A DUNFERMLINE woman undergoing cancer treatment has hit out at Royal Mail’s “awful” delivery service after receiving important letters days after scheduled appointments. Claire Monaghan, of Townhill Road, reached out to the Press after Dunfermline councillor Garry Haldane called on the delivery service to honour its requirement to deliver mail …
Read More »What the papers say – August 12
The latest machinations surrounding A-Level and GCSE results feature prominently in the nation’s papers on Wednesday. The Times, the i and the Daily Mail lead on the new “triple lock” resolution offered to A-level and GCSE students, who can accept the result decided for them, take their teachers’ predicted grading, …
Read More »Royal Mail issues statement after North Staffordshire postman who felt ‘unprotected’ from Covid-19 killed himself
Royal Mail has today insisted it is doing everything it can to protect its staff and customers after a postman who felt ‘unprotected’ from Covid-19 killed himself. Darren Beech was found dead by his two brothers at his Kidsgrove home on May 17 after struggling during coronavirus lockdown. An inquest …
Read More »Suffolk and Essex job losses: Which companies have cut staff?
PUBLISHED: 16:16 11 August 2020 Sarah Chambers Debenhams has become the latest high street chain to announce big job losses Picture: JUDY RIMMER Hundreds of thousands of people across the UK have lost their jobs or are about to – including many in Suffolk and Essex – as the economic …
Read More »Black bear casually joins a Maryland family forest picnic
A family vacationing in remote Maryland woodland claim to have found a real life Yogi Bear who strolled up while they were eating a picnic and decided to join them. In a video posted to TikTok by Kaitlyn Nesbit, a black bear can be seen perched on the edge of a picnic …
Read More »College Football’s Schism Moves Us Further Apart Than We Already Are
On the night of October 20, 1816, a Royal Mail coach stopped to make a delivery at an inn near the cathedral city of Salisbury, in the English county of Wiltshire, where it was attacked by a lion. The lion, a female, leapt at the lead carriage horse, clawing its …
Read More »Did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘collude’ with book authors?
Royal expert Penny Junor has questioned whether Harry and Meghan ‘colluded’ with the Finding Freedom authors and says the couple would have ‘kicked up a fuss’ about the book had they not been involved. The controversial biography written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand was released today and raised eyebrows …
Read More »Advent hands an irresistible offer to Hermes | Business
An American private equity firm is making its biggest bet yet on the British economy by taking over a company that is among those delivering online acquisitions to people staying at home during the pandemic. Advent is paying €1 billion for a 75 per cent stake in the UK operations …
Read More »UK records highest number of new coronavirus cases in seven weeks
The UK today recorded its highest number of new coronavirus cases in seven weeks with 1,148 infections and a further 102 deaths across the country. The total number of cases today reached 312,789 after the largest rise since June 21, when there were 1,221 new cases. The total number of …
Read More »Coronavirus crisis causes another garden business to close
Airbus, Royal Mail, Swissport, HSBC, Centrica and the Restaurant Group were among the businesses to announce redundancy plans in June. Source link
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