Getting a full and uninterrupted nights sleep is so much easier said than done, isn’t it?
The same goes for settling down for a quick daytime nap.
In fact, that’s probably even harder to achieve, as you’ve got all the outside noise to contend with too, from lawn mowers, to kids playing out. If this sounds like a problem you’re all too familiar with, then we’ve found a pretty unique sleeping mask on Amazon with built-in headphones and it could provide the perfect solution.
The 3D Bluetooth Wireless Blindfold Mask by LC-dolida is “based on ergonomics” meaning it moulds and fits perfectly to your face.
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According to the product description on Amazon, the “innovative soft cushion on the nose helps to prevent light from creeping in around the nose and face [to] create a total darkness environment” and “the contours of the eye area are deeper and your eyes can move freely [with no pressure]”.
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This 3D mask “perfectly solves the tightness of the silk eye mask [to] bring you a comfortable and long-lasting sleep”.
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It has a soft adjustable strap that “won’t tangle your hair” and is even “makeup-friendly” too.
It’s ideal for those who suffer with insomnia, migraine headaches and dry-eyes sufferers as “the breathable, fibres of hypoallergenic material allows healthy oxygen in while keeping dry air out”.
The best bit? It has in-build bluetooth headphones and microphone.
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This means you can play music while you sleep without having to worry about cables. The headphones “adopt advanced noise reduction technique and the superior stereo loud speaker ensures an amazing enhanced music listening experience that’s powerful and loud enough to cancel out background noises from outside”.
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It’s retailing on Amazon at £19.99 + postage/packaging and has hundreds of positive reviews from plenty of satisfied customers in the past, so if you’ve been wondering whether it’s worth the buy or not, have a read of a few of those to help make you’re mind up.
It’s also listed as an ‘Amazon’s Choice’ product and is eligible for Amazon Prime delivery perks too for those subscribed to the service.
There’s even a couple of promotion deals to take advantage of too.
If you’re ready to settle down for the best uninterrupted sleep you’ll ever have, then you can get the 3D Bluetooth Wireless Blindfold Mask from Amazon here.
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Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom failing to meet its delivery targets
Emily Sergeant
Ofcom has fined Royal Mail a whopping £21 million for failing to meet its delivery targets in the last financial year.
Each year, it’s the watchdog’s job to look at and measure Royal Mail’s delivery performance against nationwide annual delivery targets, and for the 2024/25 season, the company was required to deliver 93% of First Class mail within one working day of collection, and 98.5% of Second Class mail within three working days.
If Royal Mail misses its annual targets, Ofcom will first consider evidence of any ‘exceptional circumstances’ beyond the company’s control, and whether it would have achieved its targets had those events not occurred.
However, even after accounting for extreme weather events, Royal Mail was still found to have fallen short of its targets… and this time, they’ve been fined their highest sum so far.
We have fined Royal Mail £21m for missing its 2024/25 delivery targets, without justification.
The company must now urgently publish, and deliver, a credible improvement plan.
This is the third time in a row that Ofcom has found the company to be in breach of its regulatory obligations, after it was first fined a substantial £5.6m in November 2023, and then a further £10.5m in December 2024.
Royal Mail only delivered 77% of First Class mail and 92.5% of Second Class mail on time between April 2024 and March 2025.
Ofcom says it has therefore decided that the company breached its obligations by failing to provide ‘an acceptable level of service’ without justification, and took ‘insufficient and ineffective’ steps to try and prevent this failure.
“Hiding behind the pandemic as a driving factor in failures at Royal Mail does not cut it.”
Royal Mail has been fined £21m by Ofcom failing to meet its delivery targets / Credit: Royal Mail
The watchdog says this is likely to have impacted millions of customers who did not get the service they paid for.
“Millions of important letters are arriving late, and people aren’t getting what they pay for when they buy a stamp,” explained Ian Strawhorne, who is the Director of Enforcement at Ofcom.
“These persistent failures are unacceptable, and customers expect and deserve better.
“Royal Mail must rebuild consumers’ confidence as a matter of urgency, and that means making actual significant improvements, not more empty promises.
“We’ve told the company to publicly set out how it’s going to deliver this change, and we expect to start seeing meaningful progress soon. If this doesn’t happen, fines are likely to continue.”
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Thousands of elderly and disabled people to get free 24-hour bus travel across Greater Manchester
Emily Sergeant
Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people in Greater Manchester are set to benefit from round-the-clock bus travel for free.
Currently, as part on an ongoing pilot scheme, people with a Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)-issued concessionary travel pass have free unlimited travel on Bee Network buses between 9.30am and midnight during the week, and all day on weekends and public holidays.
The rule was lifted in August on a trial basis for a month, meaning older and disabled residents in Greater Manchester had access to unlimited free bus travel any time between the allocated hours.
During the August trial, more than 100,000 journeys were made by older and disabled people – with up to 6,000 people a day making use of the pilot.
But now, after proving to be a huge success, the pilot is being extended even further, so that 400,000 eligible residents will now get free bus travel 24-hours a day, seven days a week, starting from 1 November.
If you travel with a TfGM-issued concessionary travel pass, from 1 November you’ll be able to use it on #BeeNetwork buses before 9.30am as part of a second month-long trial.
As well as free early-morning bus travel, during the trial starting in November, eligible residents will be able to board the Bee Network’s night buses for free too.
TfGM says allowing concessionary pass holders to travel at any time will ‘better connect’ them to healthcare, leisure, and retail opportunities.
“The last trial in August was a brilliant success, which saw more than 100,000 journeys made by our older and disabled people before 9.30am,” commented Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
“We are now carrying out this second trial, at a busier time of year, to see whether we can safely remove the restriction permanently and help our older and disabled people to get to work, go shopping, and get to medical appointments.
“We want the Bee Network to be the best public transport system possible and this means it needs to support all of our residents and communities to make the journeys they need to make and use the bus more.”
Emily Sergeant -
25th June 2020 
