Published: 1:47 PM July 11, 2022 The wooly post-box trail through Exmouth, which raised more than £5,000 for Hospiscare, is set to return to the town this summer. A launch will take place at 9.30am on Thursday, (July 14) at the postbox outside TSB/Lloyds Bank in Exmouth. It’s called ‘The Exmouth Mail Trail’ and sees knitted characters …
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A university professor was taken aback when he received a handwritten letter vaguely addressed to him after he appeared as a guest on Radio Four programme ‘The Life Scientific’. The envelope had been addressed to the ‘department of Creepy Crawleys (sic) University of Gloucester, somewhere in Gloucester or Cheltenham, website …
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Police have seized a number of illegal items after postal workers intercepted dozens of packages at Peterborough’s sorting office. Officers attended the sorting office in Papyrus Road, Werrington last week, after staff there stopped 46 parcels being sent on throughout June. The items were due to be shipped across the …
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Three-time Open champion Jack Nicklaus insists he has no concerns about the Old Course yielding a record low score this week. Branden Grace created history when he became the first man to shoot 62 in a major during the 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale, while Ross Fisher holds the course …
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Royal Mail and Post Office staff are set to become the latest workers to take industrial action during what many now refer to as the “Summer of Discontent” which has seen strikes across multiple sectors. Both rail workers and barristers have ended up taking strike action recently over pay and …
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The Music of Northern Soul is coming to Shanklin Theatre. ARE YOU a fan of Northern Soul? Then there’s a night at Shanklin Theatre just perfect for you. The Music of Northern Soul Live features The Signatures with lead vocalist Stefan Taylor plus original Northern Soul legend Lorraine Silver with …
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Post Office workers at high street branches today walked out for 24 hours in a row over pay. The strike is taking place today (Monday July 11) and involves about 1,500 people who staff the Crown Post Offices – the larger branches usually sited on high streets. The Communication Workers …
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11 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services The UK government has launched a logistics and warehousing recruitment campaign called Generation Logistics. Co-ordinated by Logistics UK and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), the campaign has support from key figures across the sector. Then-Transport Minister Grant Shapps MP, said “The …
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Larger branches are usually sited on high streets. Read More Read More Old Portsmouth plagued by 40-strong groups of youths starting fires, drinking, s… Sign up to our daily newsletter Post Office employees who are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are on strike. Picture:Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images. …
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Around 1,500 members will join the one day strike, with normal services to resume on Tuesday, July 12. The union has said the offer was “woefully inadequate” and well below the rate of inflation, which hit 9.1 percent in June. Andy Furey, an assistant secretary of the CWU, said: “No …
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