[ad_1] An eight-day strike at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain’s biggest gateway to global trade, could disrupt supplies to the nation’s supermarkets and exports by the country’s biggest industrial groups through to Christmas, experts are warning. There are fears that consumers could face fresh shortages of some goods and even higher prices, on top of…
[ad_1] I was surprised that your article on gout made no mention of colchicine, which I find clears up my gout in hours (I’m 35 and I have gout – and it’s not for the reasons you think, 18 August). Colchicine, in the form of the autumn crocus, was used as early as 1500BC to…
[ad_1] Hastings People’s Assembly. Photo: Michael Huggett Faced with multiple interlocking crises, unity in action is the only way we can effectively resist, writes Michael Huggett reporting on Saturday’s Hastings people’s assembly Evidence, if any were needed, of the power of local groups coming together in solidarity, was seen on Saturday 20 August, as the…
[ad_1] THIS is the hilarious moment a little girl gives a postman a little TOO much information about what her mum is up to as a parcel is delivered. Ring Cam footage shows the postman, who has not been named, dropping off the post and a parcel. 2 The postie chats to Lauren’s kids as…
[ad_1] The contents of Prince Harry’s forthcoming tell-all memoir still remain a mystery, including to the Royal family who will get to read the book at the same time as the public. Sources allege neither Prince Charles nor Prince William, or their attorneys and advisers, have been given the opportunity to preview any parts of…
[ad_1] A postman was left red-faced when he was out sending a parcel and told by a young girl that her mum was busy upstairs “having a poo”. The hilarious moment was captured on a door security camera when he came by to drop a parcel and some letters. In the clip, the postie rings…
[ad_1] CHAPTER 3 Jack finally receives some orders, to join Admiral Stanraer’s blockade of Brest, but first, he has to take care of some local politics (some sort of land issue), which he does successfully, much to the delight of the common man (and less so to the delight of the local aristocracy). Meanwhile, we…
[ad_1] A POPULAR Warrington shop which has been in operation for more than 40 years is up for sale. Warrington Tackle and Guns in Woolston is now on the market. Based on Parksway it sells bait, rods, lines, hooks, storage, guns and accessories and benefits from high levels of repeat custom. According to a listing…
[ad_1] Thunder Bay native Barbara Reynolds lived and regularly paid her pension in the UK for 20 years before returning to Canada where she made another one-off payment to the UK government to top up her contributions. That didn’t stop her from worrying about paying her apartment rent in Halifax this month, after she was…
[ad_1] Royal Mail is facing an almighty bust-up with a union that has issued demands costing £1billion – including a pay boost for posties who want a shorter working week. A series of strikes is looming at Royal Mail as the UK’s summer of discontent worsens. The postal giant claims it is being held to…