A Cambridge postal worker has spoken out against what he calls the “manic” conditions imposed on workers of Royal Mail in Cambridgeshire. Alex Cook, 40, who has been working at Royal Mail’s sorting office in Cambridge for more than a year, has said that his work schedule is “manic”, and …
Read More »Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth is to stand in for its sister ship during diplomatic visits and military exercises off the US coast after the HMS Prince of Wales broke down off the Isle of Wight. The £3 billion warship left from Portsmouth Naval Base on Saturday before an …
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Cheap seats: the ENO performance at the Fairfield, after a cancellation elsewhere, gave the Croydon audience its tickets for just £5 each. Still the Halls was not a full house It’s been a non-stop summer of social whirl for our veteran arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, who has popped her corks …
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POSTIES have accused Royal Mail bosses of “unforgivable greed” after it emerged they were awarded over £2 million in new shares while workers struck over poor pay. Four of the firm’s senior staff were handed the hefty conditional share awards this month, according to postal workers’ union CWU, with CEO Simon Thompson …
Read More »A RYDE man who believed he was exempt from criminal prosecution because he had a Cancard to use cannabis, was fined by Island magistrates for sourcing a cheaper, illegal alternative on the street. Eamonn Loughlin, of High Street, admitted possessing cannabis on August 27 last year. Loughlin, unemployed, was arrested …
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Published: 5:35 PM September 2, 2022 A popular annual concert will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as it makes a welcome return. This year’s Beating Retreat and Military Band Concert will be held at Thursford, near Fakenham, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm on Tuesday, September 6. This year’s star attraction is the British …
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How to make your money go further in the cost of living crisis (Picture: Supplied / Getty / Alamy / Metro.co.uk) The cost of living crisis is stressful, alright. With bills soaring sky-high and not being able to live like we used to, you’ll no doubt be cutting back your …
Read More »An investment vehicle linked to Daniel Křetínský, a secretive Czech billionaire who owns stakes in Royal Mail, J Sainsbury and West Ham United, has bought a castle near Paris for €43m (£37m), according to filings seen by Bloomberg. Křetínský’s fund is said to have bought the more than 100-room Château …
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For eight days in late August, the Port of Felixstowe — usually a scene of constant motion as Britain’s busiest container shipping dock — was almost devoid of activity, with few goods coming in or out. For the first time in more than three decades, its workers were on strike. …
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Mick Lynch addresses striking postal workers at Mount Pleasant sorting office in Farringdon SIGNS reading “I support my postie” were stuck up in windows and doors across the borough as postal workers came out on strike this week. Both Royal Mail and Post Office workers downed tools on different days …
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