Postal workers at Royal Mail face a deluge of attacks on jobs, working conditions, pay, and entitlements as the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) national agreement takes effect. Anger is growing, with ballots for industrial action in Scotland and London only the tip of the iceberg. At Hayes delivery office near …
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A set of stamps honouring Dame Shirley Bassey's 70 years in showbiz has been issued by Royal Mail – its first set dedicated to a solo female music … Source link
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ROYAL MAIL could save £225 million (€263 million) annually by axing Saturday deliveries. The company, which lost £1 billion (€1.17 billion) last year, must deliver letters from Monday to Saturday but has asked repeatedly for a review of the regulations now that fewer letters are sent. While more people, together …
Read More »Rather interestingly the slot-in day indicator said (next collection) TUE so it will be three days before my letter (fortunately 2nd class) is picked up. It all rather suggests that postboxes are now to be emptied by the deliverers on their rounds. Efficiency for them possibly, benefit for the customer …
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A set of stamps honouring Dame Shirley Bassey’s 70 years in showbiz has been issued by Royal Mail – its first collection dedicated to a solo female music artist. The eight stamps in the main set show the Welsh singer performing during her illustrious music career at a London nightclub …
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SIR – Isabel Oakeshott is lucky that she has only been waiting a year for a local road to be fixed (“Feckless councils are ripping taxpayers off”, Comment, September 4). In August 2020 we asked the authorities in Suffolk to install about 35 yards of double-yellow lines in a stretch of …
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Salisbury Cathedral to give an Evenson service in memory of Queen Elizabeth II (Image: Finnbarr Webster) A SPECIAL service remembering the passing of Queen Elizabeth II – the longest-reigning British Monarch will take place at Salisbury Cathedral. The Late Queen reigned for 70 years surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother, …
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Open this photo in gallery: Ryan Hart and Luc Bertrand with the President’s Cup at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Ile-Bizard by Montreal on July 31. The Cup will be hosted in Montreal in 2024.Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail They’re narrowing the fairways. They’re filling the bunkers with new …
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Welsh singing superstar Dame Shirley Bassey will be celebrated with a series of Royal Mail stamps to mark her 70 years in showbiz Dame Shirley said she ‘never dreamed’ of her face being on a stamp Royal Mail has revealed images of 12 special stamps to mark 70 years since …
Read More »Bassey is the first solo female music artist to be honoured with a dedicated stamp issue. Eight stamps are part of the main set and they show Dame Shirley performing throughout her career. A further four stamps which are presented in a miniature sheet capture her during recording sessions and …
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