THE Mill in Bishops Lydeard has re-opened following two years of lockdown and Alan Reeve has been to check it out. The attraction in Mill Lane goes back some 400 years. A mill on this site was listed in the Domesday Book, over 1,000 years ago, when medieval residents diverted …
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TEDx is making its debut in Warrington next week, on 23 June at Warrington’s Pyramid Parr Hall with an impressive line-up of speakers. As organisers enter the final stages of event preparation and speaker rehearsals, excitement has been building in the region and particularly in the local business community which …
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BURTONWOOD is the centre of a transformation of how Royal Mail operates through the opening of a huge new ‘super hub’. Based at Omega on the site of the former Burtonwood Airbase, the new state-of-the-art processing centre is the size four and a half football pitches. The hub is the …
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eBay has announced today that Royal Mail International Services are now available for sellers on the eBay UK marketplace. This means that international services such as Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed, Royal Mail International Signed and Royal Mail International Standard are now available to sellers on eBay. The aim …
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The nation’s hospitality workers take the least amount of their holiday entitlement compared to other professions, according to research. A study of 7,000 employees found restaurant, bar and pub staff are allowed to take up to 30 days a year – but take an average of just 16. And those …
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The Royal Mail share price is trading higher this Friday but has shed some of its gains as it continues to face some pressure from the unresolved situation involving the company and the labour unions to which its workers belong. There has been a long-drawn battle between the Communications Workers …
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Image source: Getty Images It’s been another tough week for global stock markets, with prices falling across the globe. As I write on Friday afternoon, the FTSE 100 index has lost almost 3.1% over five trading days. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the S&P 500 index is down nearly 3.7% in …
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Plans for a new supermarket in Watford, the opening of Warner Bros. Studios, recognition for Watford Colosseum and the death of a much-loved police dog were among the stories making our headlines ten and five years ago this week. Morrisons West Watford development plan unveiled Residents caught their first glimpse …
Read More »Drone technology is being developed to help ensure pupils at some of Scotland’s most remote island and mainland schools receive hot meals direct from the heavens. In what is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, Argyll and Bute council has partnered with a specialist company …
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The Duchess of Cambridge was left open-mouthed with joy when she appeared to pick a Royal Ascot winner. Kate looked at a guest in the royal box in shock after Perfect Power won the Commonwealth Cup, and William came over to his wife grinning. The couple shared a few more …
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