[ad_1] PEEBLES is reduced to its main Eastgate Post Office after a sub-branch shut for good this week. The kiosk, within the Adam Purves Company community store in Glen Road, accepted its last business at Tuesday lunchtime. Peebles Community Council member Anne Snoddy told its meeting last week that after not hearing from the Post…
[ad_1] Do you remember seeing the iconic footage of a house being moved down through Hereford’s High Town? These days, probably very few people cast a glance upwards when they walk down High Street to look at the black-and-white building lodged into the upper reaches of the New Look, formerly the Littlewoods, store. And even…
[ad_1] The Royal Navy’s biggest warship has been spotted off the south coast of England. Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth – built to send a message of “defiance to those who would do us harm” – is supported by around 3,700 personnel when operating at full capacity. The ship was seen off the Plymouth Sound…
[ad_1] Fans of Aldi’s famous Kevin the Carrot don’t need to wait until Christmas this year to get a sneak peek into his whereabouts. Like many across the UK, Kevin has been preparing for the Jubilee celebrations and has left his year long post-Christmas hiatus to return to Aldi shelves. Available to pre-order online today,…
[ad_1] Goldman Sachs has bowed to demands for a less stressful workplace by offering a “flexible vacation” scheme that allows senior bankers to take a holiday whenever they feel like a break. Generosity further down the investment bank’s global chain of command is more limited: it has told traders and admin staff – who are…
[ad_1] Royal Mail plc’s (LON:RMG) dividend will be increasing to UK£0.13 on 6th of September. This makes the dividend yield 13%, which is above the industry average. View our latest analysis for Royal Mail Royal Mail’s Payment Has Solid Earnings Coverage While it is great to have a strong dividend yield, we should also consider…
[ad_1] Tiger Woods withdrew from the US PGA Championship on Saturday evening, hours after recording his worst score in the event. Woods made the halfway cut with a shot to spare at Southern Hills, but struggled to a nine-over-par 79 in the third round. That left the 46-year-old 12 over par and tied for last…
[ad_1] Crowning glory: The Queen’s Coronation in 1953 If you have a Royal commemorative mug collecting dust on the mantelpiece, now is the time to spruce it up and raise a toast to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. But while most patriotic pottery is little more than a memento worth a few pennies, you should still…
[ad_1] Contingency plans are being drawn up to try and keep passenger and freight trains running in the event of industrial action after unions warned of “potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history”. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union is balloting 40,000 members on the move, which network sources have reportedly said…
[ad_1] Falkland Islanders have spoken of their gratitude for “freedom” to mark the 40th anniversary of British forces landing on the Islands as part of its recapture from Argentina in 1982. Throughout May 21 and 22, 1982, British troops carried out an amphibious landing at San Carlos in the Falkland Islands. Argentine forces went on…