Aldi is first trialling a blister pack recycling scheme for its own-label medicines in a UK supermarket. Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket is working with recycling firm TerraCycle to encourage customers to recycle empty medicine packets made from plastic and aluminium foil. TerraCycle will convert the materials, which would otherwise be disposed …
Read More »New UK Stamps Bring Magic to Muggle Mail
If you’ve ever longed to receive your mail via the talons of one of those enchanting owls featured in the Harry Potter series, you now have the opportunity to be ever so slightly placated. Coming soon is a new collection of merchandise that will lend a modicum of magic to …
Read More »JAN MOIR: The week Charles and William gave Harry and Meghan a lesson in what it means to be royal
There isn’t a situation in the world that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex can’t make worse by eagerly inserting themselves into the narrative. In a statement released on Wednesday, the breathless couple condemned ‘all acts of terrorism and brutality’ following the Hamas attack on Israel. So caring yet also so terribly, …
Read More »Royal Mail to recruit 370 Christmas workers to Chelmsford Mail Centre to help deliver double parcel load
Nearly 400 temporary workers are set to be employed by the Royal Mail at an Essex mail centre in order to deliver packages over Christmas this year. Royal Mail has announced a huge recruitment drive of 370 temporary staff at the Chelmsford Mail Centre to run from late October to …
Read More »300p Is Still On The Cards
For the past few days, Royal Mail (LON: IDS) share price has been trading sideways. The price seems to be consolidating above a key resistance level in an attempt to flip into a support level. The shares are down 2.63% since the start of the week. However, bulls remain optimistic …
Read More »Twigg demands answers over ‘appalling’ town postal service
The World reported recently how Mr Twigg had taken the organisation to task after being contacted by residents over post apparently going undelivered – including letters about hospital appointments, debit cards and other sensitive mail. The Royal Mail admitting to him it could only provide a full service to ‘around 60 per …
Read More »Brendan Fairclough gets new bike for Red Bull Rampage 2023
Every year, the world’s best MTB athletes congregate in Utah for Red Bull Rampage. For the first time in 4 years, SCOTT Sports’ very own Brendan Fairclough is back at the event, and has been carving out more and more unique features into the desert landscape. Having missed previous editions …
Read More »Why Friday the 13th is unlucky and the weird history of the day
Today is Friday the 13th and, in Western culture, it is known as an unlucky day. There’s even a name for it a fear of the day: paraskevidekatriaphobia. This stems from the word Triskaidekaphobia which is a fear of the number 13. The fear of the number 13 has a …
Read More »Bike Check: Brendan Fairclough’s Scott Gambler – Red Bull Rampage 2023
We’re back again bringing you the latest from Utah, and one of the many little exciting things happening is that Brendan Fairclough is back at Rampage this year. It’s great to see – the Britishman is a certified Rampage legend and has already cemented himself into the Utah desert history …
Read More »Supermarkets lead the way in Christmas vacancies with 60,000 seasonal roles available
WITH Christmas ten weeks away, firms are gearing up to hire hundreds of thousands of temporary staff for the festive period. While the cost-of-living crisis means there are more people looking to take on additional seasonal work to put Christmas cash in their pockets, the number of festive jobs has …
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