Surprise View A woman in her 70s has died after a fall in the Lake District. The woman was with her family at Surprise View, Borrowdale. Police were called at around 6.15pm after reports that a woman had fallen. The ambulance service, mountain rescue and an air ambulance also attended …
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Postal workers in Aberdeen formed picket lines outside depots across the city yesterday as the UK’s ‘biggest strike of the summer’ got under way. More than 115,000 Royal Mail and 2,000 Post Office workers walked out yesterday amid pay disputes. The Communication Workers Union is demanding wage rises to match …
Read More »READERS are standing in solidarity with striking postal workers. Postal workers walked out on Friday across all corners of the UK, in what is being described as the biggest strike of the summer so far. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members were taking industrial action for a ‘dignified, …
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Read More »PROTESTERS staged a “die-in” on Saturday in Edinburgh to demand urgent action on the climate crisis after a summer which saw record-breaking temperatures and droughts across the UK. After a short procession to the Royal Mile by the eye-catching Red Rebels, a group of activists posed as “casualties” of the …
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Royal Mail Plc said letters and parcels due for delivery on Friday may not arrive until Tuesday as 115,000 postal workers strike in. Source link
Read More »Three people killed in a Highlands crash were American tourists, Police Scotland have confirmed. The trio died in a collision between a car and lorry on the A9 at Ralia, south of Newtonmore. They have been named as Kathryn Bastion-Strong, 46, Jared Bastion, 45, and Mary-Lou Mauch, 75. The lorry …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Three Dutch commandos in the United States for training exercises were wounded in a shooting outside their hotel in Indianapolis on Friday night, the Dutch Defense Ministry said. One of them was in critical condition, a statement published on Saturday said. The men were in the state …
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Umno members holding up placards in support of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib during the Umno special briefing for divisional committee members and leaders at Umno headquarters in Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre (WTCKL), August 27, 2022. — Picture by Firdaus Latif By Radzi Razak Saturday, 27 Aug 2022 …
Read More »A MAN has been arrested after he was allegedly caught driving under the influence of drugs near Drumchapel. Officers from Police Scotland’s Road Policing Unit in Glasgow stopped the motorist on the A82 (Great Western Road) on Friday (August 26) after he was reportedly observed speeding. Cops said that the driver was …
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