A calendar filled with lockdown artwork has been launched to help raise funds for a little boy living with an incurable muscle wasting illness. Five-year-old Digby Donnelly from Deal was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in 2017, aged two. Artist Bryony Sadler, Digby Donnelly and mum Lisa Donnelly celebrate …
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Thoughtful postman Les Wheeler is bringing a smile to residents’ faces on his rounds – by sending them best wishes on their birthdays. The postie, who often covers the Carlby, Careby, Holywell and Aunby route, has got to know lots of people over the past four years. And when he …
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From Darth Vader to an Oompa Loompa, postman Stewart McGeoch has donned a whole host of outfits throughout lockdown . But now, as life returns to normal, he has decided to say goodbye to the eclectic outfits and return to work in his usual rig. At the beginning of lockdown …
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Not many people can say they have been sent a letter from a giant, but for one Mellis Primary School pupil, that is the end of a beautiful fairytale. Sophia Nunn has been reading Jack and the Beanstalk as part of her online education during lockdown, with the seven-year-old set …
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Having been lying on the floor of her Gayton home with a faulty heart for hours, a 78-year-old woman was indebted to her postman for saving her life. Jennifer Eaton, of Lime Kiln Road, passed out during the night and lay helpless without being able to move to call an …
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Cyclists honoured a popular member of a club by supporting him on his final journey. Tim Bryett (65) had been a member of Spalding Cycling Club for more than 30 years but sadly passed away before Christmas. A total of 13 club members created a cortège by following the hearse …
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Residents have been told their post deliveries have been suspended after a dog attacked a mail worker. Royal Mail has written to households in Estuary Road, Sheerness to tell them the firm has suspended deliveries. A Royal Mail postman. Stock picture The note explains a worker had been attacked while …
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Worshippers filled an old Royal Mail site with the sound of modern hymns at the weekend. The former sorting office in Sandling Road, Maidstone, has lain empty since 2013, but Liberty Church has moved in and is quickly making a new spiritual, as well as physical, home. Deputy mayor Cllr …
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A chef who ended his life by running in front of a lorry on the A11 had left a note asking family and friends to ‘forget about me’, an inquest has heard. Philip Adams, 32, had battled depression and been upset about not seeing his young daughter more often. Mr …
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A reader has heaped praise on Royal Mail staff after a Christmas card with no address on the envelope found its way through his letterbox. The card was delivered to the home of Russ Morgan, despite only reading ‘Somewhere in Grantham’ as an address. Mr Morgan said: “I would like …
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