Karel Deseure conducts Ravel’s dreamy Spanish fantasy, Poulenc’s witty Sinfonietta, and Mozart’s ebullient Oboe Concerto – with the Orchestra’s very own Helena Mackie in the spotlight. The orchestra will also perform Mendelssohn Symphony No.4, ‘Italian’ at The Coro in Ulverston later this month, after the event was moved from the original venue of The Forum. …
Read More »Post Office to close 115 branches in major overhaul putting hundreds of jobs at risk
The Post Office has unveiled plans for a significant revamp that includes the shuttering of 115 branches, posing a risk to hundreds of jobs. Unveiled earlier today, the transformation strategy is set to increase the income of UK postmasters by as much as £250m per year by 2030, as reported …
Read More »Every Post Office branch facing closure – including seven in Yorkshire
The Post Office has issued a warning that up to 115 branches could face closure, leaving many to wonder if their local branch is at risk of shutting down permanently. The branches slated for potential closure are the last remaining ones directly owned by the Post Office, known as Crown …
Read More »North Wales Post Office branch could shut as full list of sites under threat released
The Post Office has confirmed it could close up to 115 branches – with one in North Wales impacted. The locations that are all earmarked for closure are the last remaining sites that are directly owned by the Post Office, known as Crown Post Offices branches. In its announcement today, …
Read More »EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Justin Welby’s past association with serial abuser could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles’ Coronation
By EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 19:43 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 03:06 EST, 13 November 2024 Justin Welby’s past association with serial abuser John Smyth could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles’ Coronation. My well-placed source whispers that Welby’s …
Read More »‘Prolific’ abuser jailed after campaign of sexual assaults and violence across Scotland
A ‘violent’ and ‘abusive’ man has been jailed at Glasgow High Court after carrying out a campaign of sexual offences, violence and abuse across the country. Anthony Gibson subjected several women to abuse across Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh and Midlothian. Gibson, 37, has been jailed for 13 years. Gibson was charged …
Read More »Pension Watchdog Lays Out Law For New Collective Schemes
By Martin Croucher ( November 13, 2024, 4:54 PM GMT) — The retirement savings watchdog set out on Wednesday how it will intervene if a new generation of collective pension plans are not being properly run, warning that it will act if it sees a risk to savers…. Law360 is …
Read More »Alarm as Kendal Post Office branch ‘at risk’ amid bank closures
Farron, who represents Westmorland and Lonsdale, raised concerns in Parliament following the announcement of a strategic review into how the Post Office operates, Local Democracy Reporting Service said. It revealed it could get rid of 115 directly owned branches, which also includes Furness House in Barrow. Farron said the same …
Read More »The Times view on issues raised at the Post Office inquiry: Postal Shame
Sub-postmasters celebrated outside the High Court after 39 of their convictions were quashed in 2021 TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE After more than two and a half years of testimony by almost 300 witnesses and around two million pages of evidence, the final day of hearings came on Wednesday in the …
Read More »Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne’s whole life sentence ‘appropriate’ as appeal rejected
Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Osborne was handed a whole life order in March this year after murdering his ex-partner, Katie Higton, and her new partner, Steven Harnett. Osborne – who had been bailed after Katie told police she feared he …
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