[ad_1] In total, 96% of the 35,000 teachers balloted in Scotland rejected a 5% pay offer negotiated by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Scottish government. Proposed strike action on the railways was suspended last week as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) trade union puts a new pay offer to its members…
[ad_1] The ban on old ‘unencrypted’ stamps has been postponed until next summer in a stunning victory for The Mail on Sunday and letter writers across the UK. Climbing up the Royal Mail also sees free forms and envelopes available at post offices, making the process of swapping out old stamps for new ones that…
[ad_1] A Northumberland daughter who took out fraudulent mobile phone contracts in the names of her family members has dodged jail. Laura Rowell was living with her mother, father and sister when she took out the contracts without their knowledge in March 2020 in order to sell the “high end” Samsung handsets for cash. The…
[ad_1] St Johnstone midfielder David Wotherspoon is celebrating a call-up to Canada’s World Cup squad. The 32-year-old was named in his national side’s final 26-man group that will travel to Qatar for the finals this month. It marks a remarkable comeback after the player spent almost a year battling back to fitness from a cruciate…
[ad_1] Prince Andrew felt ‘ambushed’ into giving up his royal titles and ‘forced to step down’ as he plans ‘fightback’ to return to public life after accuser Virginia Giuffre dropped case against US lawyer Prince Andrew felt ambushed into giving up his royal titles, friends claim They say he is frustrated at being silenced by his…
[ad_1] A sign above the entrance of the warehouse calls it Royal Mail’s “window into the future”. Inside, a network of conveyor belts stretches across an area about the size of Buckingham Palace. Eight robotic arms, roughly the height of two grown men, stand idle — for now. When the machines are switched on next…
[ad_1] The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are unlikely to join the Royal Family at Sandringham for their first Christmas without the Queen. King Charles is understood to have invited Meghan and Harry, who remain ‘much loved’ members of the family despite quitting Royal duties nearly three years ago. But a source close to the…
[ad_1] Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood has shared the “absolutely frightening” reason she left the I’m a Celebrity jungle. It comes after she has was rushed to A&E by the production crew following blood tests. Olivia then had to leave the jungle just 24 hours after arriving. She has now revealed that this was…
[ad_1] The nation will fall silent later as the King leads a moving Remembrance Day service for the first time as monarch. A two-minute silence will take place across the UK at 11am and wreaths will be laid by members of the royal family, senior politicians and faith representatives at the Cenotaph in London. Charles…
[ad_1] A major road in Dumfries has been closed after a man was found seriously injured between the New Cargen Bridge Roundabout and the Cuckoo Bridge Roundabout. Police said it was unclear how the man had become hurt after he was discovered at around 3.30am and was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The…