Royal Mail Post Box (Image courtesy: The blowup on Unsplash) The shop has been empty since last year Torbay MP Kevin Foster has urged Torquay town centre businesses to come to the rescue after one of the resort’s remaining post offices closed. The outlet in Torwood Street is set to …
Read More »Royal Mail clashes with union over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ on picket lines
R oyal Mail has clashed with the main union representing postal workers as they staged another strike in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. The company said it has written to Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), claiming a pattern of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” …
Read More »Hands off our shopping centre!
What eyesore? (courtesy: Ed Oldfield/LDRS) Paignton owners and Royal Mail object to compulsory purchase The Royal Mail and the owner of Crossways shopping centre in Paignton have objected to a compulsory purchase order for the complex which Torbay Council wants to demolish and replace with flats. The concrete centre including …
Read More »Tributes paid to man killed on A30
Saturday, March 14th, 2020 9:15am By Ollie Heptinstall Hamish Culling was hit by a Royal Mail goods vehicle Tributes have been paid to a 23-year-old man who died after being hit by a lorry on the A30 near Exeter last Friday [6 March]. Hamish Culling died at the …
Read More »