The car manufacturer is cutting the amount of employees required at its Mini plant just off the Oxford Ring Road in Cowley. But it is not yet known whether similar redundancies will be carried out at the Bridge End Road factory in Stratton. The two facilities form part of a Mini production triangle that connects with …
Read More »Royal Mail looking for Exeter Christmas workers that pay nearly £15 an hour
Royal Mail has begun recruiting workers in Devon to help sort Christmas cards and parcels during the busy festive period. It says the extra hands are needed for day and night shifts in Exeter to play a “key role in delivering Christmas to the nation”. The company says: “The festive …
Read More »Two arrested after ‘vicious assault’ on Bebington Road, Tranmere
Residents reported a disturbance and screams along on Bebington Road, Tranmere, earlier this morning (Saturday, September 9). Patrolling police officers were quickly on the scene around the junction of Bebington Road and Birckett Road, and reported seeing a fight taking place between three men. After splitting the fight up, a man was …
Read More »Prince Andrew is pictured horse riding at Windsor Castle the day after the first anniversary of the late Queen’s death – as MailOnline poll reveals disgraced Duke is the nation’s least favourite royal
Prince Andrew has been spotted horse riding in the grounds of Windsor Castle today – after the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death yesterday. The disgraced Duke of York, 63, is thought to have marked the day in private, while his brother King Charles II and Queen Camilla attended a special …
Read More »Royal Mail paying nearly £15 an hour for Christmas shifts in Cornwall
Royal Mail has started the Christmas countdown by recruiting workers in Cornwall for the busy festive period. Extra hands are needed for day and night shifts in Truro to play a “key role in delivering Christmas to the nation”, says the company. Depending on the shifts, employees at the Truro …
Read More »Royal family to mark first anniversary of Queen’s death
THE LATE QUEEN: King Charles III released this picture, dated October 16, 1968, taken by Cecil Beaton to mark the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death (Image: Royal Collection Trust/His Majesty King Charles III 2023/PA) The royal family will mark the first anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II …
Read More »Cyber hackers target Porton Down chemical weapons lab
The Mirror reports that hackers linked to Russia have targeted Zaun, a firm that handles security for some of Britain’s most secretive sites, including a nuclear submarine base and a chemical weapon lab in Porton Down. The stolen information was then placed on the dark web. The Mirror reports that …
Read More »Martin Lewis urges people to stock up on common 75p item before October 2
Martin Lewis’ website Money-Saving Expert has urged people to stock up on a rather common 75p item – but it must be before October 2. First class stamps will increase in price by 14 per cent for standard sized letters on this date from £1.10 to £1.25. This is an …
Read More »How much does the monarchy cost the taxpayer — and is it worth it? | Royal | News
Eco activists spray King Charles portrait A year has passed since Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign came to an end. After a period of national mourning, her death raised profound questions about the place of the monarchy in 21st-century Britain. A slew of scandals had been rocking the boat – …
Read More »‘I felt scared, but excited’
Ciarán Kennedy DECEMBER 9, 1989: Cristian Raducanu, who at 16 had become Romania’s youngest-ever international, has just won his 11th cap. Now 22, Raducanu starts in the second row as Romania fall to a 32-0 defeat to Scotland in Edinburgh. His teammates don’t yet know it, but Raducanu will never …
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