now. Just search the internet for this storm and you will read amazing accounts of …
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