Plane tickets, an engagement ring and poker chips were among the bizarre items guests left behind at Travelodges in Bath last year. The chain has three hotels across the city and some pretty weird items have made their way into the lost-and-found box. A Jane Austen costume was among the …
Read More »Postman who was sacked by Royal Mail for urinating on his round wins almost £40,000
A postman who was unfairly sacked by Royal Mail for urinating in public has won nearly £40,000 after a tribunal heard ‘there is not a post person alive’ who has not had to. Roo Rawal was dismissed from Royal Mail’s Watford depot for gross misconduct after a member of the …
Read More »Crazy schedules, vans totally full of parcels and Covid-19 – the pressures of being a postal worker during lockdown
A village postman has compared the last 10 months to the run up to Christmas trying to keep up with the demand caused by Covid-19. While most people can only dream of having Christmas every day, this is the reality faced by Welsh postie Nathan Thompson and his fellow postal …
Read More »Edinburgh man slams Royal Mail after waiting over a month for Christmas presents to arrive
An Edinburgh man has criticised Royal Mail after being left waiting over a month for his parcel. The customer, who wished not to be named, had ordered a Christmas present for his wife on December 4 from Rochdale, England. However, weeks later, the man told Edinburgh Live that he is …
Read More »Recording studio wins starring role in two Dawn French ventures
You don’t become Dawn French’s go-to recording studio by accident but a Plymouth business can boast of being just that after the TV star chose it twice in a year. Since 1998 Fresh Air studios has been recording the voices of the famous and the familiar at its Stonehouse base …
Read More »Grays residents waiting weeks for post and deliveries due to Covid-19 delays
Some residents in Essex have been waiting for their post and deliveries ‘for weeks’ due to Covid-19 delays. A number of residents living in Grays in Thurrock have reported not receiving their letters and packages for up to two weeks. Royal Mail explained that the increase in Christmas shopping and …
Read More »Leicestershire’s biggest news stories of 2020 which had NOTHING to do with coronavirus
The year has been dominated by one thing alone and it’s not surprising most our biggest stories were about the pandemic. But other things did happen and these are some of the most-viewed stories on LeicestershireLive this year that didn’t involve lockdowns, coronavirus or the resulting economic meltdown. Among the …
Read More »Post Office announces major change for anybody sending parcels to EU due to Brexit
A major change is coming into place for anybody sending parcels to the EU, the Post Office has confirmed. The move will affect anyone who sends packages to friends and family members to member states on the continent, the Mirror reports. Parcels will now be refused if they do not …
Read More »Harrow family forced out their ‘mouldy’ home as daughter, 4, hospitalised after toilet water leak
A family has been forced to leave their home after toilet water leaking into their kitchen led to their four-year-old daughter being hospitalised. The Harrow family of six were left unable to cook in the house and had to survive on food vouchers from Morrisons and takeaway meals because of …
Read More »Post Office announces major change for anyone sending parcels to the EU from today
The Post Office has confirmed some major changes for anyone sending parcels to friends and family in the EU. Packages will now be required to go through a new procedure before being sent to EU countries. Unless they have the correct customs declaration documentation attached to them, they will be …
Read More »