Royal Mail has unveiled a selection of stamps celebrating beloved Aardman Animations characters including Wallace and Gromit, Morph and Shaun The Sheep. The Bristol -based animation studio was founded in 1972 and is best known for its films using stop-motion and clay modelling animation techniques. The British postage service company …
Read More »Royal Australian Mint making AC/DC coins with Angus Young for band's 50th anniversary
The $1 silver frosted version of the AC/DC coin, left, and the 20c version, right, is coloured to look like a record. · Next year marks 50 years since … Source link
Read More »Judith Keppel announces retirement from Eggheads after 19 years
One of the original members of the TV quiz show Eggheads has announced they are retiring from the programme. Judith Keppel, who joined the programme in 2003, has said she will will not return when Eggheads starts its 24th series on Channel 5 on Monday (October 10). She told the …
Read More »Urgent action needed to address nurse shortage in Wales
Urgent action is needed to address the nurse shortage in Wales following a recent report. The Royal College of Nursing’s, Nursing in Numbers report states that there are not enough registered nurses or nursing staff employed by NHS Wales and this is having a devasting impact on nursing morale. In the …
Read More »Power restored to Baltic Sea island after outage due to ‘local fault’
A power cut briefly hit the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm on Monday. Authorities initially said an underwater cable from Sweden that provides electricity had been severed, but later blamed it on a local fault. Energinet, a public company that owns the sea cable which provides electricity to Bornholm, …
Read More »Search for missing pregnant woman last seen at Royal Oldham
The search for a pregnant woman has been launched after she was last seen at Royal Oldham Hospital last month. Sarah Marson, from Rochdale, was last seen at the hospital at around 8.20pm on Friday, September 30 and was wearing a white jumper at the time. Sarah is understood to …
Read More »When are the Royal Mail strikes this week? Date of the next postal strike and how post will be affected
Royal Mail workers are continuing to stage strikes in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. Staff members represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced 19 further days of action taking place throughout October and November 2022. Here are all the planned strike days and how post will …
Read More »USPS Announce Plans For Higher Stamp Prices in 2023
The price rises keep coming for USPS customers as they have announced they intend to raise the price of stamps again from January 22nd, 2023. This will come roughly 6 months after the last price increase we saw from USPS in July 2022. It has been no secret that the …
Read More »Philadelphia Eagles remain undefeated with 20-17 victory over Arizona Cardinals
The Philadelphia Eagles remain the only undefeated team in the NFL following a 20-17 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Quarterback Jalen Hurts ran for two touchdowns in the narrow win, which stretched the Eagles’ winning streak to five games. After a back-and-forth affair through most of the game, the Eagles …
Read More »Amazon to invest 1 billion euros in European electric fleet,
10 October 2022 The U.S. online retailer said the investment would help its electric van fleet in Europe more than triple from 3,000 vehicles to more than 10,000 by 2025, according to Reuters. The retailer said it will also invest in doubling its European network of ‘micro-mobility’ hubs from …
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