The Warrington South MP held a meeting with the Cheshire and Merseyside manager, as well as Latchford sub-postmaster Chris Burroughs. It comes after he spoke in Parliament in support of Post Office branches, which are struggling more and more during the cost of living crisis. Mr Carter spoke about his …
Read More »ICv2: British Stamps Feature ‘Warhammer’
Games Workshop properties have reached a new benchmark of cultural prominence in their home country of the United Kingdom, where the Royal Mail service has issued a series of postage stamps honoring the company’s key brands in honor of Warhammer’s 40th anniversary. Ten stamps have been issued. Six feature miniatures …
Read More »Who’s who at the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan and Rajwa Al-Saif
As royals and diplomats from around the world descend upon the Zahran Palace in Amman, Jordan, for the royal wedding of the summer, they make up a very exclusive guestlist. Heads of state and representatives from royal families from the UK to Bhutan arrived to celebrate the union of Crown Prince …
Read More »1,500,000th Vauxhall Vivaro built at Luton
Stellantis is celebrating a landmark 1,500,000 Vauxhall Vivaro and its sister vans built at its manufacturing plant in Luton. Stellantis is celebrating a landmark 1,500,000 Vauxhall Vivaro and its sister vans built at its manufacturing plant in Luton. First produced in 2001, the Vauxhall Vivaro and its sister models have …
Read More »Dersingham Post Office under threat of closure following Royal Mail decision to relocate mailworkers to King’s Lynn gains support from James Wild MP
A village post office that is under threat of closure has been given support by MP James Wild. Fraser Lindsay, sub-postmaster at Dersingham Post Office, had written to North West Norfolk MP Mr Wild for help after he received a letter of notice from Royal Mail notifying him that mail …
Read More »Julian Clary and Sue Perkins among line-up taking on Taskmaster challenges
Julian Clary and Sue Perkins are among the comedians taking on the latest series of Taskmaster. The comedy gameshow, which airs on Channel 4, sees five celebrities compete in a series of bizarre challenges presented to them by the Taskmaster Greg Davies. Presenter, writer and comedian Perkins, who previously hosted The Great …
Read More »Changes to last collection times for Winchester city centre postboxes
Nine o’clock in the morning is now the usual weekday collection time for boxes in the city centre and 7am on Saturdays. The last collection from the City Cross near the Buttercross on the High Street is 4pm, 5.30pm at the former post office on Middle Brook Street, or 6.30pm from …
Read More »Noisy planes to be banned from East Midlands Airport in plan to tackle noise
Certain types of planes would be banned from landing or leaving at night and more residents could get sound insulation in new plans to combat noise from East Midlands Airport. The airport, the UK’s centre for freight, on the outskirts of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, is drawing up a noise …
Read More »Why allowing longer lorries on Britain’s roads is controversial
New laws allowing longer lorries on the roads have been given the green light, but they have not been met with universal approval. Ben Chapman reports Longer lorries are set to be allowed on Britain’s roads from today, in a bid to boost the economy and slash emissions. The vehicles …
Read More »Breach at Major Dental Insurer Exposes Data of 9 Million People
MCNA Dental—which calls itself the largest U.S. dental insurer for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program plans—has been hit by a ransomware attack that exposed the data of nearly 9 million people. MCNA posted a notice of the breach last week. The insurer said it became aware of the activity …
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