Royal Mail is required to deliver 93 per cent of first-class post within one working day of collection GARETH CATTERMOLE/GETTY IMAGES In a world where citizens’ interactions with the state, the economy and each other have increasingly moved online, it is easy to forget that the post still contains serious …
Read More »Kevin Kiermaier lifts Blue Jays over Royal as Toronto keeps pace in wild-card hunt
Open this photo in gallery: Toronto Blue Jays centrefielder Kevin Kiermaier hits a home run against the Kansas City Royals during the seventh inning at the Rogers Centre on Sept. 10.Nick Turchiaro/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Kevin Kiermaier’s seventh-inning home run lifted the Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals …
Read More »Vatican honours Polish family murdered by Nazis for sheltering Jews
The family-of-nine — a married couple and their small children — were murdered by the Nazis in 1944 after they were apparently betrayed. Speaking during a Mass in the village of Markowa, in southeastern Poland, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the …
Read More »Viewers accuse Remainers of hijacking the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms as sea of EU flags replace Union Jacks in the crowd after anti Brexit campaigners delivered thousands to the Royal Albert Hall
Viewers accuse Remainers of hijacking the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms as sea of EU flags replace Union Jacks in the crowd after anti Brexit campaigners delivered thousands to the Royal Albert Hall By Olivia Jones Published: 08:06 EDT, 10 September 2023 | Updated: 08:21 EDT, 10 September 2023 …
Read More »Road incident causes ‘significant damage’ to Willington Bridge
Police in a Derbyshire village are investigating a “large incident” that has caused significant damage to a bridge. Officers from the Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have received a number of reports that an incident on Willington Bridge in Willington has caused a hole in the bridge. The bridge across …
Read More »William isn’t just popular, he is the steely power behind the throne: NICHOLAS PYKE on how ‘Wills’ has grown from teenage pin-up to family man… to a Royal Enforcer to be reckoned with
The steeply rising popularity of Prince William is one of the most intriguing things to emerge from MailOnline’s exclusive royal poll released today. A substantial 41 per cent of us now say it should have been the Prince of Wales who took over as King one year ago, rather than …
Read More »Heswall Hall hold Science Day event for public
Rotary Clubs of West Wirral and Mid Wirral are hosting a Science Day on Thursday, October 12 from 9.30am-4pm at Heswall Hall. There will be a series of four lectures which will be £2 per lecture that you pay on the door. Here is a list of the lectures avaliable …
Read More »Martin Lewis shares common item you should stock up on before price hike in October
Martin Lewis has urged everyone to stock up on stamps before their price rises next month. On October 2, first-class stamp prices will increase by 14% for standard-sized letters from £1.10 to £1.25 while first-class stamps for large letters will go from £1.60 to £1.95, an increase of 22%. Second-class …
Read More »Communication Workers Union joins regulator Ofcom in review to shelve Royal Mail’s six-day letter delivery service
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced in a September 5 letter to branches its full participation in regulator Ofcom’s review and consultation into the Universal Obligation Service (USO). Ofcom’s position is no mystery regarding the shelving Royal Mail’s statutory obligation to deliver letters to 32 million households across the UK, …
Read More »There is still the power to save the postal service
Comment Does it matter if the post isn’t delivered on a Saturday? Yuri Prasad explains why it is important for all of us Downloading PDF. Please wait… Sunday 10 September 2023 Issue 2872 Who will suffer if Royal Mail bosses get away with their plan to scrap Saturday letter deliveries? …
Read More »