An army of helpers replying to children’s letters to Santa Claus will not be paid a real living wage. The Royal Mail expects these festive elves to get by on £9 an hour – 50p less than the voluntary rate set by the Living Wage Foundation. Kids are invited to …
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Writing to Father Christmas is one festive tradition we can all get behind. For children it makes the event that little bit more special – and parents get a handy list of what the kids are hankering after. The better news is that Royal Mail has a free service where …
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Friends and relatives should be able to post cards and parcels for care home patients for free this Christmas, the Lib Dems urged tonight. Ireland’s postal service An Post has announced it will carry letters, large envelopes, packets and parcels up to 2kg addressed to residents in nursing homes, residential …
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Convincing little ones to give up their dummies is a struggle many parents have to face as their children get older. One mum who decided it was the right time for her daughter to ditch the dummy decided to encourage her to send it away to the ‘dodo fairy’ so …
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A Royal Mail worker flew to Tokyo and took his own life after walking out of work and telling his family “I do not want the life I have”, an inquest heard. Adeel Awais hanged himself six weeks before he was due to wed a teenage distant relative in an …
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The switchover from army-run mobile coronavirus testing to private companies has immediately been met with two major bungles across Greater Manchester. An outbreak of 12 cases at Manchester’s Royal Mail depot saw the council pointed in the direction of outsourced company G4S for urgent mass testing – but the firm …
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An outbreak of coronavirus has closed a Royal Mail delivery office leaving thousands of people without their post. Several staff members at the centre in Swindon, Wiltshire have tested positive for Covid-19 causing it to cease operations. This means that up to six postcode areas won’t receive any deliveries until …
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A Royal Mail postman who claimed colleagues had dubbed him the “Jimmy Savile of the post office” threatened to buy a gun to get revenge on them, a tribunal heard. Colin Richardson was suffering from mental health problems when he claimed he was bullied and harassed by colleagues. He was …
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It’s one of the most popular retailers in the UK, and now Superdrug has announced that it has launched a £89 coronavirus antibody blood test that is 97.5% accurate. The test is available at 30 Superdrug Health Clinics, and involves a blood sample being taken by a nurse, before it’s …
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An outbreak of coronavirus has been confirmed at a Royal Mail delivery office. A number of postal workers have tested positive for Covid-19 at the site on Station Road in Chester. Although the exact figure has not been revealed, the sorting office will remain open, CheshireLive reports. Bosses say a …
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