Police have been called in after several Royal Mail pillar boxes were painted bright apple-green instead of their traditional red. Zena Walker who runs a hardware store that used to be a Post Office in Highgate Lane, Lepton, was shocked when she turned up for work on Thursday and found …
Read More »The West Yorkshire street where half are on local lockdown – and half aren’t
Residents on opposite sides of a West Yorkshire street have found themselves living under different lockdown restrictions after the latest changes. That is because houses on one side of Gain Lane in Thornbury pay their council tax to Leeds, while over the road they fall under the Bradford district. On …
Read More »Can you trust the general election leaflets in Kirklees?
The political propaganda has been landing on your doormat for a few weeks now. Election material is being delivered by hand and Royal Mail on a daily basis to homes throughout the country. Some of the locally prepared leaflets makes promises about what the candidate will achieve or list achievements …
Read More »Royal Mail’s new Parcelboxes have arrived at these Kirklees locations
People tired of trekking to the Post Office to send parcels have new options. More than one thousand new ‘parcelboxes’ are being installed across the UK, including more than two dozen in the Kirklees and Calderdale areas. A total of 128 parcel postboxes have been unveiled in Yorkshire to allow …
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