Walney beach clean event with prizes up for grabs

The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery is hosting The Bay Beach Clean on Saturday, January 7, up until 3pm at Biggar Bank. A spokesman for the event said: “Get the year off to a great start for yourself and our oceans with a beach clean. Equipment is provided and there …

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Five of the best road trips you can do in Australia

It’s road-trip time, right? With any luck, you’re on holidays right now – maybe even without some kids to influence your plans – and you’re looking to get away on a long, spirited drive. Here are some of our faves. We get it. You’ve played so much Gran Turismo that wisps …

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Severe flooding across Ayrshire as A78 closed and pumps deployed

Severe flooding is impacting some of Ayrshire’s busiest roads this morning. The A78 has been closed in both directions at Hunterston while flooding at the A77 Bellfield Interchange is affecting both lanes according to Traffic Scotland. Queen’s Drive in Kilmarnock has severe flooding close to the roundabout at the entrance …

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Postal strikes cause delays to families across Norwich

Some families are still waiting for Christmas presents to be delivered as the backlog of postal problems continue after strike action. The chaos caused by Royal Mail strikes and delivery firms struggling has affected families around the city with deliveries being cancelled or not arriving. Rosemarie King, who lives on the outskirts of …

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Heroes & Villains of 2022

HEROES Workers on strikeHow do you choose? The nurses who have undertaken the first national strike action in their union’s history? The transport and postal workers standing firm in the face of bosses’ dirty tricks and a government determined to break their spirit, cut their pay and wreck their industries? …

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