Mail staff ready to strike. MORE than 115,000 postal workers throughout the UK will take part in the biggest strike of summer so far to demand a “dignified, proper pay rise”. Members say they feel let down by a 2 per cent rise after being hailed as heroes for their …
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A Royal Mail worker was suspicious about a package bound for an address in Austria said to contain an item of clothing. It smelled of cannabis and he contacted the police who confirmed the contents as being a quantity of the Class B drug, Wick Sheriff Court was told on …
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COLUMN: The Postie Notes by Mark Gilbert After singing along to “Tulips from Amsterdam”, I googled the song by Max Bygraves. It was whilst talking to Dorothy and Henry at their gate at InverSkaill, in the middle of nowhere, that I remembered his tag line was, “I Wanna Tell You …
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A Milltown woman has said she is disappointed that a traditional red postbox will no longer be in use in the area. The postbox, which was located in a stone pillar, has not been operational since the pillar was accidentally hit and damaged by a lorry in February. The woman, …
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The new episode of Northern BIbliosphere will welcome Jen Hadfield as guest. This is the second episode on our mini-series of conversations with the finalists of the Highland Book Prize 2021 ahead of the awards ceremony on May 26. This week, we have the pleasure to sit down with Jen …
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COLUMN: The Postie Notes by Pete Malone A few days ago, I was approached by a customer anxious to find a parcel they were expecting. This item was a pack of live crickets intended as a meal for a pet gecko. It got me thinking about the most unusual items …
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NORTH east Police have warned of a Royal Mail fake text scam, which took nearly £10,000 from an Aberdeenshire resident. An example of a fake Royal Mail website. A similar example caused an Aberdeenshire resident to lose £10,000. An intricate scam, involving fake texts and websites, scammers impersonating bank staff …
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The TUV has accused Royal Mail of an “orchestrated attempt to disrupt” its election campaign in Newry and Armagh amid claims that party literature has not been delivered to a large number of homes. The accusation has been levelled by TUV leader Jim Allister and his party’s candidate for the …
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Polvanie View 06 April 2022. Picture: James Mackenzie. Residents of a fire-hit block of flats were being charged more than £30 to have mail re-diverted after losing “everything” in the blaze. But Royal Mail has now scrapped the fee after the Inverness Courier contacted the postal service about the situation. …
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Royal Mail has confirmed that the post box removed from the wall at Bonar Bridge Post Office is to be replaced. The box was taken away when renovations took place at the post office last year and a petition was recently launched by a local resident in a bid to …
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