The GB4 Championship is an entry-level, one-make single seater championship aimed at giving young racers their first taste of slicks-and-wings machinery Published Date – 09:54 PM, Wed – 10 May 23 Hyderabad: JK Tyre racing prodigy Ruhaan Alva grabbed his maiden podium in the GB4 single-seater championship last weekend with …
Read More »British shops in Canada see demand for King Charles goods, despite royal drama
Rita and Carl Hulme stand with King Charles merchandise at Blimeys British Store and Gift Shop in Essex, Ont., on April 16.Nicole OSBORNE/The Canadian Press When Queen Elizabeth died in September, Carl Hulme happened to be in England – the perfect spot to scoop up commemorative fine bone china, tea …
Read More »Capita admits customer, supplier or colleague data may have been accessed by hackers – MKFM 106.3FM
Capita, the outsourcing specialist and government contractor, has revealed that customer, supplier or colleague data may have been accessed during a cyber attack in March. The company, which announced earlier this month that it had been targeted, said its investigations had identified that the attack on its systems first took …
Read More »Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach agreement on pay and employment terms – MKFM 106.3FM
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached an agreement in principle following a long-running dispute over pay and employment terms. In a joint statement with Royal Mail, CWU confirmed the agreement will now be considered by the executive of the union before it goes before the membership. …
Read More »UK strikes January: UK strikes: Full list of dates in January. Know details
The end of 2022 was characterized by widespread industrial unrest as personnel from the transportation network, the NHS, Royal Mail, schools, and the civil service went on strike. Now beginning 2023, rail employees, bus drivers, teachers in Scotland, nurses, ambulance personnel, and public servants will all be on strike. Worker’s …
Read More »‘They’ve got us by the b****’ – striking Royal Mail worker fears reprisals after Christmas – MKFM 106.3FM
A striking Royal Mail worker has voiced fears up to 25,000 staff could be sacked and new working conditions imposed on those left after the core Christmas season has finished. The man, who usually delivers letters and parcels in the London area and is being identified as ‘Derek’ because he …
Read More »Postal and education workers take part in fresh wave of strikes
A fresh wave of strikes will be held on Wednesday as the year of industrial unrest continues across the country. Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day. Picket lines will be mounted outside universities, colleges …
Read More »Teenage wartime evacuee Bridget Lawson became a Royal Canadian Navy decoder
Bridget Lawson, centre, worked in Africa in later life for AMREF, a non-governmental organization that provides health care in East Africa. From 1984 to 1990, she was executive director of AMREF Canada and travelled to Africa twice a year.Courtesy of the Family The Second World War first altered the life …
Read More »Train services crippled by fresh strike, as Royal Mail staff walk out for second day – MKFM 106.3FM
Rail passengers have been urged to only travel if “absolutely necessary” today as members of four trade unions stage a 24-hour walkout. The latest strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Aslef, Unite and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) is expected to cause the worst …
Read More »Canadian royal ‘diehard’ camping in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
Bernadette Christie, of Grand Prairie, Alta., sleeps along a fence barricade as she and others camp out overnight in a tent to watch all the Queen’s funeral ceremonies unfold near the gates of Buckingham Palace, in London, on Sept. 15.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view …
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