We are well into autumn and we’ve experienced weather and flood warnings already, so driving carefully is vital when the weather can suddenly turn. Speed limits are there for a reason and in the locations below, there is going to be extra enforcement this month with mobile speed cameras in …
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When Bristol University’s brand new £300 million campus is built behind Temple Meads, it is hoped it will include a new entrance to the city’s historic railway station. The station has already seen a number of upgrades in the last year, including the electrification project and two new sets of …
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Fourfoursixsix Architects has won planning permission for a 121-home mixed-use scheme on the site of a former Marks & Spencer store in Haringey, north London. The development (pictured) will contain 16,000sq ft of retail space fronting Wood Green’s High Road, with apartments above set back from the street and focused …
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Yong is the founding president of the Malaysian Mensa Society, which is now presided over by Tan Kee Aun. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri PETALING JAYA, Oct 2 — Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon first discovered that he had a high IQ on a whim. While traveling on a plane …
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The UK government has expressed “regret” that British explorers killed some of the first indigenous Maori they came across in New Zealand 250 years ago. British High Commissioner to New Zealand Laura Clarke met with Maori tribal leaders in the town of Gisborne on Wednesday, marking the anniversary of Captain …
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EAGLE-EYED veterans who helped spot enemy aircraft over Britain were presented with long service medals at Cowley Barracks in March 1965. The three city stalwarts were members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC), with nearly 50 years of service between them. The ROC was a civil defence organisation for the …
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Elton John has added more European and UK dates to his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, with next year’s run set to start and finish at London’s O2 Arena. Two nights at the venue have been added on November 2 and December 17, bringing the total number of shows in …
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Image copyright AFP/PA Image caption Dame Moya Greene, Dame Minouche Shafik and Emma Walmsley are backing the campaign A group of 100 of the UK’s most successful businesswomen have launched a campaign to close the gender pay gap. Some of corporate Britain’s biggest names are behind the #MeTooPay initiative including …
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ANOTHER delivery firm has secured a move to Omega. Ecommerce and specialist distribution company the Delivery Group has leased a 137,865sq ft unit at the site, which it will use as its ‘new specialist mail hub’. It follows the letting of a 346,152sq ft building to the Royal Mail – …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29660 From The Socialist newspaper, 2 October 2019 Renationalise the industry under democratic workers’ control photo A Tice (Click to enlarge) Robert McArdle, Coventry Communications Workers Union (CWU) member A showdown between Royal Mail bosses and 120,000 workers is taking place as jobs and conditions come …
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