Bungling Graham King, 53, became the ‘fall guy’ after his botched attempt to smuggle drugs into prison Graham King, aged 53(Image: Merseyside Police) A drug dealer concealed crack cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis inside a crisp packet and passed them to an inmate during a prison visit. Graham King retrieved the …
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Martin Walsh, postal deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has claimed a consultative ballot of members at the 35 delivery units used as the testing ground for Royal Mail’s Optimised Delivery Model (ODM) has endorsed the union leadership’s version of the restructuring agenda. Walsh declared an “overwhelming” …
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Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email · Royal Mail bosses to be called to Parliament over letter delivery failures · Ocado to axe 1,000 … Source link
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Ministers have confirmed that all 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK will be retained, following a period of uncertainty and public concern over potential closures. The decision reverses an earlier proposal outlined in a government green paper last summer, which had suggested removing the 11,500-minimum branch requirement for the …
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A strange transition is happening in the streets as traditional red postboxes morph into something new. ‘The chosen ones’ are being wrapped in black plastic and labelled ‘out of service’, with a warning that an automated system is coming soon. But people need not fear this switching of our familiar …
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Two major UK train stations will close for three weeks over the summer as Southern Eastern Railway carries out engineering work. The interruptions are expected to impact 10,000 commuters over the 22 days. Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will be closed for track and bridge repairs as part of …
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Behind the brutalist facade of FBI headquarters at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue agents are no doubt watching the scandal engulfing Britain’s royal family with more than a passing interest. Whether there is any current FBI investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains a closely guarded secret. The agency typically works in silence and …
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Royal Mail bosses are being called to Parliament to answer for the company’s current failures. The news comes after hundreds of people contacted BBC Your Voice to complain about late deliveries. Of course, the news follows less than one year after the company was bought out by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The …
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Xerox has taken the wraps off an ambitious product roadmap in production printing that includes entering the labels market and a new B3 sheetfed inkjet dubbed “the Canon killer”. Speaking at this week’s Future of Xerox Production Print event in Uxbridge, chief revenue officer Jacques-Edouard Gueden stated: “What we are …
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Royal Mail executives will be called to Parliament to answer questions about issues with the firm’s letter delivery service, the BBC has learned. The Business and Trade Committee had given Royal Mail two weeks to respond to allegations, reported by the BBC, that parcels were being prioritised over letters, resulting …
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