The final hurdle to the University of Bristol’s new £300million city centre campus has been overcome after councillors unanimously backed the plans. Development control committee members approved detailed designs for the new academic buildings on the site of the former Royal Mailsorting office on Temple Island. They heard conditions would …
Read More »Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Post Office working to keep the mail moving
Northern Ireland’s post offices are keeping the mail moving with contingency plans in place to deal with Coronavirus. And they have issued a statement to say the virus people receiving parcels are not at risk of contracting the virus. A spokesperson said: “At Royal Mail, we are actively monitoring the …
Read More »Royal Mail guidance during coronavirus outbreak
Royal Mail are continuing to deliver mail as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. In guidance on their website, which is subject to change as the coronavirus outbreak develops, Royal Mail said they were ‘monitoring this rapidly developing situation’ and were taking the health and safety of their employees very seriously. They …
Read More »Union calls off UK Royal Mail strike citing national interest during coronavirus pandemic
Union calls off UK Royal Mail strike citing national interest during coronavirus pandemic By Thomas Scripps 19 March 2020 For the second time in four months, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has defied a massive strike vote of postal workers in Britain, this time with the promise to draft …
Read More »Royal Mail’s CWU members vote in favour of strike action
March 17 (Reuters) – Royal Mail, one of the world’s oldest postal services, said on Tuesday it was “disappointed” that 94.5% of its workers with Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted in favour of a strike action. The union members’ move to strike comes a few weeks after Royal Mail’s proposed …
Read More »‘We are not profiteering’ – Boss of hand-gel firm as cost of bottles double to £66
Producers of a hand-gel have defended doubling their prices amid a torrent of abuse as the coronavirus death toll spike. Bosses at Jennychem, a British industrial chemicals firm, have been criticised for allegedly doubling the price of hand sanitising gel as demand surges due to COVID-19. Jenny Callen, the firm’s …
Read More »Next-day parcel arrives THREE YEARS late to stun Scots mum
When Lisa Burgess ordered her make-up to be delivered within 24 hours, she was stumped when it didn’t arrive. However, the hairdresser got a bolt from the blue after it turned up on her doorstep – three years later. The 44-year-old paid £16 for a bareMinerals Well-Rested For Eyes Concealer …
Read More »London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns
London postal workers take strike action over coronavirus concerns By our reporter 14 March 2020 Postal workers in several depots across south west London and other parts of the capital have mounted a de facto wildcat strike/work to rule over concerns regarding coronavirus safety. They did so in the …
Read More »Tributes to young pedestrian killed in Royal Mail van collision near Exeter
Devon and Cornwall Police have released a family tribute to 23-year-old Hamish Culling, who died following a collision with a Royal Mail goods vehicle on an A30 slip road near Exeter airport. The family has said they ‘will never recover’ from their loss after the tragic accident at 1.55am on …
Read More »Royal Mail axes deliveries to new homes after posties cut fingers on dangerous letterboxes
Royal Mail has halted deliveries to homes in a new housing development – because of dangerous letterboxes. Posties have got their fingers caught and grazed in letterboxes fitted with anti-burglar hoods at new Barratt homes at Osprey Heights, in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. They are designed to stop thieves fishing for keys. …
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