A series of strikes involving Royal Mail workers severely affected Christmas post this year, leading to the last festive postage dates being moved to earlier in December. That was before you factored in the festive bank holidays, which give many of us a four-day weekend this year, but also disrupt everything from supermarket opening …
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain’s “winter of discontent” looks set to rumble on into the new year after a month of bitter strikes in December brought the country to a standstill and …
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Royal Mail has apologised for disruption to its online services over the holiday period. Users reported that the Royal Mail app and website were unavailable for more than four hours on Wednesday, 28 December, the first day of regular post after strikes and bank holidays over the Christmas period. Thousands …
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Britain is bracing for a fresh wave of strikes as hundreds of thousands of workers prepare for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions. The widespread industrial action in December shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants, rail staff and ambulance workers are among those set to …
Read More »An RAF veteran who still refuses to divulge details of a secret wartime mission to Italy has reached triple figures. Edward ‘Ted’ Wootten, who lives in Dereham, turns 100 today (January 2). His momentous birthday will be one to cherish, with family travelling from all over the country to celebrate. Ted Wootten, …
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain has had a difficult time of it in 2022, emerging from two years in the grip of the coronavirus only to be confronted by a dire cost …
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BRITS will be hit by even more train strikes as rail workers are set to walk out for four days this week. Employees will be on strike from tomorrow in the long-running row over pay, job cuts and conditions. 1 Brits are set for more train strikes this weekCredit: Getty …
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Britain is in decline. It’s probably irreversible and doesn’t bother me for reasons I’ll scandalise you with later, but if the unions imagine they can seize this moment to grab as much cash as possible, like the last round of the Crystal Maze, they’ve made a big mistake. Their industries …
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Widespread strikes have prompted plenty of comparisons with the 1970s. Sometimes pundits add jokes about the revival of Abba and Kate Bush. But such comparisons are overblown. The trade unions do not have the equivalent power to “hold the country to ransom.” Another difference is that in the 1970s they …
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A village Post Office once supported by TV comic Vic Reeves has closed with immediate effect after staff faced an “excessive amount of abusive behaviour”. The site in Charing, near Ashford, had been run by former parish councillor Sarah Crawley for six years but was hit hard in recent months …
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