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A long-running dispute between Royal Mail workers and their bosses is a step closer to ending. The company and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached a provisional agreement over pay and employment terms. The proposal will be considered by the union’s executive before being voted on by members. However …

Posties are set to stage a walkout on some of the busiest shopping days of the year as their dispute with Royal Mail continues. The Communication Workers Union will consult with members, including those based at Castle Douglas, on the possibility of more strikes in the run up to Christmas. …

The region’s longest running Christmas Toy Appeal will run for almost six weeks to help under-privileged children experience the magic of Christmas. Times are tough with the cost of living crisis but more so for our children and young people, especially those disadvantaged by poverty. On the back of two …

Posties, BT workers and emergency call handlers in Dumfries and Galloway braved a downpour and walked out yesterday in their ongoing battle for fairer pay. Staff, represented by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), downed tools for 24 hours in protest over the deals they have been given this year. BT …

Postal workers in Dumfries and Galloway have staged two days of strike action as part of an ongoing battle for better pay. They walked out on Friday and yesterday, with further action planned next week. Workers in Castle Douglas were joined on the picket line by Abbey councillor and retired …

Royal Mail workers in Dumfries and Galloway are set to stage four days of strikes as they battle for better pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is demanding a “dignified, proper pay rise” for staff following mail bosses imposing a two per cent rise that the union say was without …

Opening hours at the main Royal Mail parcel collection office in Dumfries are to be slashed next month. The site in Great King Street will see its hours reduced from 51 to 30 as of August 8. Part of the changes will see the delivery office open just two hours, …

There have been calls for TransPennine Express to be stripped of the West Coast Main Line franchise. Passengers using the operator to get to and from Lockerbie have been hit by frequent cancellations in recent years. And that continued at the weekend, with some services cancelled or terminated early. Rail …

A knack for delving into the past to uncover answers has become a “labour of love” for retired clinical psychologist, Alverie Weighill. After eight years of painstaking research covering more than two centuries and all manner of topics, her new book, called The Resort of All Amorous Couples: Thomas Telford’s …

The Standard’s Toy Appeal has brought a huge injection of Christmas community spirit in the toughest of times and, tomorrow morning, will bring delighted smiles to the faces of a record-breaking number of children – more than 870 – needing a gift. Once again the response from our readers and …