Labour will make it easier for unions to hold votes on strike action by legalising electronic ballots. © OLI SCARFF Labour has now said that it would introduce electronic voting if Sir Keir Starmer leads the next government – OLI SCARFF With nurses and civil servants among those currently being …
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Lupton Road, Thame Picture: GOOGLE A pair of alleged cannabis farmers have appeared before the magistrates’ court. Ajet Xhaja, 21, and Klajdi Vraja, 20, were arrested along with an estimated 800 cannabis plants in an industrial unit in Lupton Road, Thame, on October 7. Appearing before Oxford Magistrates’ Court on …
Read More »Serial killer Peter Tobin refused to admit to any more murders as detectives questioned him on his deathbed. Tobin, 76, died on Saturday in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after becoming unwell at HMP Edinburgh where he was serving life sentences for three murders, police said. But detectives have long …
Read More »Ireland’s postal service has invited the public to donate to a support fund to help those impacted by the Creeslough explosion. The announcement from An Post came as an online fundraiser set up by someone originally from the village passed 80,000 euro on Saturday evening. An Post said people could …
Read More »I have just learned that Royal Mail workers are to strike for another 19 days during October and November. I was a Union member myself for many years. I was (and still am) passionate about workers’ rights and being paid a fair wage for a fair day’s toil. I even reluctantly …
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‘Not many have gone through what Camilla has’ says royal author In an interview during Breakfast with Esther McVey and Philip Davies on GB News, Angela Levin said of Camilla: “It’s absolutely extraordinary. I can’t believe what she’s been through [Camilla]. “I don’t think many women could have gone through …
Read More »Indonesia’s president has said the country will not face sanctions from football’s world governing body after the firing of tear gas inside a half-locked stadium caused a crush at the exits, killing 131 people, including 17 children. Joko Widodo said Fifa president Gianni Infantino wrote in a letter to him …
Read More »At Marlow Place for the recent Heritage Open Day I was asked what constitutes a “Marlovian”. The general consensus has always been a 40-year residency in the town, but as far as I am concerned anyone who lives here, no matter how long, intends to carry on living here, who …
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This year’s Christmas bank holiday will not take place on December 25 as the big day falls on a Sunday. Instead, a ‘substitute’ weekday will become the official bank holiday for Christmas Day. This means that this year, Christmas Day bank holiday will be observed on December 27. The New …
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Strictly Come Dancing’s Helen Skelton says that she “cringes” when she watches herself dance and says that being sexy is something that doesn’t come naturally to her. The Leeds Countryfile presenter was on tonight’s episode of BBC Two’s It Takes Two with professional dance partner Gorka Marquez to talk about …
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