Today is the last chance to hand in a toy or chocolate treat at one of the five collection points in Dumfries for the Standard’s Christmas Toy Appeal. Our public appeal ends today to give us time to sort out the hundreds of toys which have been donated during the …
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Cllr Shuttleworth wrote to the chief executive of Royal Mail about the lack of public information on the problem that has impacted residents in the Langney area. Royal Mail sorting and delivery office in Southfields Road (Photo by Jon Rigby) SUS-210912-095722008 Now resident Julie Farrow has questioned what’s being done …
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Plans have gone in to transform an eyesore in the town centre. As we have previously reported the former Spalding Sorting Office in The Crescent will be transformed into flats. Mr S Gareb has now lodged plans to change the use of the site to create 10 flats with retail …
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SANTA may be coming to town but you need to write to him today if you want him to deliver a personalised letter for your kids. Parents need to send a letter from their children to Father Christmas today if they want to secure a reply in time for the …
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In May 2020 Ian Lance of fund manager RWC Partners penned a blog in he looked at a group of stocks that were so cheap he felt that just one division within these companies was worth more than the value of the entire group. He argued that the remaining parts …
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A family from Cheshire has been branded ‘guardian angels’ after rescuing a dog who they witnessed being ‘punched in the head’. Hayley Dodd was taking her five-year-old son, Roman, to school on December 1 before being reduced to tears at a ‘heartbreaking’ sight in Ellesmere Port. The pair live on …
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ANDY MACDONALD / STUFF/Nelson Mail Lesley Bandy, artistic director of Primarily Dance, oversees a rehearsal for The Nutcracker ballet in Nelson. Excitement is building as Nelson’s Theatre Royal looks to stage its first show in four months, with tickets being sold for the festive ballet The Nutcracker. Dance students and …
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A local Senedd member has travelled across west Wales to thank postmen and women for their hard work in the busy run-up to Christmas. Samuel Kurtz MS, Senedd member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, recently visited Royal Mail delivery offices in Narberth and Carmarthen to meet local posties. He …
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A successful trial of new routing software has enabled Royal Mail to use fewer vans to make parcel deliveries in Manchester, delivering significant reductions in emissions, congestion, and air pollution. The postal service today announced the results of a partnership with auto giant Ford to trial the motor company’s Mode:Link …
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You should cancel your Christmas parties, Public Health Scotland has said, amid rising concerns of a mutant coronavirus strain which scientists think is much more transmissible. Dr Nick Phin, the director of public health science and medical director at Public Health Scotland, urged people to put off their parties this …
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