With five concerts touring across Melbourne, Geelong and wider Victoria, the Australian Chamber Choir has announced its 2023 season. The Choir will also continue to provide livestreaming and on-demand viewing, a service which allowed it to keep driving forward across pandemic lockdowns and made its programs available nationwide. For three …
Read More »‘If you see advert for stamp offer – please ignore it’
A letter writing is warning people over a stamp offer (Image: Pixabay) I am writing hoping you can print some of my letter to save other people from getting caught in the way I have been caught. Last week I ordered an item from Ebay. A few days later I …
Read More »Letter: ‘If you see stamp offer advert – please ignore it’
I am writing hoping you can print some of my letter to save other people from getting caught in the way I have been caught. Last week I ordered an item from Ebay. A few days later I received a card in the post from Royal Mail telling me I …
Read More »UK real-term wages fall 2.7% and unemployment rises amid bleak economic outlook
Britain’s pay packets shrank in the three months to September as employers worried about the outlook for the economy, Office for National Statistics figures have shown. After taking inflation into account, average pay excluding bonuses fell by 2.7 per cent year-on-year over the July to September period. It dropped by …
Read More »Perth and Kinross postal workers to strike on Black Friday as pay and conditions dispute continues
Postal workers in Perth and Kinross are set to stage two 48-hour strikes around the busiest shopping days of the year as a long-running row over pay, jobs and conditions continues. The CWU (Communication Workers Union) informed Royal Mail its members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters will …
Read More »More than 550,000 working days were lost to strikes in August and September
More than 550,000 working days were lost to strikes in August and September – the highest in a decade ONS has published estimates for number of days lost to strikes over the summer More than 550,000 missed due to industrial action in August and September Most disputes over pay as …
Read More »Royal Mail’s last Christmas posting dates for 1st and 2nd class letters is December 21 and 19 as international deadlines near
Royal Mail is asking households to post Christmas cards and parcels in plenty of time as it manages its busiest period of the year amid the risk of more industrial action by staff. The postal service is reminding people of the final posting dates for both international and UK deliveries, …
Read More »Prince Harry ‘will be furious but King Charles’s snub was necessary’, royal biographer reveals
King Charles’ decision to allow the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex to deputise for him when he cannot fulfil official duties is a snub to Prince Harry that will make him ‘furious’, a royal expert said last night. The ‘slight’ to the Duke of Sussex and the monarch’s disgraced brother …
Read More »King Charles snubs Harry and Andrew as Princess Royal and Prince Edward to now deputise for him
The Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex will join members of the royal family who can stand in for the King when he cannot fulfil official duties in a move making it even less likely that Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will be called to do so. King Charles’ intention was …
Read More »Wokingham’s former post office given protected status
A historic town centre building has been granted extra protection by Wokingham Borough Council. The former Broad Street post office, which recently celebrated its 90th birthday, has been added to the council’s register of buildings of traditional local character after a nomination by the Wokingham Society – a civic group that …
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