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[ad_1] One of Sir Vince Cable’s most difficult moments as business secretary came in the aftermath of the Royal Mail privatisation. The sale of the postal service had been controversial enough; not even that arch-privatiser Margaret Thatcher wanted to “sell the Queen’s head”. Other administrations since her had planned a sale but dropped it as…

[ad_1] Why are you making commenting on HeraldScotland only available to subscribers? It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and…

[ad_1] Three 24-hour strikes by railway workers scheduled for the coming week have been called off, the RMT union has announced, saying it will now enter “a period of intensive negotiations” with Network Rail and rail operators. The news came as Royal Mail and the CWU union agreed to a week of intensive talks in…

[ad_1] Royal Mail has unveiled its Christmas stamp collection which will feature the Queen’s silhouette for the final time. The festive stamps will centre around key moments from the Nativity with all six styles bearing the outline of the late Queen Elizabeth II who passed away in September. The Queen’s distinctive side profile, which was…

[ad_1] THIS autumn there is a bumper crop of acorns and walking under a mature oak we find ourselves crunching underfoot dozens of the thousands of acorns littering the ground below. The oak is truly a most bountiful tree, an essential link in the ecosystem directly or indirectly supporting a vast range of animals, birds,…