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Court rejects appeal against Christmas Royal Mail strike ban

The Court of Appeal today rejected a union appeal against an injunction preventing Royal Mail staff striking in the run up to Christmas. Royal Mail had secured an injunction earlier this month, ruling that the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) postal ballot for strike action had been unlawful and ruling out …

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The Queen planting trees through the decades

We have had plenty of tree-loving monarchs over the centuries, though few are quite as enthusiastic as the present one. The future Charles II famously hid in a Shropshire oak to avoid capture after the 1651 Battle of Worcester — hence all those pubs called the Royal Oak. Henry VIII …

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