An Amazon delivery driver has been warned to face a long jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a teenager in an alleyway as she walked home from a night club. Gheorghe Bertlef stalked the 18-year-old through the streets of Exeter before manhandling her into the alley off Hoopern …
Read More »Postman sacked for drink driving after being called into work at short notice while drunk on cider
A Royal Mail delivery driver has been sacked for drink driving after he was called in to work on his week off because the office was ‘really busy’. Daniel Austin had already drunk a large amount of strong cider when he received the call from bosses asking him to work …
Read More »Lockdown boom for UK’s biggest dedicated cargo airport
The UK’s biggest dedicated air cargo operation has outperformed all expectations during lockdown. Management at East Midlands Airport said more people ordering goods online had led to a big rise in freight shipments to the UK. At the same time the nationwide cut in passenger flights – which usually carry …
Read More »More than 40 jobs at Amazon and others at Aldi, Tesco, Coventry City Council and NHS are up for grabs
Coventry Jobcentre is working with a number of companies and organisations in the city and further afield to fill a host of jobs that are currently up for grabs. The majority of the roles – more than 40 in total – are with Amazon. The online retailer has warehouse operative …
Read More »Royal Mail accused of being ‘negligent’ after sacking of Stoke-on-Trent postman
Royal Mail has come under fire over the sacking a long-serving postman who was called in to work at short notice on his week off at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Austin had already drunk a large amount of strong cider when he received the call from bosses …
Read More »Market Report: Rolls shares endure fresh turbulence
Another top mid-cap performer was Royal Mail, up 12.3p at 242.3p, on hopes that the postal sector will be a pandemic winner as consumers continue … Source link
Read More »Covid effect sees South West claimant count leap 151% in a year
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the South West has hit 189,842 – a 151% increase on the same period last year. The figures, released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show that 33,454 of those claimants are aged between 18 and 24, which is up …
Read More »A woman has died in Maldon after air ambulance lands at ‘medical emergency’
A woman has died after an air ambulance landed at the scene of a ‘medical emergency’ this morning. An East Anglian air ambulance was spotted landing near Fullbridge in Maldon, Essex at around 10am today (September 15). Three ambulances also rushed to the address in Maldon following reports of a …
Read More »Postal worker denies raping young woman after pulling her into Exeter alleyway
A Royal Mail worker allegedly raped a young woman in an alleyway after accosting her as she walked home from a night club. Gheorghe Bertlef kissed and had sex with the woman even though she told him not to and pleaded to be allowed to carry on home, Exeter Crown …
Read More »Bath bomb scare: Student in court after “suspicious package” reportedly sent to depot
Police have explained why a controlled explosion took place in Bath’s royal mail depot on Friday (September 11). Specialist officers, an army bomb disposal unit and police dogs evacuated both Gloucester Road’s Royal Mail sorting office and Bath’s depot on Manvers Street in the early hours of Friday. Police cordoned …
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