[ad_1] 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 story of the precision…
[ad_1] A village bid a loving farewell to their much-loved post lady, who has retired after 38 years of service. Mary Dainton, or ‘Mary the Post’ as she is lovingly known, has been delivering mail in the village of East Markham for almost four decades. She started working for Royal Mail back in 1986, and…
[ad_1] A video of a masked Banksy wannabe spraypainting a postbox gold has emerged. Danny Whiskin pleaded guilty to several criminal damage charges after he vandalised 38 postboxes across the Dartford area earlier this year. Danny Whiskin, 33, was recorded vandalising postboxes in Dartford earlier this year. Picture: CPS In the footage, which was played…
[ad_1] Royal Mail was warned this week to “stick to its guns” and fulfil its promise of delivering a replacement postbox for residents in Bentfield End Causeway. Following a series of U-turns the company confirmed on Tuesday (May 7) that it would be installing a new box after the old one situated within a private…
[ad_1] “Sometimes we’d be lost without them.” The NHS today has a terrifying number of plates to spin, all while facing enough challenges and workloads that would make Sisyphus run for cover. So when Adele Turner, an advance practitioner of blood transfusion at Lincoln County Hospital, says this about the Lincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service…
[ad_1] A post box removed from Bentfield Causeway will be replaced, Royal Mail has said this week. The box was set within the wall of a private property, but was removed to the surprise of residents. Keith Garret said most people were opposed to its removal. “This box is well-used and serves a substantial residential…
[ad_1] A Royal Mail team has raised over £1,500 for charity after competing in a boat race. The Grantham team participated in the Newark Dragon Boat Race on Sunday (September 17). They raised £1,500 for two “wonderful” children’s charities, including Beaumond House Hospice, in Newark, and the Children’s Bereavement Centre, in Newark. The Grantham Royal…
[ad_1] A Pentecostal church is to celebrate its new permanent home with a civic dedication ceremony. The Lighthouse Church has taken over the former St Faith’s Church in Station Road, Maidstone. New light shines on historic church Under the direction of pastor Julius Eniolu, the Lighthouse has had a presence in the county town since…
[ad_1] An application has been made to change the use of a former village post office. Plans have been submitted to convert the old Barrowby post office in High Road into a one-bedroom home. The proposal, submitted by K-Develo Limited, seeks to turn the old post office from commercial to residential use. Barrowby post office…
[ad_1] A couple who are on a mission to visit every pub in the country enjoyed a visit to Spalding’s bars over the weekend. Dale Harvey and Holly Booth – the duo behind The Great British Pub Crawl on Facebook – toured around 12 pubs in the town. They say the establishments they visited were…