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A postal worker who was illegally docked more than £4,000 of sick pay by a manager she previously accused of bullying has won back her money after taking bosses to a tribunal. Pamela Gray signed off work, citing stress and anxiety, after discovering that her new boss at Bo’ness Delivery …

People who use cash to make transactions in shops have been warned that they have just a few months before a major change takes effect. Shoppers using old £20 and £50 notes will soon have the transaction rejected. The Bank of England has confirmed the September deadline for using old …

One in six UK adults have drunkenly ordered a parcel in the past 12 months that they don’t remember buying. Stats released by personal finance experts www.myfavouritevouchercodes.co.uk show 37 per cent of respondents regularly receive a parcel that they initially don’t remember ordering until opening it. A further 15 per …

Tomorrow the energy cap is set to be increased at a time where people have already noticed a change in their energy bills. In addition to this, food shopping is said to have increased too with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) stating that the cost of a pint of …

Royal Mail are being forced to warn their customer over a new scam that could see £60 disappearing from your account every month. According to consumer campaigners Which?, yet another delivery scam is doing the rounds which sees fraudsters creating fake chatbots that means victims unwilling sign up to expensive …

Thousands of people fall victim to email, text and phone scams – and these are some you need to be aware of right now. Just this week the ECHO reported how the number of WhatsApp scams has soared by 2,000% in the past year, according to analysis from Lloyds Bank. …

Sunseekers are having to cancel trips because so many passports are lost in the post. Thousands have gone missing over the last year, with figures showing the number has doubled in 12 months. Many families have had to cancel upcoming Easter holidays due to the ongoing issues, which the Passport …

Royal Mail has a handful of new roles for job seekers across the North East. The jobs are targeted at people of all ages and those with different ranges experience – with promising apprenticeships also included in their exciting vacancy list for those looking to continue to learn on the …

Outdoor gym kit and a petanque pitch are to be installed in the playing fields in Witherley, near Hinckley. The new additions will be sited next to the children’s play park, on Witherley Memorial Playing Field, on the corner of Post Office Lane and Church Road. The amenities will include …

The major brands most frequently used by text scammers have been revealed. Thousands of people have reported receiving scam text messages purporting to be from companies during the Covid pandemic, with delivery couriers found to have had an increase of up to 829 per cent in these types of scams …