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SIR – We have been overwhelmed by the kindness of complete strangers during this crisis. On Thursday my wife and I visited our local supermarket for provisions. There was a queue outside, and when we walked round the corner we saw that it stretched a long way back. There was …

PUBLISHED: 13:11 23 March 2020 | UPDATED: 13:29 23 March 2020 Are your supermarkets fully stocked? Once panic buying takes a grip, the phenomenon does tend to bring out the headless chicken in folks, says Peter Sharkey. Picture: Getty Images Archant Investors chasing high yields should proceed with caution, says …

PUBLISHED: 13:11 23 March 2020 | UPDATED: 13:29 23 March 2020 Are your supermarkets fully stocked? Once panic buying takes a grip, the phenomenon does tend to bring out the headless chicken in folks, says Peter Sharkey. Picture: Getty Images Archant Investors chasing high yields should proceed with caution, says …

On top of this, these teachers have – when the children have gone home – had to work tirelessly to come up with a comprehensive home schooling plan, to give out to panicked parents. Those who can, teach – and now seems like a good time to remember that.  My …

PUBLISHED: 08:30 14 March 2020 Readers’ letters #nocado local campaigners oppose the delivery hub being built close to Yerbury Primary school © Nicola Baird Nicola Baird N19 is a deceptive battleground, writes Nicola Baird, Islington Green. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you …

On a frequent basis we get ‘junk mail’, like most of us do that own a letterbox as having one does make us collectively a target for such deliveries at the best of times. Quite pointless printed material as it goes straight into the recycling bag. A regular flyer is …

The folk at Royal Mail must wince whenever Rico Back makes a delivery. There’s only ever bad news in the chief executive’s postbag. The latest warning is that a three-year turnaround plan is in danger of being blown off course. What’s more, the UK arm of the business is expected to …

A Royal Mail van drives through the Drumochter Pass in Scotland on March 11. In October, 100,000 Royal Mail staff voted to go on strike over job … Source link

I’m fairly sure my school had a motto, but I can’t remember what it was. What I can remember however, in encyclopedic detail, are the mottos of the great houses in Game of Thrones. For those with slightly less nerdy proclivities, the great houses in Game of Thrones are a …

Some elections are a clash of ideas, others a personality contest. The 2019 general election is shaping up to be a process story. Mountains of newsprint and swathes of commentary taken up with questions over the result. Will there be a hung parliament? Which parties could do deals with each …