On Friday, more than 115,000 Royal Mail workers launched the first of four days of strike action in a salary dispute that the postal group claimed was likely to cause severe disruption for consumers. It is the latest in a string of strikes in the United Kingdom as workers …
Read More »Photos from the past with the Chester Standard
Today we look at more moments from the Chester Standard photo archives. They include plenty of fresh faces from the past. Do you recognise yourself? Don’t forget to tag friends or family if you recognise them. Do you have photos from the past you would like to share? Old school …
Read More »Woman walker in 70s dies after Lake District fall
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 …
Read More »Woman walker in 70s dies after Lake District fall
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 …
Read More »Aberdeen postal workers mount picket lines as ‘summer’s biggest strike’ hits
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 »Community supports ‘lifeline’ Royal Mail workers on strike
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 »Red Rebels stage ‘die-in’ protest in Edinburgh after soaring temperatures in Scotland
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 killed in Highlands crash were American tourists, Police Scotland confirm
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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