A printing mistake meant almost 100,000 voting cards had to be resent across Teesside. The error affected voters in three parliamentary constituencies, with a total of 96,572 polling cards for the July 4 general election sent out again. Stockton Council says it is working with the company which printed the …
Read More »Royal Mail row after cancer-battling OAP left without gifts over postage price saga
A delivery driver has slammed “uncaring” Royal Mail after his elderly mother was left without her Christmas gifts. Teessider Mark Hesse, now of Merseyside, was due to make a 300-mile round-trip to visit his Thornaby mother Pam – who is 92 and battling inoperable cancer – for the festive season …
Read More »High job vacancies in care, freight and manufacturing but rate of unemployment rises
A Jobcentre leader says care, manufacturing, and freight transport are seeing high vacancies at the moment across Teesside. National employment figures were released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday – showing the North East saw its employment rate stand at 70.7% between July and September. This was down …
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