Police in Aberdeenshire have called off searches for a grandmother who was swept into a river during major flooding. Hazel Nairn, 71, was last seen in the River Don in her home village of Monymusk, 20 miles west of Aberdeen, on Friday, November 18.
29.12.2022 - 07:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots grandmother has blasted delivery courier Evri after £500 worth of presents for her grandchildren failed to arrive before Christmas.
Eleanor Vanko, from Kirriemuir in Angus, paid £20 to post two parcels worth £200 and £300 to her grandchildren Essex and Milngavie on December 15th and 17th. The gifts included perfumes worth £100, and sentimental items which the 77-year-old and her husband Michael had hoped would be opened on Christmas morning.
Evri told customers the cut off for Christmas delivery was December 18th, but the presents have still not arrived. Eleanor now fears the gifts have been lost - for the second time in a row - after former company Hermes failed to deliver on time last year.
She said: "My family didn't get their presents in time last year and now it's happened again.
"We're just so upset that my grandchildren weren't able to open their gifts on Christmas. One had specifically asked me for this lovely perfume and she still hadn't got it, and the presents for the younger ones were supposed to be from Santa.
"How are we supposed to explain this to them. We didn't get to see the grandkids on Christmas Day so it would have meant a lot for them to arrive on time. That special moment is now gone. It's not on.
"The parcels were sent more than a week before Christmas and I was told they would arrive within 3-5 days. I never expected them not to show up.
"Now it's days after Christmas and I don't know where the parcels are."
The grandmother-of-eight claims she received an email to say a delivery driver named Stacey would deliver the parcel destined for Essex on Wednesday, December 21, but it never arrived. Eleanor has since tried to track the parcel but says the system "didn't recognise" their tracking numbers
Police in Aberdeenshire have called off searches for a grandmother who was swept into a river during major flooding. Hazel Nairn, 71, was last seen in the River Don in her home village of Monymusk, 20 miles west of Aberdeen, on Friday, November 18.
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