7 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail managers are to work to rule between 15th and 19th July and strike between the 20th and 22nd July. This comes after a successful vote by Unite the union members for industrial action over pay and job cuts. The postal operator announced …
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PRINCE Charles has visited a town on the Herefordshire border as he officially opened a refurbished castle. Prince Charles, who’s the Prince of Wales, has been in Hay-on-Wye today (Thursday) to officially open the castle which can now be visited by the public for the first time in its 900-year history. RELATED …
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Jimeoin is acclaimed as one of the hottest stand-up comics of this generation – a true comedy master – and he’s making his way to Castlemaine.Loved for his brilliantly funny wit and charming observations on the absurdities of everyday life, audiences are in for a treat with Jimeoin LIVE! at the Theatre …
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R oyal Mail staff are set to go on strike later this month in a dispute over “further attacks on jobs and pay.” Unite, the managers’ trade union, says the industrial action will go ahead over Royal Mail’s plan to cut 700 jobs and cut pay by up to £7,000, …
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4 July 2022 Transport / Logistics Services Home furnishings retail chain IKEA is trialling a solar powered e-cargo-bike in Vilnius, Lithuania. The chain says that the solar powered bike is the world’s first such machine used to deliver goods using solar energy. According to IKEA, the machine produces 95% less CO2e …
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Introducing legal assisted dying could be abused by people “who want granny and grandpa to hurry up and die”, MPs have heard. Conservative MP for Devizes Danny Kruger claimed that legalising assisted dying could also lead to “utilitarian” healthcare decisions being taken by doctors under pressure to bring down care …
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A giant waterlily held in Kew’s Botanic Gardens for 177 years has been revealed as a species new to science and “one of the botanical wonders of the world”. The famous giant waterlily, genus Victoria, was named after Queen Victoria in 1852, and was believed to include two different species. …
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An NHS nurse says she is living off just £24 a week after her bills due to the rise of living costs. Single mum Heather Johnston, 30, struggles to get by since the cost of her bills has rocketed. With two young children, Dominic, 12 and Olivia, three, Heather is …
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A FORMER postman carried out a burglary at Newport International Sports Village to feed his mounting drug addiction after his life “spiralled out of control”. Ex-Royal Mail worker Benjamin Lord stole laptops, tablets and mobile phones worth £10,000 during the raid on May 8, prosecutor Tabitha Walker said. Cardiff Crown …
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Economic growth was 3.5 per cent – similar to the present day – but was far healthier given that the country was not bouncing back from a pandemic. Inflation was at just 2.9 per cent, while wage growth was a solid 6.9 per cent. Oddly enough, it was the Conservative …
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