By EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 19:43 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 03:06 EST, 13 November 2024 Justin Welby’s past association with serial abuser John Smyth could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles’ Coronation. My well-placed source whispers that Welby’s …
Read More »‘Prolific’ abuser jailed after campaign of sexual assaults and violence across Scotland
A ‘violent’ and ‘abusive’ man has been jailed at Glasgow High Court after carrying out a campaign of sexual offences, violence and abuse across the country. Anthony Gibson subjected several women to abuse across Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh and Midlothian. Gibson, 37, has been jailed for 13 years. Gibson was charged …
Read More »Pension Watchdog Lays Out Law For New Collective Schemes
By Martin Croucher ( November 13, 2024, 4:54 PM GMT) — The retirement savings watchdog set out on Wednesday how it will intervene if a new generation of collective pension plans are not being properly run, warning that it will act if it sees a risk to savers…. Law360 is …
Read More »Alarm as Kendal Post Office branch ‘at risk’ amid bank closures
Farron, who represents Westmorland and Lonsdale, raised concerns in Parliament following the announcement of a strategic review into how the Post Office operates, Local Democracy Reporting Service said. It revealed it could get rid of 115 directly owned branches, which also includes Furness House in Barrow. Farron said the same …
Read More »The Times view on issues raised at the Post Office inquiry: Postal Shame
Sub-postmasters celebrated outside the High Court after 39 of their convictions were quashed in 2021 TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE After more than two and a half years of testimony by almost 300 witnesses and around two million pages of evidence, the final day of hearings came on Wednesday in the …
Read More »Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne’s whole life sentence ‘appropriate’ as appeal rejected
Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Osborne was handed a whole life order in March this year after murdering his ex-partner, Katie Higton, and her new partner, Steven Harnett. Osborne – who had been bailed after Katie told police she feared he …
Read More »Rangers legend Graeme Souness says charity work ‘the real me’ after being awarded royal honour
Graeme Souness has told how fundraising for charity has allowed people to see “the real me” as he was made a CBE at Windsor Castle. Souness, both a player and manager at Rangers and Liverpool, was honoured for his services to football and charity by the Prince of Wales on …
Read More »Tim Farron launches Save Kendal Post Office petition
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron raised concerns in Parliament over the Post Office on Stricklandgate being on a list of branches the Post Office could offload in a bid to boost postmaster pay. The Post Office revealed it is looking to get rid of 115 directly owned branches …
Read More »Post Offices in the South West at risk of closing – see the full list
Post Offices across the South West are facing potential closure as part of a major restructuring that could lead to around 1,000 job losses. The Post Office has announced plans to shut 115 directly-owned branches from its extensive network of 11,500, with the possibility of them being handed over to …
Read More »Post Office issues full list of 115 branches at risk of closure with 2,000 jobs affected
The Post Office plans to close more than 100 branches and says about 2,000 jobs are at risk. The Post Office confirmed on Wednesday it was seeking to offload 115 branches, known as crown post offices, it centrally owns, but said it expected to maintain the total network at 11,500 …
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