Posties’ electric vans to deliver carbon cuts
Ellie Butt from Refuge
their mental health and well-being suffered and more than 10 per cent said they felt suicidal.
While 60 per cent of those who experienced threats were aged under 40, around one in eight was in her 60s.
Refuge’s The Naked Threat campaign is calling for the Government to make threats to share intimate images or videos a crime and to consider revenge porn as a type of domestic abuse.
The charity says
27 per cent of young men and 43 per cent of young women have shared images.
Its head of policy and public affairs, Ellie Butt, said: “The law needs to recognise that threats to share these images cause serious harm, regardless of whether the threat is then carried out.”
A Government spokesman said: “We have asked the Law Commission to make sure our laws are keeping pace with these evolving crimes.”
ROYAL Mail will deliver parcels and letters in electric vans as it aims to cut its carbon dioxide emissions.
It will begin a six-month trial of the new vehicles which are designed to reduce the delivery service’s impact on the environment.
It is partnering with the London ElectricVehicle Company to trial its newVN5 prototype electric van, which is based on a London taxi cab.
Trials will be held for the rest of the year on delivery rounds in urban areas of Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol.
The London ElectricVehicle Company is trialling the new vehicle with 25 companies ahead of the official launch of the VN5 later this year.
The Royal Mail said the introduction of the vans is part of its drive to reduce emissions associated with its operations.
Paul Gatti, fleet director at
Royal Mail, said: “We are committed to making changes to our operations that reduce our environmental impact, while ensuring we continue to meet customer expectations.
“Alongside the introduction of electric vans in locations across our business, this trial is part of a programme of initiatives that allows us to experiment with ways to achieve this, while enabling us to continue to deliver letters and parcels safely, efficiently and responsibly.”