Tag Archives: Kent

Kent County Council has unveiled controversial plans to sell or lease part of its historic headquarters into flats and co-working spaces. Maidstone County Hall has been KCC’s HQ for more than 130 years, but some blocks of the historic building have been declared surplus to requirements. County Hall in Maidstone …

Stamps are getting a new look – with unique barcodes to now sit alongside the The Queen’s image. Royal Mail says the current design of ‘everyday’ stamps featuring Her Majesty’s profile will be phased out and a new design with each stamp featuring a unique code is being introduced. New …

Iconic images of rock legends The Rolling Stones are to appear on an exclusive set of stamps unveiled by the Royal Mail to mark the group’s 60th anniversary this year. The band, which includes Dartford-born Keith Richards and Sir Mick Jagger, are set to become only the fourth music group …

Christmas cards and letters have been found strewn and soaking on the ground – sparking fears a postbox was raided. The mail – addressed to locations including Faversham, Whitstable and Bury St Edmunds – was found littering streets through Faversham town centre by shocked passers-by. A hand-written letter was among …

Many of us are likely to be tracking a much-needed parcel in the next few days in the race to finish the Christmas shopping. But what happens when that package is either late, damaged or missing and how should you complain? Are you still waiting for some parcels or presents …

A 53-year-old Chathamman has gone on trial after a suspicious package was sent to a Covid-19 vaccine plant in Wrexham. Anthony Collins was arrested following a raid on his home after the device was received at the Wrexham facilityin January. Bomb squad soldiers and police were called to the factory …

Royal Mail is urging parents to post their children’s letters to Santa in plenty of time. Father Christmas is one of the organisation’s biggest customers in December – as it ships thousands of letters to his team of elves and organises the delivery of their free replies. Royal Mail is …

Callous yobs have stolen charity cash from Sittingbourne’s ‘whistling postman’, a dedicated collector who has raised nearly £300,000 in more than 40 years of bike riding. Dale Howting, 87, had just completed a morning of fundraising on his bike when two youths ran off with it, ripped off the collecting …

The devastated family of a fit and healthy postman who died from Covid-19 aged 55 is urging everyone to take the infection extremely seriously. Dad-of-three Tony James delivered mail to hundreds of homes in the Upper and Lower Hardes and Nackington area for 25 years where he was hugely popular …

Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that Christmas Day would be spent in his cab tucking into a ham and cheese sandwich – among provisions handed out by the British military – as …