He writes of watching the first salvos blasting over the heads of the troops in landing craft heading – like ‘ants’ – for the French coast. He describes German torpedo attacks ‘narrowly’ missing his Royal Navy ship – three times. But what makes this previously unseen witness account of D-Day …
Read More »Royal Mail breaks silence over ‘stopping deliveries’ on streets where ‘dogs bark’
The Royal Mail has broken its silence after being accused of stopping deliveries and post on streets and roads where dogs bark. The Royal Mail is stopping delivering to a street in Shropshire “because of barking dogs” say furious locals. Royal Mail has stopped delivering mail to a street of …
Read More »Royal Mail stops delivering to street ‘because of a barking dog called Brian’ | UK News
A row has broken out on a street for retirees after Royal Mail stopped deliveries (Picture: Shropshire Star/SWNS) A row has broken out on a street for retirees after Royal Mail stopped deliveries ‘because of a barking dog’. Brian, a Patterdale terrier, is the residents’ ‘security alarm’ on Alan Gutridge Drive …
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I’ve been investing monthly into a Fidelity stocks and shares Isa across four different funds for the past 25 years. My plan was that as I got older and the Isa got fat, I’d sell some of the funds on a high note and ‘Isa transfer’ the cash to other, …
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Read More »What are your rights when deliveries and returns don’t arrive – and what common act could see you lose them all? – MKFM 106.3FM
What are your rights if you’ve returned an item by post and the company says they never received it? Or if your delivery never turned up in the first place? Money blog reader Lee asked: “I purchased two pairs of shorts from Nike a year ago. I shortly after returned …
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On what would have been her 88th birthday in January, Charles Spencer paid a loving tribute to his mother. The historian, 60, remembered Frances Shand Kydd with ‘love and gratitude’ as he took to social media to post a selection of newspaper cuttings – including one announcing the birth of his …
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Read More »HR Magazine – Postal workers demand further protections amid takeover
The Communications Workers Union (CWU), the union representing most UK postal workers, has claimed that the contracts of a new takeover agreement do not “go far, or long, enough” to protect workers. Royal Mail is set to be taken over by Czech billionaire, Daniel Křetínský, after the organisation’s leaders …
Read More »Royal Mail refuses to deliver to pensioners over ‘barking dog’ | UK | News
A row has broken out on a street for retirees after Royal Mail stopped deliveries – because of a barking dog, it is claimed. Brian, a Patterdale terrier, is the residents’ ‘security alarm’ on Alan Gutridge Drive in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. But Royal Mail last week said it was stopping deliveries …
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