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Barrow MP slams Royal Mail plans for Post Office overhaul

Michelle Scrogham has urged the company ‘to look again’ at their decision to offload 115 of its branches within its 11,500 network. If the plans are approved, Furness House post office in Barrow and the Kendal branch on Stricklandgate could potentially close. They could also be transferred to retail partners …

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Royal Mail workers alert police to Cumbrian man’s drug dealing

Forty-year-old Daniel Clarke pleaded admitted a total of three offences when he was brought before Carlisle Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutor Diane Jackson gave details of his crimes. “A package was intercepted by Royal Mail, addressed to Mr Clarke at his address in Brampton,” said Mrs Jackson. “The staff were suspicious that …

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How Thames Water Squandered Its Thatcher-Era Monopoly

Players of the property-dealing board game Monopoly have never greatly loved the utilities—the water and electric companies, which sit dour and gray among the more colorful Park Place–type investment opportunities. Ambitious players consider the utility companies boring and worthless, even if a few steadier, less flashy contestants regard them as …

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How I paid £250 to be the first to dine like a king at Balmoral – complete with a revolving statue of Prince Albert, a personal piper, seven courses… and enough whisky to sozzle a royal regiment!

We are greeted by torchlight on arrival at the gates of the castle, which remain firmly closed. Before there is any question of opening them, IDs must be checked. Once inside, we will be asked to raise our arms to allow a member of staff to give us the once-over …

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Prince William becomes a TikTok sensation after Ulster student records him apologising on her behalf for being late to her lecture because she wanted to meet the royal

Prince William has become a TikTok sensation after a university student captured him apologising for running late on camera.  The royal, 42, travelled to Ulster University’s Belfast City Campus Centre and met young people who going to enter the creative sector.  He then came across pupil Samantha Johnson who asked if he could …

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