Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated members of its workforce who are forced to self-isolate when someone close to them contracts the virus. Under a rule change introduced in England last month, vaccinated people no longer need to isolate even if they are ‘close contacts’ of someone who has …
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The Royal Mail has warned customers of continued delays today because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Postcodes across the country are affected by problems caused by staff shortages due to Covid and self-isolation rules, according to the postal service. It has revealed issues in a total of 90 postcode areas …
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The self-isolation period has been discussed a lot in the last couple of days, with Deputy First Minister John Swinney hinting at a cut in Scotland from 10 to seven days, at the First Minister’s latest announcement tomorrow. However, something that is not talked about a lot is the list …
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A Cork Post Office has been forced to close temporarily “due to the impact of Covid-19”. Blarney Post Office has been closed and will remain shut until the 10th of January. This now leaves locals of Blarney to make the 9km trip to Blackpool to collect social welfare. This comes …
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Royal Mail customers in Leicestershire are being warned of delays to their post due to problems at sorting centres across the country, it has emerged. People living in LE postcodes in the city and most of the county are among those affected by a backlog at the postal service’s South …
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A message arrives from a loved one. They are in trouble and they need help urgently. It would be difficult to ignore, and that’s exactly what happened to Gerry Ellis. It wasn’t until he’d handed over almost £7,000 that he realised the person he thought was his daughter getting in …
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A postman was sacked by Royal Mail after leaving an elderly woman lying on her doorstep in the snow. Thomas McCafferty ignored the pleas for help from Patricia Stewart, 72, as she lay on the steps of her home. The shocking moment was captured on her neighbour’s doorbell camera which …
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Tributes have been paid to a “proud” Leicestershire man who died after a “determined” five-month-battle with cancer. David Wheeler, from Loughborough, lost his fight with colon cancer on October 25, with daughter Sarah, and sister, Trish, by his side. The 72-year-old, of Charles Street, moved to West Yorkshire in recent …
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A postman has put a ‘rude’ resident on his ‘naughty list’ and vowed to blacklist them over Christmas after they left a ranting note stuck to their door accusing him of pretending to try to deliver their parcels. The handwritten message was plastered on the customer’s front door warning the …
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A postman banned a “rude” resident from receiving mail after they left an “unnecessarily snarky” note for him. The postal worker has vowed not to deliver mail to the resident after they left a ranting note accusing him of “pretending” to ring their doorbell with a parcel. The resident’s handwritten …
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