Two vehicles were involved in a collision on Westleaze, near Charminster Author: Faye TryhornPublished 25th May 2023 A man’s been left with life-threatening injuries, following a two vehicle crash near Dorchester. Police were called to Westleaze, near Charminster, at around 7.15am yesterday (Wednesday 24th May). A blue Land Rover Discovery …
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Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is inviting families to remember fathers and father-figures next month and has a number of special ways to help them do just that. On Sunday 18 June – Father’s Day itself – between 9.30am and 1pm, local people are being invited to visit the crematorium and …
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Frank Hanna, the joint chief executive of Michelmersh Brick Holdings (MBH), is set to leave his post to become the sole CEO of rival building materials group Brickability (BRCK). Hanna, who has been in the brick business for 33 years and joint chief executive at Michelmersh alongside Peter Sharp since …
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The Princess of Wales’ popularity is ‘unsettling’ for King Charles and Queen Camilla – but the Palace see Kate as a ‘great model for the monarchy’, royal experts have claimed. On this week’s episode of Mail+’s PALACE CONFIDENTIAL series, the Mail on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Kate Mansey and the Daily …
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The new CCTV cameras on the Bay Cycle Way between Lancaster and Morecambe have now gone live. Twenty-two CCTV cameras have been installed along the Bay Cycle Way to help residents feel safer, after concerns were raised following a series of serious incidents. Among them, a woman in her 70s …
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A man and a woman have been arrested in Dunmurry after a postman suffered a “vicious” attack on Thursday afternoon. Police say the postal worker was repeatedly struck in the face in the Brianswell Close area of Poleglass, with the assault continuing after he fell to the ground. Róisín Brown, …
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It is thirteen years since pensions-fund expert John Ralfe described Royal Mail as a hedge fund that delivers letters. That was before privatisation and was Ralfe’s warning about Royal Mail’s secret decision to invest £5.13 billion of workers’ pension funds into the futures market—a high-stakes gamble that risked financial ruin for …
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The World Socialist Web Site has received further write-ins from postal workers across the UK speaking out against brutal cost-cutting revisions agreed between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. Mass anger towards the CWU’s surrender document with Royal Mail has forced the CWU postal executive to “postpone” balloting on the …
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The UK will be treated to a rare third bank holiday in a single month next week. This year, the annual spring bank holiday falls on Monday 29 May. It comes in addition to the early May bank holiday at the start of the month, and the bonus day off …
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A newly released cache of FBI files has revealed a potential plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to California. FILE: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II gestures as she meets representatives of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery to mark the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of A …
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