June 26, 2005
Sunday
The no-go areas of brutish Britain
Another measure of how brutish Britain is becoming: DHL will no longer deliver to some areas because of the danger to drivers. Imagine what those areas must be like for the residents.
DHL has put parts of London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham off limits because of complaints from its drivers.Recently blacklisted areas include London's Canning Town and Custom House.
The firm, which will not give exact details of other trouble-spots, is asking people to collect their packages from its local depots.
The BBC online version of the story is here.
Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in Behaviour & Crime • Housing
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James, you should have also added this line from the BBC report,
"The firm was one of the first to set up in Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein and also delivers to Afghanistan."
If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny.
Posted by: John East at June 26, 2005 10:23 AM