Nick Landon, chief customer officer at Royal Mail, has announced plans for ‘urgent reform’. It comes following months of delays, with residents in Winsford frequently not receiving important notices of things such as hospital appointments and jury service until it is too late. In a letter addressed to customers, Mr Landon …
Read More »Praise for estranged Dad, Tom Markle… Big love for ditched BFF Jessica Mulroney… And sharp words about ‘fairy tale weddings’! What Meghan’s hit blog, The Tig, tells us today on the anniversary of its closure…
She’s already a well-respected blogger, having experienced great success with The Tig before meeting – and marrying – her Prince Charming. So, it might have come as no surprise when, just a few weeks ago, the Duchess of Sussex unveiled a new lifestyle site named American Riviera Orchard. The new …
Read More »Angela Rayner did nothing wrong, David Lammy insists amid fresh tax questions
The Conservatives are attempting to distract from economic issues facing voters ahead of the May elections by foregrounding questions about Angela Rayner’s tax, David Lammy has claimed. The Mail On Sunday newspaper claims to have fresh evidence the Labour deputy leader did not correctly outline her tax arrangements. It pointed …
Read More »DWP to pay £434 to people with common health conditions starting this week
Thousands of people could boost their income with monthly payments of up to £434 from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The rates of Attendance Allowance are rising by 6.7 per cent from April 8. Attendance Allowance is for people of State Pension age who have health conditions and …
Read More »Villagers’ fury as councillors give the green light to double the charge to cross historic Hampshire toll bridge which residents used for free for generations
Villagers have reacted with fury to councillors giving the green light to double the charge to cross an historic toll bridge which residents have used for free for generations. Despite angry locals blasting the £1 crossing at Eling Toll Bridge being doubled to £2 and introducing charges for previously exempt …
Read More »Royal Mail cutting deliveries ‘could kill off handwritten letters’
They have provided dispatches back home from the battlefield, declarations of love, and notes of thanks for Christmas gifts. Yet handwritten letters face a new threat in the internet age — from Royal Mail itself. The founder of the Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society (HLAS), now in its seventh year, says …
Read More »Calls for a ceasefire and end to arming Israel
Sir, Matthew Parris is of course right that the optics of Israel’s military action are hugely disturbing (comment, Apr 6) but sadly the truth of this and many other wars in the past is that optics must taken second place to the reality of why the war is being fought …
Read More »Royal Mail pricing probe unsettles industry
Communications regulator Ofcom announced plans to probe the prices of recently-privatized Royal Mail, news that sparked uncertainty in the postal industry, say reports. Royal Mail warned that the investigation will likely lead to time of insecurity over Royal Mail prices charged to postal operators, as Ofcom’s probe could last up …
Read More »It’s discreet, stylish and very, very British – so no wonder hit Netflix show The Gentlemen has reached for the Royal fashion wardrobe beloved of Charles and Kate…
Netflix’s The Gentlemen outfits tell a quintessentially British story – of a second son inheriting a family estate that, as he discovers to his horror, has declined into rack and ruin. Needless to say, it is also a story of Barbour jackets, wellies and Prince of Wales checks. According to …
Read More »Royal Mail demands end of six-day letters delivery, plans mass job destruction
Royal Mail has spelled out proposals to end six-day-a-week letter deliveries in a submission to postal regulator Ofcom. The plan will see the destruction of up to 17,800 jobs at the national carrier. The projected job cuts are part of a global war against postal and logistics workers—including at Amazon, …
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