Bob Neal, of Royal Mail, said the safety advice was not to send delivery staff out in the extreme weather.

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It also operates a popular Chinese website that offers same-day delivery in major cities, with free styling advice by phone.

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If they are not already overloaded, they ma be willing to interview you and give advice on how you can improve your delivery.

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"Wider reforms of the qualifications system are for ministers to consider and, as regulator, we will continue to provide advice on how their policy aims can be achieved and standards and delivery secured, " said an Ofqual spokeswoman.

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Others might involve smartphone apps for coaching the chronically ill in the management of their disease, new methods for getting advice from specialists, sophisticated systems for tracking outcomes and costs, and instant delivery to medical teams of up-to-date care protocols.

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