Sir Julian Hartley, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said the Royal Mail needed to “work closely” with hospitals to ensure changes and their consequences were understood. “Although the NHS is increasingly moving towards more digital ways of working, many patients still rely on post for updates on care and …
Read More »China is flooding Britain with fake stamps as rogue firms land thousands of innocent British victims with £5 penalties
Claims that four Chinese companies are printing one million fake stamps a week By Adele Cooke Published: 17:32 EDT, 10 April 2024 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 10 April 2024 Thousands of fake stamps are entering Britain from China, leaving victims paying £5 penalties to collect their post. Royal Mail was …
Read More »Florida son, 20, jumped to his death from Royal Caribbean Cruise ship after hauntingly telling his father in furious 3.30am drunken argument: ‘I’ll fix this right now’
More details have emerged of the final moments of a young Florida sportsman who threw himself overboard from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise during a drunken argument with his dad. Police in Broward County identified the missing man as Levion Parker 20, of North Port in Florida …
Read More »Changes to postal and proxy votes in upcoming elections
Published on 10th April 2024 The next scheduled elections to take place in Cheltenham are the Borough Council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024. All forty borough council seats will be up for election due to ward boundary changes. New postal vote handling rules are in …
Read More »King Charles waves to royal fans as well-wishers cheer for the monarch amid his cancer treatment
King Charles III has been spotted waving to royal fans as he left Clarence House in London today. The monarch was pictured greeting well-wishers outside the royal residence as he was driven out in his state Bentley limousine. It is not known where His Majesty, who wore a grey suit and blue …
Read More »Coast Guard calls off search for American, 20, who ‘jumped off Royal Caribbean Liberty Of The Seas cruise ship during drunken argument with his dad’ as it sailed off the coast of the Bahamas
All hope has been abandoned in the search for a 20-year-old passenger who threw himself from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in front of his horrified family after an argument on Thursday. The US Coast Guard was scrambled after the young man jumped from the 11th deck of the Liberty …
Read More »The stamps with… stamps on them: Royal Mail unveils commemorative set of previously issued stamps
The themes and topics covered range from the tiniest of insects to outer space By Matt Drake Published: 19:35 EDT, 8 April 2024 | Updated: 20:17 EDT, 8 April 2024 It may look like the Royal Mail is running out of ideas with its latest set of commemorative stamps. For …
Read More »Royal Mail cutbacks ‘could signal the end of the handwritten letter’
The USO requires post to be delivered Monday to Saturday and sets targets for first and second class post. Ofcom estimated the USO costs Royal Mail between £325 million and £675 million and warned it could become “financially and operationally unsustainable” unless the rules are eased. The company lost £319 …
Read More »Villagers’ fury as councillors give the green light to double the charge to cross historic Hampshire toll bridge which residents used for free for generations
Villagers have reacted with fury to councillors giving the green light to double the charge to cross an historic toll bridge which residents have used for free for generations. Despite angry locals blasting the £1 crossing at Eling Toll Bridge being doubled to £2 and introducing charges for previously exempt …
Read More »It’s discreet, stylish and very, very British – so no wonder hit Netflix show The Gentlemen has reached for the Royal fashion wardrobe beloved of Charles and Kate…
Netflix’s The Gentlemen outfits tell a quintessentially British story – of a second son inheriting a family estate that, as he discovers to his horror, has declined into rack and ruin. Needless to say, it is also a story of Barbour jackets, wellies and Prince of Wales checks. According to …
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