Today is the last chance to hand in a toy or chocolate treat at one of the five collection points in Dumfries for the Standard’s Christmas Toy Appeal. Our public appeal ends today to give us time to sort out the hundreds of toys which have been donated during the …
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A family from Cheshire has been branded ‘guardian angels’ after rescuing a dog who they witnessed being ‘punched in the head’. Hayley Dodd was taking her five-year-old son, Roman, to school on December 1 before being reduced to tears at a ‘heartbreaking’ sight in Ellesmere Port. The pair live on …
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A successful trial of new routing software has enabled Royal Mail to use fewer vans to make parcel deliveries in Manchester, delivering significant reductions in emissions, congestion, and air pollution. The postal service today announced the results of a partnership with auto giant Ford to trial the motor company’s Mode:Link …
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Royal Mail (LON:RMG)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reissued by equities researchers at Barclays in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Network reports. They presently have a GBX 550 ($7.29) target price on the stock. Barclays’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 12.06% from …
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By Kyle Morris A U.K. regulator said Thursday that it is proposing new protections for people sending and receiving parcels. The Office of Communications plans to improve how delivery firms handle complaints, introduce new rules to ensure the fair treatment of disabled people and introduce regulatory certainty to allow Royal …
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Please Mr. Postman, look and see if there’s a letter left for Didsbury (or Withington). Many households covered by the south Manchester sorting office claim they have been without post for over a week. However, frustrated residents say it is not a new issue – claiming there has been an …
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Postal delays in Cheshire have been blamed on a combination of “a higher than normal rate” of staff sickness and revised delivery routes. The standard of service currently being provided by Royal Mail in parts of the county is not even worthy of being described as “second class”, according to …
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Getting Christmas presents off to family members and friends can often be a stressful part of the festive period. Once you have picked out the ideal gift for them, it’s then a case of either passing them over on the day or dropping them off a few days before. But …
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Dozens of bodies will have to be exhumed from Bridgwater town centre to allow new flats to be built. Taunton-based developer Refresh Living No. 3 Ltd. applied to build 43 flats on a vacant brownfield site on Friarn Street, north of the busy A39 Broadway. Sedgemoor District Council’s development committee …
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The Post Office has issued a reminder to customers over a major change for anyone sending parcels to friends and family in the EU. It has warned that parcels will be refused if they do not have the correct customs declaration documentation attached to them. This applies to anyone sending …
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