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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 …

A couple running a Burton Post Office at the heart of its community have spoken of their sadness as they close their doors for the final time. Winshill Post Office’s last day of trading is today, June 27, with bosses Rupa and Parish Vakharia having been in charge for the …

A Burton tennis and squash club celebrating 100 years in town this year is aiming to get more people to take up the sports. It is still recovering from a dip in numbers caused when courts were forced to close during the covid pandemic, it says. Burton Tennis and Squash …

Royal Mail workers in Swadlincote were taking part in strike action today. They were manning a picket line outside the town’s sorting office off Swadlincote in freezing temperatures. The action was part of a national strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with dates also set for strikes …

Postal services were disrupted today in Burton as Royal Mail workers walked out as part of one of the biggest strikes of the year. It comes as industrial unrest continues to spread across the country in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Postal workers are joining university staff and teachers …

Burton Road to the southwest of Derby has been completely transformed during the last one hundred years or so, turning into what residents have described as the best entry road into the city. During the Victorian and Edwardian periods, cramped slums stood where residents now live in mostly large detached …

Birds bakery is now selling its products including pork pies and ginger bread men across the country for the first time with the launch of an online home delivery service. Birds, which has 62 stores across the East Midlands including in Burton and Swadlincote, will be selling products including Christmas …

Royal Mail workers in Burton have been left incensed after being slapped with parking fines while they were at work. They say during the coronavirus pandemic and the count down to Christmas more staff than ever are working from the Burton Sorting Office, which means the staff car park is …

Post boxes have been dug out of the ground and stolen from a village near Burton. A postman on their round noticed two of the post boxes were missing and the Royal Mail’s Burton delivery office reported it to Staffordshire Police. The first was situated on the soft verge next …

A moving tribute has been paid to a much-loved mother and Royal Mail worker who has died at the age of just 43. The instantly recognisable red Royal Mail vans lined Ashby Road in Burton forming a special guard of honour as Louise Mortlock made her final journey to Bretby …