[ad_1] 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 in Wrexham where Covid…
[ad_1] 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 appealing to families to…
[ad_1] 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 box and escaped with…
[ad_1] 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 with residents and described…
[ad_1] 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 he inched towards the…
[ad_1] Royal Mail staff are self-isolating after two confirmed cases of coronavirus at a sorting office in Snodland. “A small number” of employees at the Medway Valley sorting office, in Sortmill Road, were instructed to self-isolate by the test and trace service and the office is running as normal, a company spokesperson said. The Royal…
[ad_1] A bollard system designed to protect residents from a terrorist attack will come into force this month – permanently closing several streets to drivers. Canterbury City Council decided to install the barriers on the advice of specialist police officers to protect people and business from plots in which a hostile vehicle could be used…
[ad_1] This is the moment a reckless postman hurls a parcel over a garden gate – without even attempting to ring the bell. Homeowner Damien Cooke, of Margate , was left stunned when he saw the Royal Mail postie lob the package 30ft. Mr Cooke, who runs an estate agents in the town, got a…
[ad_1] Royal Mail has carried out enhanced cleaning at the Medway Mail Centre in Strood, after three staff members tested positive for coronavirus. Yesterday KentOnline received information from an anonymous source stating three people at the site had been confirmed as having the virus “within the last three days”, and that another had developed symptoms…
[ad_1] Walking through Rochester can feel like its own trip down memory lane. Watched over by a Norman castle, buildings that feature in the works of Charles Dickens and a cathedral that’s nearly 1,500 years old makes it a feast for any historian. Rochester Castle is a focal point for the town But it’s also…