The rising costs of social care are impacting local authorities up and down the country Bootle Town Hall.(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo) Sefton Council is forecasting a £5.5m overspend in its budgets for adult and children’s social care. Like many local authorities, the borough of Sefton is reporting increased demand …
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The speech delivered by Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy general secretary Martin Walsh at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference over the dire situation facing Royal Mail workers was entirely two-faced and underlined the cynical nature of the yearly coming-together of the union bureaucracy. Walsh managed to cram in …
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Toby Jones is one of the favourites to win a National Television Award after taking on the title role in the hit ITV drama Mr Bates vs Post Office. The actor garnered huge praise for his portrayal of former subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates, who helped bring legal action against the …
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A storm is coming to the UK this Thursday, with temperatures dropping to wintry weather for some – and that could mean hail and even snow. The UK is set to see “unseasonably cold” conditions over the next few days, with patchy rural frost developing by Thursday night, forecasters have …
Read More »Dorset Police was informed on September 8 at 9.15pm that the postbox outside Derek J Rolls Estate Agents on Wimborne Road had been set alight. Wendy Rolls said the postbox had not been the only target of the fire and that a lit serviette had been posted into their office. The blaze was …
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Money Saving Expert has issued a warning about an impending price increase for stamps, with first-class stamps set to rise by 22 per cent from October 7. The cost of sending parcels via first and second class, as well as Royal Mail’s ‘Signed For’, ‘Special Delivery Guaranteed’, and ‘Tracked’ services, …
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The festival will be held in the grounds of the abandoned building What the indoor arena will look like at Paradisco: The Festival(Image: Supplied) Thousands of people are expected to attend a huge music festival in an abandoned hospital. The event is being run by Paradisco, which was founded by …
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Passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean ship watched in horror as a 12-year-old boy plunged to his death from a 13th-floor balcony on the last night of their cruise. Thousands were aboard the Harmony of the Seas as it headed towards Galveston, Texas, at the end of its seven-day cruise around …
Read More »Glebe Road is the meeting point for runners this evening (September 11) who are poised to take on a run around Harrowgate Hill at 7pm to mark world suicide prevention day and raise funds for two charities. IfUCareShare and Darlington-based charity the Harvey McWilliams Foundation are to be the recipients …
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Meghan Markle revealed she ‘felt uncomfortable being out in the world’ when she was a working royal and ‘craved safety’ in a speech at Oprah’s book event. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, attended her friend Oprah’s book club session at the Godmothers bookstore in Summerland, located just a few miles from …
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