Around 50,000 people took part in a national demonstration of striking workers in London on Wednesday. School, university, and London Underground workers, plus junior doctors, assembled in Hyde Park before marching to Trafalgar Square. Government workers staged their own demonstration, gathering at Embankment before joining the main rally. Striking workers …
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The search for an operator to run a post office in Portishead is continuing – due to no one wanting to take on the job. The Post Office – the only one in the town – closed this in January after McColls in the High Street, where it was based, …
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Proposals for a £50m regeneration scheme for Maidstone town centre have been unveiled. The first artist’s impressions of Maidstone council’s plans to redevelop the former Royal Mail Sorting Office near Maidstone East were shown at a public exhibition at The Kent History and Library Centre yesterday. The town houses would …
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Union Matters March 15 2023 In the photo (left to right): Sean McGinley, Michael Powell and Dan Biddulph Activists are set to launch a campaign for full trade union recognition with the trade tool retail giant, following a sustained recruitment campaign at the company’s Stoke-on-Trent warehouse… “There are …
Read More »In preparation for spring, the pack of 10 stamps feature some of the UK’s favourite blooms as well as the King’s silhouette. The colourful stamps come with a photo of the flower as well as their common name. The flowers used for the new set include: Sweet pea Iris Lily …
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STORY: The featured flowers include the sweet pea, iris, lily, sunflower, fuchsia, tulip, peony, nasturtium, rose and dahlia. The Royal Mail said the flowers are “some of the most popular flowers which are grown in gardens across the UK,” adding that they were the first stamps with the king’s silhouette. …
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Crunch talks between Royal Mail and the CWU have been extended, with “progress made in some areas”. The fresh negotiations between the two parties had been set to conclude on Sunday (12 March), with the goal of securing a new agreement to end the damaging and long-running industrial dispute. …
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Image caption, The first set of special stamps featuring King Charles III’s picture on are going on sale soon. It will be the first set without a picture of Queen Elizabeth II on them, after her death last year. They are likely to be the first King’s head stamps the …
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The first special stamps to feature the King’s silhouette have been released by Royal Mail. Ten stamps – celebrating popular flowers grown in gardens in the UK – are now available to pre-order. The King is featured on the stamps without his crown Described as a ‘significant milestone in British …
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Royal Mail issued a warning over severe delays taking place in some parts of the country following a recent amber weather warning. Areas in the UK affected by snow and ice this week “may experience some disruption to delivery and collection services”. Although Royal Mail assured that the majority of …
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