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Hull and the UK are seeing an upswing in strike action amid spiralling living costs, with workers from a range of sectors walking out as inflation squeezes pay. Barristers were the latest workers to walk out today (Monday, June 27) after 81.5 per cent of the 2,055 Criminal Bar Association …

Members of the graduating class are shown during a Celebration of Life at RMC for the four fallen cadet officer in Kingston, Ont., on May 19.LARS HAGBERG/The Canadian Press Ken Hansen is an independent defence and security analyst who retired from the Royal Canadian Navy in 2009 in the rank …

The Royal Mail is also grappling with the fact Brits send fewer letters than they used to Stamp and parcel prices could continue to rise due to soaring inflation, the Royal Mail says. In April the price of first-class stamps rose by 10p to 95p, while second-class stamp prices jumped …

A Gloucestershire soldier along with three other brothers-in-arms have made regimental history. They are believed to be the first fully formed crew from the British Army’s Armoured Reserve Regiment, to serve on Operations since the Second World War. Lance Corporal George Dwight, 27, from Cirencester and his Challenger 2 Main …

This year a total of 6,370 Gloucestershire children have been offered a primary school place for September, with 98 per cent being admitted to one of their preferred schools and 91 per cent of pupils receiving a place at their first preference school. “We aim to ensure that as many …

Melissa, a provider of global data quality and address management solutions, is expanding its postal partnerships, which include the United States Postal Service (USPS), Canada Post, Royal Mail, and now Austria Post. As licensees to these and other country-specific address data sets, Melissa offers retailers and marketers a single source …

A man is fighting to prove he exists after being WIPED from official records in an address change row. Frustrated Graeme Smith, from Paisley, has been left in limbo after a change in the format of his flat number led to issues with credit agencies and the electoral roll. But …

A pupil at Litcham School has been chosen as one of the winners to design a new stamp. Connie Stuart, from Sporle, was one of 606,000 children to enter the Heroes of the Pandemic Royal Mail competition – a world record for a stamp-design competition. The children were asked to …

Two North Wales students are celebrating after beating off thousands of entries to be chosen by Prince Charles as the winners of a Royal Mail design competition. The students, from Flint High School, have won a national competition that will see their designs made into a special set of stamps …

It’s not everyone who gets to design a Royal Mail stamp. But that is just what Raphael Valle Martin, a year 10 student at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School has done. Raphael’s deign (55381734) Raphael entered a national competition for school children to design a stamp on the theme of Heroes …