Frustrated estate residents have discussed long-running HGV and parking problems with their MP – and suggested a park and ride service and lorry park. A meeting between Moreton Hall Residents’ Association (MHRA), which represents those living on Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, and Peter Prinsley MP took place last week, …
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A village postmaster will be stepping down from the role after 24 years following Royal Mail’s decision to move a sorting office. Fraser Lindsay has run the Dersingham Post Office with his wife Maria since 2001 after it was started by his parents in 1979, but now their time at …
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There are a lot of electric vehicle startups designing a lot of cool looking EVs, each having varying levels of success. Canoo is one such startup that’s had a tumultuous few years but now, after dodging death countless times, it’s got a new delivery van out on the road that …
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A frustrated pensioner says he has received no letters or cards for a month – and fears he may have missed doctor’s appointments. Roger White has lived in his flat in Central Parade, Herne Bay, for 23 years and has “never known anything like it”. The 77-year-old says Royal Mail …
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A postman hailed a Kent town’s best and known for his cheery smile and bad jokes has retired after more than 30 years in the job. Ralph Lowdon, from Broadstairs, first started working for Royal Mail as a telegram boy in 1975. Broadstairs postman Ralph Lowdon with his colleagues at …
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The former programme editor of Diss Town Football Club has released his latest book about the club. Gary Enderby, from Eye, has published Diss Town Football Club Memories, a 44-page, A5 size publication, including an introduction by Diss Town FA Vase-winning manager Bill Punton. There is a brief history of …
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Villagers are fighting to save a historic windmill they say is part of the fabric of their community as a council plans to sell it off. Woodchurch Windmill, near Ashford, suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage during strong winds in 2019 which wrecked its sails. Residents say no work …
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A cleaning company based in Newbury has donated 50 USB memory sticks to the town’s talking newspaper. Kennet Cassette is a free voluntary service which has provided blind and visually impaired people with audio recordings of extracts from the Newbury Weekly News for nearly 50 years. Managing Director Andre Gottemaker …
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The Newbury Weekly News goes to print on a Wednesday afternoon. But as one issue wraps, the work of volunteers at Kennet Cassette – Newbury’s talking newspaper for the blind and partially sighted – is just getting started. Volunteers recording the 2,500th edition of the Kennet Cassette The charity, founded …
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A family have hit out at Royal Mail after going four weeks without any post. Damien McArdle is yet to receive a single card for his birthday on October 13, but the delays have now gone from being irritating to potentially costly, as they are now affecting his work. Damien …
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