Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email As inflation has climbed steadily up this year, workers have seen how rising prices are eroding their earnings – just as employers have been trying to make savings …
Read More »The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has hit out at the Health Secretary, accusing him of “showing no sign” of wanting to properly negotiate on pay. On Sunday, Steve Barclay insisted that his “door is open” and that he had been meeting with trade unions in recent days. He told …
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News A promise to reach the peak of global emissions by 2025 was not in the final agreement. By Sophie Squire Downloading PDF. Please wait… Sunday 20 November 2022 Issue 2832 Protesting at Cop27. Egyptian authorities confined demonstrations (Picture: @edwinNamakanga on Twitter) The Cop27 climate conference has disgracefully failed to …
Read More »Evri has been revealed as the UK’s worst-performing parcel company for the second year running – but readers have rushed to the defence of the company. It comes as all of the UK’s major parcel delivery firms continue to let customers down with many failing to secure even a three …
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An annual feature of British life, the Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps arrive this year with one last silhouette of the late Queen Elizabeth II and a fresh emphasis on colour in the illustrator’s rendering of the Nativity scene. The birth of Jesus is meticulously illustrated in the tiny rectangles that …
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Company’s lack of concern for customers on show, says union The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says that it has today been informed by Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson that negotiations to find a settlement to the long-running dispute on pay and change will end on Monday 21 November. The notification …
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News This can’t be right. Over the years, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here has pulled in some pretty famous contestants (as well as some… less famous contestants). This year alone, that includes actual popstar Boy George, actual member of the royal family Mike Tindall, and actual disgraced …
Read More »Royal Mail has extended the deadline for when people need to use up their traditional stamps by. Originally ‘1st’ and 2nd’ class stamps were going to become unusable by January 31, 2023 but this has now been extended by a “grace period” of six months to July 31, 2023. Traditional stamps are …
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A group of Glasgow postmen have stripped off to raise money for good causes ahead of strikes in the lead-up to Christmas in a dispute over pay. The Victoria Road posties donned Santa hats and took up wrapped gifts to hide their modesty in a photoshoot for a festive calendar. …
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It’s that time of year when youngsters across the land will be penning letters to Santa Claus. But there are also ways your little ones can themselves receive letters from Father Christmas. So if you want to put an extra smile on your child’s face, check out the following information. …
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