Royal Mail amends plans for new Patcham sorting office

The plans would see new storage facilities and a vehicle maintenance facility built on land in Patcham Court Farm. If approved, they would see the current sorting offices in North Road and Denmark Villas knocked down and replaced with housing. In the amended plans, no proposed changes have been made …

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“Believe in yourself” says MSQ’s female pioneer

Seafaring dates back thousands of years and has sometimes been regarded as ‘no job for women’. In some cultures it was even considered unlucky to have female crew. No wonder women found it difficult to break into maritime jobs. Phillipa Cowan In 1989, the then Department of Harbours and Marine …

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Kirby Cross post box stolen after new homes are built

The theft of the postbox, located in Halstead Road, Kirby Cross, near to Kirby Primary Academy, follows the building of 240 new houses. As a result, occupants in the area have been left without a postbox. For Ray Enever, chairman of Kirby Residents Association, this has been especially frustrating. Ray was first …

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