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Royal Mail boss apologises for delays during busiest winter in its history and vows to keep 10,000 Christmas temp workers on permanently – with annual profits set to exceed half a BILLION pounds Royal Mail hired 33,000 temporary workers to help during the Christmas period The company said it has kept around 10,000 of its … Read more
Rush-hour traffic congestion in London reached its highest level of the third national lockdown so far this morning with 216 traffic jams totalling nearly 90 miles as Britons continued to travel into work. TomTom data put congestion at 36 per cent at 7am and 37 per cent at 8am today – with both the highest … Read more
New Year’s Eve was WhatsApp’s ‘busiest day ever’ for voice and video calls as Covid restrictions forced revellers around the world to see in 2021 at home WhatsApp saw users make 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve This was a record breaking spike in connections for the Facebook-owned app Other Facebook … Read more
It’s your funeral! Rail bosses issue warning after mourners are caught carrying a COFFIN across UK’s busiest level crossing The picture was released of people at Tide Mills level crossing, near Bishopstone Network Rail have reminded people to be careful on the ‘very high risk’ footpath Proposals for new footbridge were approved meaning this crossing will … Read more
Four men stop traffic as they brawl in middle of Piccadilly Circus Four men had a violent bust-up in the middle of the road on Monday Footage of the incident shows two men knocked to the floor with a single punch The man who filmed the fight said he had no idea what sparked the … Read more
Lockdown mini-boom sees the property market have its busiest month EVER, says Rightmove, with £37bn worth of home sales agreed Rightmove has had its highest monthly sales since it started keeping records It took in £12billion more this July than it did last year despite the pandemic The average asking price for a home was … Read more
Leading property website reports its busiest month in a DECADE as housing market surges ahead with £37bn summer sales boom Rightmove has had its highest monthly sales since it started keeping records It took in £12billion more this July than it did last year despite the pandemic The average asking price for a home was … Read more
We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear. We weren’t keen on tangling with it, so we swiftly checked the map and altered our course. The warning came through as we steadily bobbed across the world’s busiest shipping lane on our … Read more
We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear. We weren’t keen on tangling with it, so we swiftly checked the map and altered our course. The warning came through as we steadily bobbed across the world’s busiest shipping lane on our … Read more
Britain’s pubs and restaurants had ‘the busiest Monday of the year’ as more than 73,000 outlets took up the Government’s half-price Eat Out to Help Out scheme on food and soft drinks. Spending at eateries was up by a sixth on the same day the week before, as tens of thousands of people went out … Read more