A newly refurbished and contemporary retail space has opened in Burnie, Tasmania, that will offer Australia Post customers a convenient place to access postal services as well as buy products from local small businesses. The Community Hub @ Post offers customers the full range of existing services, including free 24/7 …
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More than 20 live investigations are under way into solicitors and law firms linked to the Post Office scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority revealed today. The regulator is probing those who worked on behalf of the Post Office or Royal Mail Group at the time when hundreds of sub-postmasters were …
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Newsletter offer Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive editorial emails from the Byline Times Team. The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) released a post-polls report last June in which the membership body for election officials issued a bleak warning about the “fragility” of the UK electoral system. The 2023 local …
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are bidding a fond farewell to one of its on-call firefighters, Adrian Bowen. Adrian is retiring after serving 32 years as a firefighter and watch manager at Oswestry Fire Station. His firefighting career began back in 1992 when a Royal Mail work colleague encouraged him …
Read More »Charles and Camilla’s thoroughbred Gilded Water ran in the King George V Stakes, the same race that gave them their first victory at the famous Berkshire meet last year. The Queen kept a keen eye on the race through a pair of binoculars as the King chatted to the couple’s …
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Watchdogs are investigating more than 20 law firms and individual solicitors for potential professional misconduct in the Post Office saga. In a statement today, the Solicitors Regulation Authority for the first time confirmed roughly how many firms and lawyers were in the frame for possible disciplinary action. “We have more …
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By Marialuisa Taddia (June 20, 2024, 5:10 PM BST) — The solicitors’ watchdog said Thursday it is running more than 20 investigations into practitioners and law firms implicated in the Post Office IT scandal — but maintained it has no plans to take enforcement action because the public is not …
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By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail commemorates 60 years of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, known as the Red Arrows, on stamps issued June 20. Since the team’s formation in 1964, the Red Arrows have been one of the world’s premier aerobatic display teams and a symbol of …
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Prince William enjoyed time with family at Royal Ascot in England on Wednesday. The Prince of Wales, 41, had sweet interactions with several of his relatives at the five-day horse racing event, including his cousin, Zara Tindall. Tindall, 43, whispered something to William, whose wife Kate Middleton is battling cancer, …
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) The appeal was allowed in part. Ground 1 Mr Bugden’s counsel contended that disability-related absences had arisen, in part, due to the actions of Mr Bugden’s manager, and that it was specifically highlighted in the ET1 document that stress and anxiety levels were exacerbated by …
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