Long-debated proposals to create a Windsor Town Council edged forward on Tuesday as a motion to undertake a community governance review into the possibility was approved. At a full council meeting, Cllr Karen Davies (Lib Dem, Clewer East) put forward the motion, which received praise from several councillors including Cllr …
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Support us and go ad-free The University and College Union (UCU) has held a nationwide day of protests at universities. It’s over the ongoing dispute with bosses over pay and conditions, which has seen a nationwide marking boycott. The protests saw support from staff and students alike – and the …
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Record high temperatures since early July are threatening the health and lives of workers, especially those forced to work in unsafe conditions. Berran Özen Kırmızıgül (42), a postal worker from the state-owned Turkish Post (PTT), was hospitalized on Monday after she collapsed due to sunstroke while delivering mail in the …
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Inexpensive, functional and easy-to-wear, there’s nothing much regal about the humble espadrille. But if millions find the braided sandals impossible to ignore in the holiday season, the same applies to the royals – who seem to choose even for formal occasions (and when the sun is hiding). Sophie, the Duchess …
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If there’s one thing the internet knows, it’s that cats sell. The Scottish painter Elizabeth Blackadder, who died in 2021 at the age of 89, knew it too. Her sinuous, characterful cat pictures, watercolours mostly but also oils and prints, helped cement her place as the nation’s favourite painter. She …
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This August will see many changes to people’s lives through a variety of new rules, regulations and other alterations. There is a Bank Holiday which will mean changes to the date people will receive benefits payments and people will also see the continued support from the government’s energy price guarantee, …
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A Royal Mail driver has transformed the once litter-strewn alleyway that runs behind his house in Manchester into a plant-filled haven. When Patrick Smikle, 63, moved to the area four decades ago, the “ginnel” was used for fly-tipping. Sixteen years ago, however, he began turning it into a garden, helped …
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27 July 2023, 13:34 | Updated: 27 July 2023, 13:37 Old-style stamps are being replaced by ones with barcodes. Picture: Alamy/Royal Mail 1st and 2nd Class stamps without a barcode will be invalid from 31st July – here’s how to swap them. Royal Mail is urging customers to use up …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Wildcat kittens which will likely be released into the wild in the Cairngorms in 2024 have been born. They are the second lot of litters to arrive at the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre at the Highland Wildlife …
Read More »Thursday’s announcement comes amid fears the packaging of productivity software Office with messaging and videoconferencing app Teams gives the tech giant an unfair edge over competitors. The 27-nation bloc’s top competition enforcer, the European Commission, said it will carry out the probe “as a matter of priority”. It stems from …
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