The announcement that the port was to be given Royal Charter status was made by PM Sir Keir Starmer on behalf of the monarch during a visit to Barrow on Thursday. During the official visit to mark the contribution of Barrow’s shipbuilding industry to the nation’s national security, the keel …
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The Oxfordshire Court and Crime Podcast takes listeners behind the scenes of all the latest trials, sentences, and more taking place across Oxfordshire’s courts. Season two launched on Friday, February 7 with episode one focusing on the sentencing of Catherine Pearl, a teacher guilty of sexual assault. READ MORE: Driver avoids …
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A councillor queried whether such a scheme would be possible after a trial was found to be “limited to unsuccessful” due to weather. But an Argyll and Bute Council official responded that various types of drones were being trialled, while a report said there is a “strong use case” for …
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Police have arrested a teenage van driver after a collision on the A34 left a biker in hospital with ‘serious injuries’. Emergency services were scrambled to Newcastle Road, on the outskirts of Congleton, following reports of a smash. The incident left the route, near Brownlow Heath, shut for around six …
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A 103-year-old Second World War veteran has been sharing his stories of the frontline with primary school children in Salford – as part of a new project to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Bombardier Tom Jones was called up to serve in the Royal Artillery as the war broke …
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A 103-year-old Second World War veteran has been sharing his stories of the frontline with primary school children in Salford – as part of a new project to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Bombardier Tom Jones was called up to serve in the Royal Artillery as the war broke …
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An engineering firm has been granted planning permission for two new production units – creating up to 100 jobs. Goodwin International, a subsidiary company of the Hanley-based Goodwin Group, is set to build the units at Newstead Industrial Estate. The group, which currently employs 400 staff at the site, says …
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Postal workers and their supporters rally against job cuts and privatization of the US Postal Service at a rally in New York City, March 20, 2025 Join the rank-and-file rebellion to save the Post Office! Join the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee by filling out the form below. US postal workers …
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A search for a man who escaped from a prison van on a motorway has entered its third day. Jamie Cooper, 33, fled from the GEOAmey vehicle travelling to Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Lancashire Police said. The force said they received a report of the escape, believed to have …
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Canada Post workers on strike in Ontario in November 2024 The following statement was sent to the World Socialist Web Site by Daniel Berkley, a leading member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (Canada), in response to a statement issued by the Deutsche Post Action Committee earlier this month. That …
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