Dozens of Royal Mail vans lined the streets of Ilkeston to show their respects for their long-standing colleague Lee Woolley at his funeral. Lee, 48, died on July 2 after a three-year battle with cancer. Lee had been a postman for 24 years and his whole workplace showed up in …
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A Derbyshire asylum seeker says he has been “condemned to die” because the Home Office has rejected his application to stay in the UK. George Warkus has spent a decade working in the country as a cleaner but now suffers from such serious health conditions that he believes a return …
Read More »Royal Mail worker walks the red carpet after winning voice cameo in Toy Story 4
A woman has described the “amazing VIP experience” she had after winning a voice cameo in one of the most anticipated films of the year. Royal Mail area manager, Ros Beddall, of Ilkeston, said she never expected to win such a unique prize, after she entered a radio competition for …
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