Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival after a record-breaking Christmas

Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival: Record-breaking Christmas puts the postal service on track for a profits bonanza By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 Royal Mail shares soared after a record-breaking Christmas put the postal service on track for a profits … Read more

Royal Mail boss apologises for delays during busiest winter in its history

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

‘Tired shoulders’ of Ted Baker hit by store closures over Christmas

‘Tired shoulders’ of Ted Baker become weightier as forced store closures over the winter period hit retailer’s sales The firm expects retail and wholesale sales to be depressed until at least May 31 It also forecasts up to £5million in extra duty and import costs related to Brexit  Ted Baker was forced to shut all … Read more

Husband, 74, and wife, 60, found love a week before lockdown

Husband, 74, and wife, 61, who moved in together a WEEK after meeting before the first lockdown say they’d ‘given up on the idea’ of finding love before getting married last year Phil, 74, and Verian, 61, East Sussex, met in March 2020 before first lockdown Moved in together after just one week and couple … Read more

EastEnders star Luisa Bradshaw-White hints her character Tina Carter is ALIVE

EastEnders star Luisa Bradshaw-White hints her character Tina Carter is ALIVE with cryptic Instagram post… despite being ‘murdered’ at Christmas By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 11:40 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 11:40 GMT, 11 February 2021 EastEnders star Luisa Bradshaw-White has left fans certain that her on-screen character Tina Carter is not dead. … Read more

Kate Garraway reveals she hasn’t been able to visit ailing husband Derek Draper since Christmas

‘I haven’t seen him’: Kate Garraway reveals she hasn’t been able to visit ailing husband Derek Draper since Christmas after’staring at four walls’ during break from GMB By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 07:16 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 07:16 GMT, 11 February 2021 Kate Garraway admits she hasn’t seen ailing husband Derek Draper … Read more

£100 for the news… £50 for the rest: My plan to save Auntie, by former BBC producer JOHN MAIR 

Ex-BBC producer John Mair Shortly before Christmas, I came across my 30-year-old son Josh engrossed in a boxing match on TV. It was a mighty contest with British boxer Anthony Joshua taking on Kubrat Pulev. Available via one of the big streaming platforms, Josh had paid £25 to watch. No small sum, but an amount … Read more

£100 for the news… £50 for the rest: My plan to save Auntie, by former BBC producer JOHN MAIR 

Ex-BBC producer John Mair Shortly before Christmas, I came across my 30-year-old son Josh engrossed in a boxing match on TV. It was a mighty contest with British boxer Anthony Joshua taking on Kubrat Pulev. Available via one of the big streaming platforms, Josh had paid £25 to watch. No small sum, but an amount … Read more

8,433 Covid deaths in England and Wales in second week of January

England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic at the end of January, official figures revealed today.  Office for National Statistics data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This was just 11 fatalities more than the week before, showing the … Read more

Kent town turns its Christmas lights ON in February to lift spirits

Tis-n’t the season! Kent town turns its Christmas lights ON in February to lift spirits amid bleak winter weather and lockdown misery Festive lights have been switched back on in Tankerton, near Whistable, Kent  Locals voted in favour of illuminations to lift up spirits amidst the pandemic ‘Everyone needs a bit of light and sparkle … Read more