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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A furious dad says he was wrongly hounded by bailiffs out of hundreds of pounds over a parking fine he had no knowledge of. But after Wilson Chowdhry took the matter to court to prove that was the case and recover sums owed to him by Medway Council, who had …
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Postboxes have been vandalised again just six months after they were spray-painted to look like Mr Blobby and a Cadbury’s Creme Egg. The pillar boxes in Temple Hill, Dartford, have been given a fresh lick of paint — but it’s not the traditional Royal Mail red you might expect. A …
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To passers-by, the tucked-away land off Dering Way and Shamrock Road could be anything. But just down from a small industrial estate sits Denton Caravan site, run by Gravesham Borough Council and home to eight Roma and Traveller families. Denton Caravan site off Dering Way and Shamrock Road in Gravesend …
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The county’s famous Red Arrows are featured on new stamps. Royal Mail has today (Thursday, June 20) revealed 12 stamp images to mark the 60th display season of the Red Arrows, popular locally as they are based at RAF Waddington. Each stamp in the main set of eight tells a …
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