Recently, UK residents have been receiving emails claiming to be from well-known electrical retailer Currys PC World. They congratulate you on having won a competition, with prizes varying from a MacBook Pro to a Nespresso coffee machine or a Dyson vacuum cleaner. If you’ve shopped at Currys PC World, there’s …
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The barcodes are the latest in a line of efforts to help modernise Royal Mail. In October, it launched a parcel pick-up service that allowed postmen and women to collect returns from customers on their daily rounds. Royal Mail also established a partnership with a host of drone companies to …
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Telly historian Neil Oliver has shown off letters he’s received addressed to ‘the rightful King of Scotland’, ‘sanest man in Britain’ and and ‘impressive hair’ . Neil presents BBC Coast and Vikings and the more recently the aptly named Neil Oliver’s Love Letter to the British Isles. He said he …
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Royal Mail will add barcodes to stamps to improve efficiency sparking fears it is the beginning of the end for traditional design featuring the Queen A pilot by Royal Mail will add barcodes to second-class stamps from March 23 Move is arguably the biggest change to post since Penny Black …
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A brazen Royal Mail driver blocked off a designated Spaces for People zone in Edinburgh’s city centre this week. A member of the public snapped a picture of the van parked inside a row of bollards outside the Post Office on Forrest Road. The photograph, which shows a police van …
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An Edinburgh mum has warned others to be on their guard after nearly falling for a convincing an online scam. Heather Dalgarno, 40, was targeted by fraudsters pretending to be from Royal Mail while she was waiting on a package arriving. The scam involved a text message and website claiming …
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The story of King Arthur is known to children and adults alike. But the facts around the legendary figure are mired in myth and folklore and historians generally agree that Arthur himself probably did not exist. Instead, it is believed he may have been a composite of multiple people. Whilst …
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A Royal Mail postman who was not wearing a seatbelt in his own car crashed into a stationary horse box on the A46 and died, an inquest heard. Ian Barry Neal, 43, died following a collision on the southbound carriageway in Bingham at 2.02pm of Saturday, June 13, last year. …
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Gamers hunting for PlayStation 5 continued to flood UK retailers in a desperate bid to bag a console – but there is fresh hope. BirminghamLive has seen consoles drop at John Lewis, Smyths and GAME, Argos and AO already this month and, according to stock watchers, more are planned. A …
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The Royal Mail is set to trial a Sunday parcel delivery service for major retailers. It comes after a shift in “customer expectations” brought on by an increase in online shopping amid the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the firm has not yet named the major companies involved in the trial. Chief …
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