[ad_1] POLITICIANS must intervene to stop a deepening crisis at Royal Mail putting May’s Holyrood elections “at risk,” according to the CWU today. The union, which represents more than 100,000 postal workers across Britain, sounded the alarm as the service, privatised in 2013, grapples with backlogs in letter delivery and chronic staff shortages. More than a fifth…
[ad_1] By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates Hornby Model Railways with 12 stamps in a Feb. 19 issue. Eight first-class (currently £1.70) stamps issued in four vertical se-tenant (side-by-side) pairs feature signature Hornby model trains in exclusive photographs commissioned by Royal Mail. A souvenir sheet offers four additional first-class stamps, each showcasing the…
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[ad_1] She’s been dubbed the glue that binds the Royal Family together, but the latest revelations in the Epstein files could change all of that for Zara Tindall. Princess Anne’s daughter and her former rugby union player husband, Mike Tindall, share close bonds with the Prince and Princess of Wales, as well as with Princesses…
[ad_1] Union leaders say they need a “clear guarantee” from the Royal Mail that any delays to mail will not impact the “democratic process” in the Holyrood election. Royal Mail bosses have insisted that any suggestion the delivery of election mail is at risk is “simply wrong”. The Communication Workers Union has contacted all MSPs…
[ad_1] Royal Mail workers at the Mount Pleasant Mail Centre in central London have been discussing the call by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) for a fightback against the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership’s collusion with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Starmer government. The Mount Pleasant site houses the Mail Centre involved…
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[ad_1] Marasu’s Petit Fours, founded in 1986, has been London’s largest producer of premium chocolates with an annual production of more than 300 tonnes Chocolate makers have been facing difficult market conditions (stock)(Image: Getty Images) A luxury UK chocolate maker has entered administration after 40 years in business. Marasu’s Petit Fours was founded in 1986…
[ad_1] Drugs dog Bravo after previous busts in Lerwick and Scalloway. Photo: Police Scotland Drugs worth almost £40,000 have been recovered in Lerwick – thanks to help from a trained sniffer dog. Shetland officers, alongside specialist teams from the Aberdeen Operational Support Unit and Dogs Against Drugs, carried out a routine search at the Royal…
[ad_1] An elderly man has been disqualified from driving after hitting two children on a pedestrian crossing. The incident happened on December 11, 2023, on Beecroft Road in Swindon. Harold Small, 89, ran a red light and struck two six-year-old school children who were using a pedestrian crossing, causing serious injuries. One child sustained a…