Angry residents at Reservoir Road in Gourock, who made the shocking discovery, immediately raised the alarm with the postie’s bosses at Greenock sorting office. The bundle of letters should have been delivered to addresses at ten streets covering the Cardwell Bay area. But instead they were thrown in a bin and only uncovered …
Read More »Postal worker suspended after mail found dumped in bin
Angry residents at Reservoir Road who made the shocking discovery immediately raised the alarm with the postie’s bosses at Greenock sorting office. The bundle of letters should have been delivered to addresses at TEN streets covering the Cardwell Bay area. But instead they were thrown in a bin and only uncovered by eagle-eyed neighbours, …
Read More »Penarth Operatic Society to bring Royal Ascot to town in Ladies Day
The Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society will bring the Royal Ascot to town from Wednesday, October 11, until Saturday, October 14. The show will focus on the life of four fish factory workers from Hull, with one about to leave the factory to spend time with her husband. Pearl convinces …
Read More »Brit claims “blacklisted” by Evri for seemingly no reason
A BRIT claims to have been “blacklisted” by courier company Evri for over 10 months – for no apparent reason. Neene Price claims the “blacklisting” came after a misunderstanding with her local delivery driver, who allegedly refused for months to deliver a parcel dating back to last November. Neene claims …
Read More »Marking the 105th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster
Representatives of The RMS Leinster Memorial Committee and The National Maritime Institute of Ireland were in Dún Laoghaire yesterday to mark the 105th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster by laying wreaths at the anchor on Queen’s Road, Dún Laoghaire (beside the Carlisle Pier), and in doing so …
Read More »Yeep! launches battery-powered carrier-agnostic UK locker network
Parcel locker supplier Yeep! has launched its new battery-powered, carrier-agnostic parcel locker network in the UK. Contracts have already been agreed with international and national carriers, London boroughs, railway networks and private landlords, with over 400 lockers anticipated this year, and 1,000 by Q2 2024. Yeep!’s ambition is to install …
Read More »Hauliers hit by ‘appalling culture of late payment’
Martin McTague, national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, told delegates at the RHA’s Forum for the Future that the Bank of England’s recent decision to hold interest rates will be “an enormous relief” to SMEs. However, he went on to slam some of their major customers for …
Read More »‘Walter Mitty’ police chief accused of ‘stolen valour’ for wearing Falklands War medal is seen in his Royal Navy intake photo – taken two years after the conflict ended
A photo has been unearthed of a top cop, accused of being a ‘fraud’ for wearing a Falklands War medal, amongst the 1984 intake of the Royal Navy – two years after the conflict with Argentina ended. Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable, Nick Adderley, was spotted in a photo which is …
Read More »Dictionary People · LRB 19 October 2023
In my teens I walked to school each day past a red pillar box on Banbury Road in Oxford, said to have been installed by the Royal Mail to ease the labours of James Murray at the helm of the Oxford English Dictionary. With a magnificent incuriosity, I never thought …
Read More »Royal Mail’s 10 years since IPO: what has it delivered?
It’s now a decade since Royal Mail joined the stock market. Shares jumped 38% on their first day of conditional dealings, a debut that marked the biggest government flotation for two decades. Fuelled by exceptional levels of demand from City institutions, Royal Mail finished its first month of trading up …
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