Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Drew Hendry fears the problems with the postal service will only grow worse as we approach Christmas. Failing postal services have resulted in patients missing vital medical appointments or going weeks without new bank cards, the strath’s MP has warned …
Read More »Eight new posties being hired for Elgin area
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! An Elgin postbox. Picture: Daniel Forsyth. Royal Mail has informed Moray’s MSP it’s in the process of hiring eight new posties for the Elgin area. The recruitment drive is focused on resolving recent delivery problems and returning to a six-day-a-week …
Read More »UK’s first drone delivery service launched by Royal Mail | World News
The UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched by Royal Mail on the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland. The drones, Speedbird Aero DLV-2 model, can carry payloads of up to 6 kg. Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, said it would assist the company’s …
Read More »High speed rail link better than dualling the A9
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Fergus Ewing MSP at the A9 Crisis Summit in Inverness. Picture: Callum Mackay. Strathspey MSP Fergus Ewing has done sterling work arguing for a more practical implementation of the bottle return deposit and Highly Protected Marine Areas schemes. But does …
Read More »Hospital dates ‘being missed due to Moray postal delays’
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Dr Gray’s Hospital with (inset) councillor sandy Keith Postal delays are causing people to miss hospital appointments, says a Moray councillor . Sandy Keith (Elgin North, Labour) has received complaints from several constituents stating their letters only arrived after the …
Read More »Born to be wild… new kits arrive at the Highland Wildlife Park
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Wildcat kittens which will likely be released into the wild in the Cairngorms in 2024 have been born. They are the second lot of litters to arrive at the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre at the Highland Wildlife …
Read More »A9 closed at Badenoch junction after three-vehicle crash
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Emergency services have been called to a crash site on the A9 near Newtonmore. Traffic Scotland are advising motorists to avoid the area meantime Traffic Scotland have confirmed the road has closed in both north and south directions. The closure …
Read More »Royal Mail reminds customers about major impending change for stamps
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail is advising that major changes are afoot to postage stamp useage. Royal Mail is reminding customers there is one week to go to use up their non-barcoded definitive stamps ahead of the 31 July deadline. Customers who use …
Read More »Royal Mail reminds customers about major impending change for stamps
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail is advising that major changes are afoot to postage stamp useage. Royal Mail is reminding customers there is one week to go to use up their non-barcoded definitive stamps ahead of the 31 July deadline. Customers who use …
Read More »‘Exciting’ new tenant poised to move into former Sainsbury’s unit at Rushmere in Craigavon – Armagh I
A vacant Sainsbury’s size hole could soon be filled with a new and “exciting” tenant at Rushmere Shopping Centre, Armagh I can reveal. Talks are currently ongoing behind the scenes to have the former Sainsbury’s unit filled following its departure in February 2022. While negotiations have been ongoing ever since …
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