Scores of villagers turned out in support for the second annual Burnham Pride event on Saturday. There were rainbow dresses, flamboyant heels and hair, colourful shirts and an overall sense of happiness and community as people gathered to celebrate diversity and inclusion at host venue Burnham Royal British Legion. Rainbow …

Marie McNair joined Alan Deefholts on his morning round through the area’s Linnvale during a visit to the town’s Royal Mail Delivery Office. Alan has been hand-delivering the area’s mail for 37 years. Ms McNair noted all staff at the Clydebank office were ‘dedicated’ (Image: Supplied) And Ms McNair had nothing …

Beat the muffled drum, command the bagpipers to skirl their saddest lament. A report that Prince William hates the kilt and will not wear one even when he ascends the throne has cast gloom in the glens and ire in the shires of Scotland. What is his problem? Many consider …

Marie McNair joined Alan Deefholts on his morning round through Linnvale during a visit to the town’s Royal Mail Delivery Office. Alan has been hand-delivering the area’s mail for 37 years. Ms McNair noted all staff at the Clydebank office were ‘dedicated’ (Image: Supplied) And Ms McNair had nothing but …

Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services announced the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project in partnership with the Orkney Islands Council Harbor Authority and Loughnaire. They have set a daily inter-island mail delivery service between the three islands on Orkney. The main goal of this collaboration is to streamline …

A Cheshire family’s eagerly-anticipated holiday to America turned into “a nightmare” when they arrived in New York for their connecting flight – only to discover that their booking did not exist. Neil and Michele Travis, from Alsager, spent £6,000 on business class flights with Aer Lingus as a “special” treat …

T his month marks the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, one of Britain’s most notorious crimes which continues to provoke fascination. One of the most infamous robberies of all time, the heist involved the hijack of a London-bound post train and the theft of millions of pounds. And …

Milan Paul Kumar has been asked to help Royal Mail promote a campaign to encourage children to write letters. The 11-year-old was chosen thanks to his love of writing letters and in particular the efforts he puts in to writing to elderly residents in the borough’s care homes. Now, Royal Mail hope …

Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT, has never felt truly English. In conversation with Iain Dale at the Edinburgh festival, he reveals that his parents moved here from Ireland during the war and settled in the Ladbroke Grove area of London where they raised him and his four …

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorist died in a fatal smash on a busy Chester road. Emergency services were scrambled to the A483 between Belgrave and Rossett at around 9.25am this morning. Cheshire Police say officers found a blue BMW 3 Series had collided with a stationary truck …