Loganair and BETA Technologies are using the ALIA CTOL electric aircraft for real-world demonstrations. © zelvan/Shutterstock The demonstration series will be used to inform how Royal Mail could use electric to deliver essential services to remote Scottish communities. The flights cover routes across Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, Wick and Orkney. …
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Royal Mail workers are being told to hide or move mail if they cannot deliver it in time, as the public deems it “not fit for purpose”. Sources claimed that managers would hide surplus letters when a senior boss was coming to visit, so it appeared they had met their …
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Royal Mail has launched a series of electric flight demonstrations across Scotland using Beta Technologies’ Alia all-electric fixed-wing aircraft to carry representative letters and parcels along postal routes connecting remote communities. The demonstration flights are being operated in partnership with Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, and US-based Beta. The …
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Oh my goodness! What has happened to the pillar box outside the general stores and post office in Larkhall? No chance of posting letters in there at the moment. If you read the attached notice, it talks about ‘ an automated system’ coming soon. What have we in store? Will …
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Royal Mail is investigating the incident – caught on camera in a block of flats – "as a priority". Source link
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Known as the Music School, the new multi-million pound facilities also feature an additional Recital Hall, a dedicated Song Room for choral rehearsals, 26 music practice rooms, and state-of-the-art classrooms. Sophie, The Duchess of Edinburgh, who is married to Prince Edward, officially opened the private school’s new Music School on …
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Aegis Energy has secured a site and grid connection at the former Littlebrook Power Station in Dartford to turn into a clean energy hub for freight. Located near the Dartford Crossing, the site sits at one of the UK’s most critical road freight interchanges, once fully operational, the hub will …
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Royal Mail bosses are due to answer questions from MPs on Tuesday about the ongoing postal delays impacting millions of people across the UK. The … Source link
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The factors that assist the UK’s transition to electric vehicles (EV) have moved up in the right direction, according to The AA’s latest EV Readiness Index. The increase reflects improving affordability in the used EV market and gradual progress on key consumer barriers. The overall readiness score has risen to 53.8 in …
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Leading global automotive seating supplier Adient has announced it will close its Black Country facility, which produces foam products for the automotive industry, amid “sustained structural and market challenges”. Today’s announcement follows a formal collective consultation process with trade union and employee representatives. Adient’s Wednesbury facility The closure will result in …
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