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‘Deep sadness’ as Barrowby Post Office to close for good

Rising costs and fewer customers, coupled with Royal Mail issues, have forced the closure of a long-standing village post office. Since announcing that Barrowby Post Office will close at the end of April, postmistress Jennifer Pinner has been overwhelmed by kindness from the village community. Dozens of people have left …

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Royal Mail bosses are ‘letting down small businesses’

A woman who runs her own small business has condemned Royal Mail bosses for not doing more to solve its workers’ dispute over pay and conditions. Lucy Riley, who runs Hadleigh Wax Melts from her home in Holborough Road, Snodland, said the repeated strike action by post-workers was causing havoc …

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Royal Canadian Air Farce Alan John Park dead at 60

Alan John Park, a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy troupe, has died. Park died Thursday at the age of 60, eight years after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Born in Scarborough, Ont., Park spent most of his life making people laugh across Canada. The comedian …

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