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Losing Paignton’s town centre Post Office would be ‘a tragedy’, according to a local councillor who represents the ward where it is based. Paignton is among four Devon Post Offices named on a list of 115 around the country under threat of closure. The Post Office says the branches make …

A busy Post Office is to close unless a new manager can be found to run it. The postmaster of the Tower Hill branch, off Walsall Road, in Perry Barr is reportedly retiring in the Autumn. The office is scheduled to close on October 31 unless a new person can …

IAN ROOME IS THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MP FOR NORTH DEVON Before I reflect on my first weeks as North Devon’s new MP, I would like to say a big thank you for all the amazing support I received during the election campaign and for placing your trust in me. Having …

Postal vote delays are being “urgently” investigated following concerns of late ballots raised in at least 91 constituencies, The Telegraph revealed on Monday. Royal Mail has faced backlash for failing to deliver some ballots in time for the general election today, leaving voters at risk of not being able to …

The historically safe Conservative seat of Devon South West will, for the first time since being won by Gary Streeter in 1997, be up for grabs – and Julian Brazil intends to secure it for the Lib Dems. He resides in the village of East Prawle in the constituency South …

A terminally ill resident of Hull missed medical appointments because Royal Mail did not deliver letters on time, councillors have been told. The delivery of important legal documents, including some relating to house sales and wills, had also been held up, Councillor John Robinson told a meeting of Hull City …

A move to close all county council offices in Chesterfield and transfer 500 staff has been criticised as “idiotic, shoddy and disrespectful”. This week the Local Democracy Reporting Service exclusively detailed Derbyshire County Council ’s plans to close all 10 of its Chesterfield area offices, including one apiece in Clay …

Voters in Burrator will go to the polls in June in a delayed election for West Devon Borough Council. The poll for the ward was originally due to take place on May 4 along with the elections for the Borough’s other wards, but was postponed following the sad death of …

Derbyshire police say they are willing to follow-up any complaints they receive relating to canvassing by political parties during lockdown, such as leafleting or door-to-door campaigning. This follows recent action by the Government which has written to all parliamentary parties saying that campaigning during lockdown it is not an “essential …

Green Party Councillor Chris Rigby, who delivered the leaflets with Councillor Simon Bull, said they would follow police advice. The pair were also criticised by local Tory councillors for “putting residents at risk”. It comes as Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, defended his party for continuing to carry …