NELSON John It is with great sadness that we announce that John, late of Royal Mail, died peacefully at Mossdale Residence Care Home on Wednesday 23rd March 2022, aged 92 years. A much loved and devoted husband to Joan, much loved Dad to Paul and Andy, father-in-law to Lynn and …
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The former post office premises in High Street, Lymington A FORMER high street post office could be brought back into use by Royal Mail to meet growing demand. The site in Lymington town centre had operated as a post office sales counter and convenience store for many years until it …
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Keir Starmer waded into the row over the Royal tour of the Caribbean today saying Prince William ‘could have gone further’ in condemning slavery. The Labour leader also branded the decision to ride with Kate in a Land Rover used by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh nearly 70 years …
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A Glasgow woman has been left “distraught” after falling victim to a bank scam that emptied the family’s accounts. Catherine LeMay said her childrens’ accounts had also been affected and wanted to share her experience to alert others to the fraudulent scheme, which BBC anchor Emily Maitlis revealed she had almost fallen victim to. …
Read More »Double headers at bowls club following Covid closure
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Read More »Tory MP Suggests Cutting Energy Bills Will Encourage People To ‘Burn More Energy’
(Photo: Parliament) A Conservative MP has suggested the government helping people with the upfront costs of heating their homes could cause them to “burn more energy”. Under Rishi Sunak’s plan to help with the cost of living crisis, households will receive a £200 rebate on their energy bills which will …
Read More »UK Court Rejects Input VAT Deductions For Mail Services
By David Hansen (March 28, 2022, 6:51 PM EDT) — A group of 340 businesses cannot deduct most value-added input taxes from services they purchased through the U.K.’s national mail service from 2009 to 2012 because most of what they bought is exempt from VAT, a British court ruled Monday. …
Read More »Just one week left to buy stamps before prices go up
STAMP prices will soar to almost £1 next week as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. The price of postage will jump from April, with first class stamps rising 10p to 95p each. 1 Stamp prices are going up from next week A first class stamp cost just …
Read More »Prince Philip memorial: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not attend
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle could ‘regret’ not attending the memorial service for his grandfather Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey tomorrow – and the Queen is likely to be ‘very upset’ but cannot change his mind, royal experts say. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to …
Read More »We already know the possible new name for FIFA
It has been rumored for some time that FIFA 22 could be the last video game in the football saga with that name. All because of one legal dispute between Electronic Arts and the International Football Association (FIFA, come on), which forced the developers of the most successful football game …
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