A curtsy is an age-old mark of respect and deference to the monarchy. The tradition will be sighted again among all the pomp and ceremony of King Charles’s coronation in May. His newfound status means all family members should bow or curtsy to him. Before the death of the late …
Read More »New date set for old stamps to become unusable
The Royal Mail has set a new date for old stamps to be retired, after which they will no longer work if you stick them to letters and parcels. The old stamps were to cease to be valid from today, January 31, but the deadline has now been extended. The …
Read More »New date set for old stamps to become unusable
The Royal Mail has set a new date for old stamps to be retired, after which they will no longer work if you stick them to letters and parcels. The old stamps were to cease to be valid from today, January 31, but the deadline has now been extended. The …
Read More »Royal Mail worker claims energy payment vouchers ‘delayed due to overtime ban’
A Royal Mail employee is claiming energy payment vouchers are being delayed because of a ban on overtime work. The postal worker has warned the UK government payouts to some of the most vulnerable people on pay-as-you-go electricity, may be left undelivered. The postal worker also says that parcels are …
Read More »MP accuses Royal Mail of prioritising delivery of parcels over letters
An MP has accused Royal Mail of prioritising the delivery of parcels rather than letters, the BBC reports. Business Committee Chair and Bristol North West Member of Parliament Darren Jones has claimed a whistleblower has sent a poster to him that was displayed in a post office encouraging workers to …
Read More »MP accuses Royal Mail of prioritising parcels over letters
An MP has accused Royal Mail of prioritising the delivery of parcels rather than letters, the BBC reports. Business Committee Chair and Bristol North West Member of Parliament Darren Jones has claimed a whistleblower has sent a poster to him that was displayed in a post office encouraging workers to …
Read More »Crematorium installs nine-year-old’s ‘postbox to heaven’ for messages from the bereaved
An old Royal Mail postbox has been given a new lease of life after being installed in a crematorium for bereaved people to “send letters to heaven”. The white-coloured postbox has been erected in Gedling Crematorium, Lambley, Nottingham, in an effort to provide comfort to grieving families. It means that …
Read More »Who has Prince Harry given interviews to about his controversial memoir Spare?
The Duke of Sussex is due to feature in a series of broadcast interviews ahead of the official publication date of Spare, his autobiography, on Tuesday. In the UK, he has sat down with Tom Bradby of ITV while in the US the duke has spoken to Anderson Cooper for …
Read More »Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target with Taliban claims
The Duke of Sussex has been accused of making the Invictus Games a target for extremists by revealing he killed 25 people in Afghanistan. Admiral Lord West, former head of the Royal Navy, called Harry “very stupid” for giving details of his Taliban kills. The retired admiral told the Sunday …
Read More »New Royal Mail strike talks to start next week
New Royal Mail strike talks are to start again next week. The discussions are aiming to break the deadlock in a long-running dispute which has seen postal services affected across the UK. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) staged a series of strikes last year in a bitter row …
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