If you own a mobile phone, the chances are you’ve been contacted by a scammer. It’s known as smishing – or phishing by SMS. For many, the text messages arrive daily, often purporting to be from recognisable companies but in fact they are anything but above board. In the past …
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If they’ve made their lists and checked them twice, you can get your kids right into the spirit of the festive season with a free letter from Santa. Royal Mail has revealed the details of its very popular letters to Father Christmas service for this year. Santa says he is …
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The owner of a power station near Plymouth has become a significant investor in a Premier League football club. Daniel Kretinsky, 46, investor and owner of of Langage Power Station near Plymouth, now owns 27 per cent of football giants West Ham. This makes Kretinsky the second-largest shareholder of the …
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On November 12, 1997, Ronnie Biggs, train robber, accidental folk hero and part-time Sex Pistol, was celebrating his “escape” from British justice after Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected a request for his extradition. The London-born villain had been convicted in 1963 of robbing a Royal Mail train – a crime which …
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A former Royal Mail employee who stole 23 packages containing sportswear from the Gloucester depot of Parcel Force has been jailed. Alan Orzechowski, 27, of Clement Street, Gloucester,was taking high value clothing and selling it to order – he even sent out messages on his mobile phone advertising what he …
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With thousands of seasonal job vacancies still available and worries about staff shortages and supply chain issues disrupting Christmas, employers are trying to entice prospective employees with sign on bonuses of up to £2,000. This year, more than 1,300 jobs were advertised with a Christmas bonus, according to research from …
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Important documents such as “Do Not Resuscitate” forms are being held up for days because of a review of how post is delivered in Chelmsford. That is the claim from one whistleblower after people living in CM1, CM2 and CM3 postcodes complained they haven’t been receiving post via Royal Mail …
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When the possibility of West Ham United being taken over by the private equity firm PAI Capital faded earlier this year, chairman David Sullivan was quick to point out that in addition to considering their offer to be “derisory” he felt that they were not football people. With Daniel Kretinsky, …
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Now that Bonfire Night is over and done with, the Christmas shopping season has officially begun. For those wanting to earn some extra money to offset festive costs this year, there are plenty of seasonal job opportunities going in Glasgow. Companies such as Royal Mail, HMV, Poundland, and Pizza Hut …
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The Royal Mail has released its Christmas temporary job roles and encouraged people to apply. The postal service needs ‘thousands more hands’ during the Christmas period and has roles available in Greenford and Hounslow in West London. They are offering Londoners £13.45-an-hour for seasonal mail sorter roles during the day, …
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