Royal Mail’s first stamp issue of the new decade highlights landmark British video games. The postal service packs 12 iconic titles into a collection celebrating classic UK-designed games “that put the ‘joy’ in ‘joystick.’” Selected with the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), video game journalist Julian Rignall, and Bitmap …
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Gail Ross says her constituents in the north Highlands are facing delivery charge discrimination on a daily basis. Picture: DGS NORTH MSP Gail Ross has condemned the “disgraceful” continuation of unfair delivery surcharges affecting communities north of the central belt, with those in the Highlands and Islands particularly badly hit. …
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The boom in e-commerce has created a huge new market for truckers and last-mile logistics specialists in the run up to the pre-Christmas peak season. The flipside of the fourth-quarter peak season rush is a surge in returns at the start of the new year, according to new analysis. In …
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First published 08 January 2020 • Updated 08 January 2020 The Pension Schemes Bill now moving through Parliament will enable the creation of a new breed of pension scheme. ‘Collective Defined Contribution’ schemes may offer members and employers a better balance between security and affordability. Article by Nick Green. A new …
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s close confidant Tom Bradby says the couple are ‘considering their options in the future’ amid speculation they could move to Canada and even walk away from public life. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are rumoured to be looking at the option of relocating to …
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Published: 09:48 Updated: 09:49 Wednesday 08 January 2020 A Royal Mail delivery office was evacuated for a time this morning following the discovery of a suspicious package. Emergency services were called to the premises in Omagh after the discovery of the package. High Street, Omagh – Google maps A …
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The Royal Mail Sorting Office in Omagh was evacuated after a suspicious package was found this morning (Wednesday). Staff were removed from the building around 8am and police attended the scene but their investigation revealed the package was ‘nothing untoward.’ Staff have since returned to work and the office is …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1068/30088 From The Socialist newspaper, 8 January 2020 RMT and NSSN protest outside parliament against the Tory government’s threat to the right to strike. 19.12.19, photo JB (Click to enlarge) Rob Williams, Socialist Party industrial organiser The mask has slipped – almost the first act of …
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Firefighting bodies have called for a likely royal commission into the bushfires to look into resourcing, coordination, inter-state communication, training and fatigue as critical issues. Representatives from six organisations in NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia raised the issue on Wednesday after Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged the potential …
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Selfless: May Steele Ulster Unionist honorary president May Steele who ’embodied’ the party dies at 83 BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Tributes have been paid to May Steele, the honorary president of the Ulster Unionist Party, following her death at the age of 83. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ulster-unionist-honorary-president-may-steele-who-embodied-the-party-dies-at-83-38842520.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/a8fd5/38842519.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/2020-01-08_new_56120371_I1.JPG Email Tributes have been paid to May Steele, …
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