A ‘violent’ and ‘abusive’ man has been jailed at Glasgow High Court after carrying out a campaign of sexual offences, violence and abuse across the country. Anthony Gibson subjected several women to abuse across Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh and Midlothian. Gibson, 37, has been jailed for 13 years. Gibson was charged …
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By Martin Croucher ( November 13, 2024, 4:54 PM GMT) — The retirement savings watchdog set out on Wednesday how it will intervene if a new generation of collective pension plans are not being properly run, warning that it will act if it sees a risk to savers…. Law360 is …
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Farron, who represents Westmorland and Lonsdale, raised concerns in Parliament following the announcement of a strategic review into how the Post Office operates, Local Democracy Reporting Service said. It revealed it could get rid of 115 directly owned branches, which also includes Furness House in Barrow. Farron said the same …
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Sub-postmasters celebrated outside the High Court after 39 of their convictions were quashed in 2021 TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE After more than two and a half years of testimony by almost 300 witnesses and around two million pages of evidence, the final day of hearings came on Wednesday in the …
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Huddersfield double murderer Marcus Osborne has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Osborne was handed a whole life order in March this year after murdering his ex-partner, Katie Higton, and her new partner, Steven Harnett. Osborne – who had been bailed after Katie told police she feared he …
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Graeme Souness has told how fundraising for charity has allowed people to see “the real me” as he was made a CBE at Windsor Castle. Souness, both a player and manager at Rangers and Liverpool, was honoured for his services to football and charity by the Prince of Wales on …
Read More »MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron raised concerns in Parliament over the Post Office on Stricklandgate being on a list of branches the Post Office could offload in a bid to boost postmaster pay. The Post Office revealed it is looking to get rid of 115 directly owned branches …
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Post Offices across the South West are facing potential closure as part of a major restructuring that could lead to around 1,000 job losses. The Post Office has announced plans to shut 115 directly-owned branches from its extensive network of 11,500, with the possibility of them being handed over to …
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The Post Office plans to close more than 100 branches and says about 2,000 jobs are at risk. The Post Office confirmed on Wednesday it was seeking to offload 115 branches, known as crown post offices, it centrally owns, but said it expected to maintain the total network at 11,500 …
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More disruption is expected for Scots islanders as CalMac published a revised and reduced winter timetable as the return of one of its largest vessels is delayed for additional repairs. Following the announcement that MV Caledonian Isles is expected to be out of service until the end of March, the …
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