Royal Mail staff to strike tomorrow

[ad_1] Royal Mail workers will walk out in fresh strike action amid a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced that they will walk out on February 16, threatening more disruption to mail deliveries. The strike was announced despite talks last month at the conciliation service Acas aimed…

[ad_1] The Bearsden Delivery Office, on Milngavie Road, will go under the hammer by Auction House Scotland on Thursday, November 27, along with three other Royal Mail locations. Valued at £27,750, the building is close to the town centre and adjacent to the busy train station. According to the listing, this substantial former delivery office…

[ad_1] Isolation cheats, vaccine problems and starving rats are among the stories leading the papers at the start of the week. The Times leads with proposals for a “total social lockdown” in northern Britain as the country wrestles with a second wave of Covid-19. The Times 28/9/20Play it with flowers: The Scots Guards perform for the…

[ad_1] The Station Road postal hub, serving Eastriggs, Gretna, and a vast rural area, was visited at dawn by David Mundell, the Dumfriesshire MP, and his son Oliver, the constituency MSP. Mr Mundell said: “Despite the changing landscape in technology and deliveries, Royal Mail and our posties have a special place in communities and our…