Lexden Heath delivery office café plans set to be approved

Royal Mail’s Lexden Heath delivery office closed in 2016 and has remained empty ever since. But a café could open in its place if councillors approve blueprints to transform the site in London Road, Stanway, Colchester, at a meeting on Thursday subject to the applicant providing financial contributions to other …

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Patcham: Consultation into Royal Mail office move ends

Rebecca Kimber, of the Patcham Against Royal Mail campaign group, said the land is prone to flooding, with new buildings likely to reduce how much rainwater can be absorbed into the ground. She also claimed it would lead to an additional 250,000 road journeys each year. “This is the third …

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French post office release bakery scented stamp

The French Post Office has released a bakery-scented postage stamp to celebrate the baguette. Nearly 600,000 scratch-and-sniff stamps have gone on sale in France, with each stamp costing €1.96. The stamps were launched on Thursday, which was the day of Saint-Honoré, the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs, and …

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LIZ JONES: King Charles and William, give Harry and Meghan the best anniversary gift they could imagine: Welcome the Firm’s biggest assets back into the fold

This was the headline, four months before Meghan married Harry: ‘Why I’m proud to be a Meghanomaniac…we need some Markle sparkle!’ Let’s quote the piece: ‘The first I knew I was smitten was when Meghan used the term ‘my rescue pups’ on national, prime-time TV to describe her beloved dogs …

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RUTH SUNDERLAND: Stop cynical Royal Mail bid

By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Updated: 16:50 EDT, 19 May 2024 Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech Sphinx who wants to take over Royal Mail, learned his trade in the turmoil that followed the lifting of the Iron Curtain. The Velvet Revolution of 1989 happened in his formative years as …

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Royal Mint unveils 50p coin to mark anniversary of D-Day

The design of the “tails” or reverse side of the 50p coin was revealed ahead of the anniversary on June 6. It was designed by David Lawrence with support from Imperial War Museums and depicts Allied soldiers disembarking a landing craft on to the beaches of Normandy with offensive aircraft …

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