It’s all to do with when you book your holidays 04:11, 27 Nov 2025Updated 07:27, 27 Nov 2025 Schools close on bank holidays, and many people are given the day off work(Image: Catherine Falls Commercial via Getty Images) As we move towards the New Year, many of us will be …
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It’s one of the Cotswolds’ best-preserved areas and has remained almost unchanged over the decades, and it’s a great place to visit in autumn. Nicola Roy Spare Time writer and Alycia McNamara 03:11, 04 Oct 2025 Painswick in the Cotswolds is worth a visit this autumn(Image: fotoVoyager via Getty Images) …
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With a bank holiday coming up, you might be wondering if Royal Mail delivers post on public holidays. Whether you’re waiting for an important parcel or you’re holding off on ordering something, here are the posting times for Royal Mail this bank holiday. Several retailers and businesses, including supermarkets, temporarily …
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Looking to post something over Easter? (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Early May Bank Holiday is already here, but expect delays to any deliveries as the Royal Mail also get some much needed time off too. This weekend will see the Early May Bank Holiday on Monday, May 5. Many of us …
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Emergency departments are very busy on New Year’s Day and people have been asked to try alternatives if they are feeling poorly and it isn’t a “genuine emergency”. Hull Royal Infirmary has put up a post reminding people that hangovers and other minor ailments are not a reason to come …
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Which shops are open on the day? (Picture: Akira Suemori/Shutterstock) A small number of shops will be open on Christmas Day this year for incredibly last minute shoppers. But don’t get your hopes up for big purchases, as almost all stores will be closed on December 25. Major supermarkets will …
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With Christmas now just around the corner, details have been confirmed on the changes to bin collections around Kent over the festive period. Across each of the 13 districts, alterations to waste pickups vary from place to place, so it can be a little confusing knowing when to actually pop …
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Hundreds of support staff at Royal Derby Hospital say they have been left “struggling” after payment issues with the private company which is supposed to pay their wages. Trade union Unison claimed more than 650 support staff employed by ISS, working at Royal Derby Hospital, including porters, catering employees and …
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The owner of a charity shop who received a “hope you fail” letter from “neighbourhood watch” says the outpouring of support they have received for the local community has “turned a negative into a positive”. The angry handwritten letter , which arrived through the letterbox of Kreate on Hutcliffe Wood …
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A handwritten letter posted to a local charity in Sheffield threatening they would “soon close” has prompted a “shock” reaction online. The angry letter arrived through the letterbox of Kreate on Hutcliffe Wood Road in Beauchief by second class Royal Mail delivery, in an envelope addressed to “the owner”. It …
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