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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Some postal workers have been left with permanent and disabling injuries from dog attacks, with than 1,600 incidents reported throughout the UK in the last year. A total of 1,673 attacks were recorded, an average of 32 every week across the UK, according to Royal Mail. READ MORE: LTN bollards burnt …
Read More »The Pound Canadian Dollar (GBP/CAD) exchange rate feel back after a tough week which saw concerns over inflation compounded by troubling UK domestic news, while oil prices staged a recovery. Overall, GBPCAD dropped to close the session at around the CAD$1.55 mark. Pound (GBP) Exchange Rates Soften on Darkening Economic …
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Prince Charles and Camilla are hiring a Daily Mail deputy editor to run their media operation—despite Meghan Markle and Prince Harry suing the newspaper’s publisher three times. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are hiring Tobyn Andreae, deputy editor of the Daily Mail, as communications secretary to …
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