Eight stamps featuring images taken during the finals of the Cricket World Cup and the subsequent celebrations are to go on sale next month. The photos of the England Men’s and Women’s winning teams from this year and 2017 respectively will be presented in two miniature sheets costing £4.60 and …
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A postbox in Cardiff marking England’s recent Cricket World Cup win has caused controversy. The special edition white and gold postbox has been unveiled on Queen Street. Royal Mail said the postbox is to ”honour” the victory of the men’s team in 2019 and the women’s team world cup win …
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Travel misery and pledges from new Prime Minister Boris Johnson make the headlines on Saturday. The Times reports that Mr Johnson is to target Labour’s pro-Brexit heartlands and promise to spend more than £2 billion on deprived towns. Sorry, this content isn’t available on your device. The Financial Times leads …
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Boris Johnson has been accused of spreading fake news after claiming “Brussels bureaucrats” were behind rules about sending Isle of Man kippers by post. Officials in Brussels pointed out that the rules were set in the UK and EU food safety commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis reminded Mr Johnson, a former Brussels …
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A woman in her 70s was killed when a lorry crashed into her while she was crossing the street. Police were called to the junction of Victoria Road and Mere Street at 2.30pm yesterday (Tues July 16) after reports that a Royal Mail delivery lorry had hit a pedestrian. The …
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A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of heavily pregnant Kelly Mary Fauvrelle and the manslaughter of her baby son Riley, Scotland Yard has said. Ms Fauvrelle was eight months’ pregnant when she was killed in the bedroom of her home in Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, London, in …
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Work is starting in Warrington on Royal Mail’s new state-of-the-art parcel hub, which is one of three to be built in the UK. The site will cover the equivalent of 4.5 football pitches and handle 600,000 items a day. Royal Mail says it’s a significant commitment to the “Northern Powerhouse” …
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Serious dog attacks on postal workers in the UK in the past year “could easily have ended in fatalities”, a union official has warned. Some of the almost 2,500 dog attacks ended in serious and permanent injury, with one postwoman describing blood seeping through her trousers after she was bitten …
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The baby son of a mother-to-be who was stabbed to death has died. Named Riley, he was delivered by paramedics at the scene of the attack but died in hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. Riley’s father, who did not live with his mother, Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, was with …
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