Opening hours at the main Royal Mail parcel collection office in Dumfries are to be slashed next month. The site in Great King Street will see its hours reduced from 51 to 30 as of August 8. Part of the changes will see the delivery office open just two hours, …

    Thought for the day Monday 1 August 2022 Although Harry Potter’s birthday isn’t officially recorded, many people think it was yesterday. So it’s very apt that although we can’t expect flying broomsticks, or owls delivering letters, the cosmos is inviting us to allow magic to enter our lives. …

Under CDC schemes, employers and employees pay a fixed rate of contributions, collected in a manner similar to defined contribution schemes. Benefits are paid with a target in mind, similar to defined benefit schemes, but with the prospect of variable increases — and the possibility of decreases.  The aim is …

1975 will be remembered as a 12 months of destruction and devastation after fire all-but destroyed Kirkgate Market. Stallholders fled for their lives as the blaze swept through Europe’s largest covered market. The cause remains uncertain to this day – there were suggestions either of an electrical fault or an …

Reader Rodney Wirdnam complained about postal delays Our readers have been lamenting long delays in getting post delivered and sent. Rodney Wirdnam’s postal delivery woes chimed with the experience of Adver readers this week. He complained on our letters page about delays that meant he received a whole week’s worth …

‘CDC day’ today comes after a long effort to introduce an alternative to defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) models culminating in the DWP’s confirmation last December that it would proceed with regulations and a greenlight from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in January. The new alternative schemes allow savers …

Strikes have caused disruption for millions of passengers Unions representing railway workers, barristers and Royal Mail staff have announced strikes in recent weeks. The UK’s biggest private sector union has also warned of a “summer of discontent” over pay. What is a trade union? Trade unions are organisations which help …

It has been learned that pharmacies and Royal Mail have discussed ways to lessen the effects of postal strikes while still ensuring that people receive their medication. In a pay dispute, more than 115,000 Royal Mail employees have decided to strike, with support from the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Although …

The young royals have been showing off their glamorous style during their lavish sun getaways this year. They have been making the most of the summer months, living it up on holidays in enviable spots such as Sicily, Paris and Majorca. Lady Marina Windsor, 28, posed up a storm as …

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