Mourners lined the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile today to bid farewell to Janey Godley after her death aged 63. The Scottish comedian passed away on November 2 ‘surrounded by her loved ones’, her management company confirmed earlier this month. Godley found viral fame with her dubbed pastiches of …
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By Milo Pope Published: 09:37 EDT, 19 September 2024 | Updated: 10:19 EDT, 19 September 2024 The UK’s most British institutions from roast dinners to the Royal Family have been revealed. In a poll of 2,600 conducted by Direct Line, people were asked to rank what they thought made Britain …
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A Glasgow supermarket worker has been convicted of his involvement in a £316,000 gold bullion scam. Michael Sajid was sent a package after an 84 year-old woman was allegedly duped into posting it. But, the 38-year-old told police he had nothing to do with any gold – and that he …
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All is relatively quiet behind the 18th green on Monday afternoon when Brian Harman arrives for the reign champion’s press conference, the week’s curtain raiser. Harman is a good guy, who has savoured every second in which he has held the Claret Jug and gives a playful insight into how …
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ScotRail has confirmed it will provide extra services to the Open Championship this week despite its ‘temporary’ timetable. The national rail operator has been widely criticised for slashing services over the summer with revellers at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow at the weekend impacted. Golf fans have been told there …
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By Jessica Clark, Business Reporter Published: 17:00 EDT, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 20:05 EDT, 9 July 2024 Royal Mail will stop using trains to transport post in a move that brings nearly two centuries of mail rail to an end. The postal service will inform staff today that it …
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They draw you in from a distance, promising sheer aesthetic pleasure: pastel tutus, pretty girls. Once you’re there, you look closer. You notice the darkness around the edges; you wonder about the battered foot inside the pointe shoe. Degas’s dancers mesmerise for the same reason as ballet itself. A new …
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Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, …
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Do you have information about workplace victimisations? Are you a sacked or suspended worker or rep? Get in touch and join the campaign using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. A mass campaign must be launched mobilising Royal Mail’s entire workforce for the reinstatement of all colleagues victimised, …
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The son of one of the Great Train Robbers has spoken about his life on the run while his father was one of the world’s most wanted men. Living in Mexico in 1966, Nick Reynolds was unaware just how unique his life was, and how their seemingly comfortable life in …
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