Royal Mail today announced (November 5) that an original illustration of St Patrick’s Church of Ireland (COI) Cathedral Armagh will feature as the Second Class Large Class stamp for its Christmas Special Stamps in 2024. Royal Mail’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature some of the many spectacular cathedrals in the UK …
Read More »Inverness Scouts aim to make Christmas card sending ‘more affordable’
Inverness Scout Post is back. Picture: Inverness Scout Post Facebook With the cost of postage stamps rising earlier this year, people may be thinking twice about sending cards during the festive period. But not the Inverness Scout Post service. RELATED: Scout Post open in Inverness for the festive period Scout …
Read More »Royal Mail admits ‘high’ staff sickness and job vacancy numbers hitting some post deliveries in Inverness; comes after months of complaints from fed-up Highland residents
Royal Mail has admitted staffing issues in Inverness. Postal chiefs have admitted that staff sickness and vacancies in Inverness are at “high” levels after further complaints over late deliveries. Fed-up residents and political figures have been sounding the alarm for years over what they argue is a deteriorating postal service, …
Read More »Prince George Would Like To Become A Chef Before Ascending The Throne
Source: MEGA Prince George could be setting his sights on becoming a chef… and a king as well. Oct. 11 2024, Published 2:45 p.m. ET Prince George, second in line to the throne, could become the first British monarch since Queen Victoria (r. 1837 to 1901) to not serve in …
Read More »Caithness health care and Plea over Avonlea and Thor House
Carol Robinson took this photo from the Halkirk river walk. Maree Todd should stop relying on outdated report I would like to challenge some of Maree Todd’s many assumptions in the matter of medical services in the far north. Firstly I would like to point out that Ms Todd is …
Read More »Changing times reduces services communities have relied on for years
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The Postie Notes by Mark Gilbert As I pride myself on providing good service and helping people where I can,I feel I should give my personal overview of recent major changes locally. Do you remember that feeling of sadness and …
Read More »Postmaster Sandy Mackenzie (83) celebrates 60 years at Rogart Post Office
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! A Sutherland businessman and postmaster is marking a diamond milestone. Eight-three-year-old Alisdair Mackenzie better known as Sandy, is celebrating 60 years at the helm of Rogart Post Office. He has been presented with a Post Office Long Service Award in …
Read More »Highland voters ‘frustrated and angry’ over ‘inability to vote’ after postal ballot delays
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Postal voting pack from the 2021 UK local elections. Picture: Wikimedia Commons. “Frustrated and angry” Highland citizens have spoken out about their “inability to vote” due to extreme delays in receiving their postal ballots, meaning they won’t have a say …
Read More »Royal Mail decision to cut ‘lifeline’ news delivery in north-west is ‘short-sighted’, say residents
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Pete Malone, who served as a postman in Bettyhill for almost 13 years. Royal Mail have come under criticism after it was announced that a “lifeline” north-west Sutherland postal delivery service will be cut at the end of June. Elderly …
Read More »First postal voting packs on their way in Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Postal voting packs are being issued in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey. MORE than 20,355 postal voting packs have been issued to voters in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency ahead of the UK parliament election. Packs are …
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