Postal workers’ agreement ROYAL MAIL employees accepted an offer that ends their ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. Almost 76 per cent of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members voted for a 10 per cent increase spread over three years, plus a £500 (€584) lump sum. The ballot result …

An internet prankster who has racked up millions of views is actually a convicted criminal using an assumed name, Newsquest can reveal. The man, who poses as a TfL worker and films himself making fake announcements on the tube, recently gave an interview to news website MyLondon under the name …

The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail saw the companies' biggest ever walk-out earlier in the year. However this … Source link

A new set of stamps is being issued marking the diversity of birds, mammals, insects and fish. The 10 stamps feature the beaver, Atlantic salmon, kingfisher, beautiful demoiselle, water vole, grey wagtail, common mayfly, otter, brown trout and dipper. Royal Mail worked with Professor of Ecology at Cardiff University Steve …

Paramedics from the London Ambulance brigade were at the scene with London’s Air Ambulance also scrambled. Footage shared online shows the supercar appearing to lose control before smashing into the van, scattering debris across the road. It is believed some of those in the crash were Year 11 pupils from …

When the National Portrait Gallery reopened last month after a three-year closure, one of its best-known royal portraits was mysteriously missing. Nicky Philipps’s double portrait of Prince William and Prince Harry, painted in happier, pre-feud days back in 2010, was not included in the rehang. The gallery was reopened by …

More than 6,000 cars have been impounded and destroyed in London over the last five years – with owners given only seven days notice, if any at all. Cars taken off the road for minor infractions such as failure to pay road tax are impounded by local councils, and – …

A top-of-the-range Lamborghini sports car carrying six schoolboys to a prom smashed into a Royal Mail van, leaving several of them injured. The horror incident happened in Beckton, East London at 7.20pm on Tuesday (July 11). The scene was quickly swarmed on by emergency services, as footage of the crash …

Royal Mail workers, represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have accepted a deal that will end a 14 month dispute over pay and conditions. The deal, which was reached in April after 18 strike dates, has won 67% of the union’s vote.  Staff will get a 10% …

The Royal Mail said the 10 stamps celebrate the wildlife of the UK’s waterways. A new set of stamps is being issued marking the diversity of birds, mammals, insects and fish. The 10 stamps feature the beaver, Atlantic salmon, kingfisher, beautiful demoiselle, water vole, grey wagtail, common mayfly, otter, brown …