Should members vote to accept it, it is expected to end the long-standing dispute that saw Cumbrian postal workers take 18 days of strike action in the second half of 2022. Royal Mail said the agreement included a 10% salary increase and a one-off lump sum of £500. This includes …
Read More »Royal Mail reaches agreement with Communication Workers Union
Royal Mail’s Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement has been ratified by the postal executive committee of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and will be put to a ballot of the union’s membership with a recommendation to approve. ‘) } // –> The agreement includes a 10% salary increase and …
Read More »Moment gang’s ‘mistake’ linked them to £500,000 cash machine raids
The moment that a gang made a “mistake” which led to them being linked to £500,000 worth of cash machine robberies has been released. CCTV caught the group raiding an ATM at a shop on Longshaw Street, Warrington. When police turned up at the scene, in April last year, the …
Read More »Royal fans miss out on buying Coronation Concert tickets
To be in with a chance of winning tickets, members of the public had to enter a ballot. Ticketmaster, who sold the tickets, tweeted on April 25 that “Tickets for the supplementary first-come, first-serve round of The Coronation Concert ballot have now sold out.” This caused some confusion amongst fans …
Read More »What the Flying Scotsman is, when it is coming to Devon and why we love it so much
Railway enthusiasts will be lining vantage points across South Devon on Sunday when one of the nation’s favourite locomotives steams through the county again. The Flying Scotsman, which is 100 years old in 2023, will be pulling a train from Bristol to Cornwall and back, and that means endless photo …
Read More »Royal Mail responds to plea to Ofcom to solve delivery issues in Nuneaton
Royal Mail has responded to a plea made to Ofcom to solve delivery issues in Nuneaton. As we reported in our newsletter, Nuneaton’s MP Marcus Jones complained to the regulator after being contacted by a ‘significant number of constituents’ about not having mail for weeks – or just once a …
Read More »Prince Harry news – live: Duke’s case back in court after Charles and William revelations emerge
Prince Harry’s lawyer arrives at High Court ahead of privacy claim against The Sun’s publisher Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Prince Harry’s case …
Read More »Royal fans miss out on buying Coronation Concert tickets
To be in with a chance of winning tickets, members of the public had to enter a ballot. Ticketmaster, who sold the tickets, tweeted on April 25 that “Tickets for the supplementary first-come, first-serve round of The Coronation Concert ballot have now sold out.” This caused some confusion amongst fans …
Read More »Heirbnb! All the Royal properties you can rent to live like a monarch for the week
From Balmoral Castle in the Highlands to Llwynywermod, a small farmhouse in Wales, King Charles has an unrivalled portfolio of properties, regal and rustic. And the good news is that you can stay in many of them this summer because the royal estates are embracing holiday lettings in a serious …
Read More »Record 3,000,000 emergency food parcels handed out in a year, 1m to children
A record near-three million emergency food parcels have been handed out at food banks in the year to March, with the number provided for children topping a million for the first time. The figures from the Trussell Trust charity represent a 37% increase compared to the previous year. A total …
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