The dispute saw over 115,000 workers take 18 days of strike action in the final quarter of 2022 OLI SCARFF Text size Postal workers at the UK’s Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a …
Read More »UK’s BAE Systems announces plan to produce armaments in Ukraine
Following months of talks, BAE Systems, the UK’s main weapons manufacturer, confirmed on Tuesday that it will establish an office in Ukraine, as the precursor to building weapons inside Ukraine. The Telegraph reported the major escalation of NATO’s war against Russia late Tuesday following a video call between Ukrainian President …
Read More »UK Airports to face another six months of strikes – here’s why
UK airports face another six months of strikes after public sector workers including Border Force officials voted to extend a campaign of industrial action. Heathrow and other airports have deployed extra staff to passport control desks during strikes in recent months. The Public and Commercial Services Union said on Wednesday …
Read More »Canadian postal worker voices support for UK Royal Mail workers’ fight against concessions-filled contract
115,000 postal workers in Britain are currently being balloted on a sellout agreement reached between Royal Mail management and the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The deal includes the market-based restructuring of Royal Mail, massive attacks on pay and conditions, and plans for up to 10,000 job cuts. Postal workers delivered …
Read More »Special diversity stamps issued to mark King Charles III’s Coronation
A set of four stamps reflecting subjects close to the heart of King Charles III, such as diversity and the Commonwealth, has been unveiled to mark the 74-year-old monarch’s Coronation on Saturday. Royal Mail said the stamps illustrate the Coronation ceremony as well as some of the causes Charles has …
Read More »UK coronation fever yet to take hold
A poll in mid-April indicated that nearly two-thirds of Britons were not interested in the ceremony, unlike last year when Elizabeth celebrated her record 70th year on the throne. Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort look at members of the Bearer Party transferring the coffin of Queen …
Read More »Letter from 1916 arrives at London man’s home
A letter mailed in 1916 arrived at its intended address in London more than 100 years later. Photo courtesy of the Norwood Society/Twitter Feb. 20 (UPI) — A London man who received a letter addressed to a former resident of his home was shocked to discover it had been mailed more …
Read More »Notorious ransomware gang LockBit accused of attack on UK's Royal Mail
A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail's international export services was said to be caused by Lockbit. Source link
Read More »Prince Harry says Royal Family got into bed with tabloid press ‘devil’
A person at home in Edinburgh watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV’s Tom Bradby, during ‘Harry: The Interview,’ two days before his controversial autobiography ‘Spare’ is published, on Jan. 8.Jane Barlow/The Associated Press Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the …
Read More »The Crown Season 5: Exhausting itself in defence of the monarchy
Peter Morgan’s lengthy Netflix drama about the British monarchy, The Crown, has now completed its fifth and penultimate season. It has strengths, but the further it progresses the more glaring its weaknesses—and its less than socially uplifting intentions—become. The show has fictionalised real events, many of them controversial and difficult …
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