Zoë Garbett was announced as the party’s candidate on February 10, saying she was “really excited” to have been selected to fight the contest in May 2024. Ms Garbett, who currently represents Dalston on Hackney Council, outlined several key campaign focuses. On drug reform, the 35-year-old said: “Our current drug …
Read More »BMW meets 2022 pretax earnings target -Focus magazine citing CFO
BERLIN (Reuters) – BMW met its 2022 target for significantly higher pretax earnings than in the previous year, Focus Money magazine reported on Sunday, citing the German carmaker’s chief financial officer. “We had no reason to correct the forecasts … Otherwise we wouldn’t be sitting here so relaxed,” CFO Nicolas …
Read More »‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood
The chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood, said the UK was still operating on a peacetime budget during a “new era of insecurity”. His comments followed reports some Nato allies had concerns about the UK’s military readiness and that Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is lobbying for extra cash. …
Read More »Mosque visited by members of the Royal Family was attended by members of the ISIS ‘Beatles’
Mosque visited by members of the Royal Family was attended by members of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ and should have had counter-extremism funding reviewed, report into Prevent finds By Mark Hookham and Abul Taher Published: 19:12 EST, 11 February 2023 | Updated: 19:12 EST, 11 February 2023 A mosque that has …
Read More »Return to sender: writers mourn loss of physical letters as Australia Post contemplates decline | Australia Post
Before email put them at risk and smartphones became an existential threat, handwritten letters played a vital role in everyday life. They could be used to declare love to a partner, or convey news of a tragedy. They united penpals from around the world. Sometimes, grandma slipped money into them. …
Read More »Villagers’ anger as Royal Mail removes postbox ‘without warning’
Rural residents and community leaders have been battling for more than a year to get their post box back. The box, which was designated as an NHS priority facility during the covid pandemic, was used by more than 20 households in the hamlet of Grub Street, near High Offley and …
Read More »Royal Mail ransomware attack still impacting on international postal deliveries
IMPACT: Jim McCafferty, sub-postmaster at Kennedy Centre Post Office, explained the difficulties a ransomware attack on Royal Mail has had on Post Offices A RUSSIAN ransomware attack on Royal Mail is continuing to have a detrimental impact on the postal service – almost a month after it first hit. The cyberattack …
Read More »Royal Mail Strikes February 2023: When are the postal strikes?
It comes as Communications Workers Union (CWU) announced they would be taking action in a statement on Twitter in early February. In the statement, they wrote: “BREAKING: We have served notice on Royal Mail Group for a 24-hour strike.” Responding to the news of fresh strike action, a Royal Mail …
Read More »Message for bosses: beware the strikes of March – News from the Frontline
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles You can sign up to receive News from the Frontline straight in your inbox The coordinates are all set for 15 March being a major day of synchronised industrial action with the PCS announcing 100,000 of its strike-ready members …
Read More »what on earth has happened to Royal Mail’s stamps?
There is a once-notable aspect of our culture that has reached a dead end, apparently for reasons of naked cynicism. I refer to the subjects of what are now called by Royal Mail, without humour, our special stamp issues. This absurd programme presents second-rate designs highlighting populist trash in the …
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