Royal Mail is facing its first strike in a decade after the majority of Communication Workers Union (CWU) members voted in favour of action. Ballot results hailed as “historic” The vast majority (97.1%) of around 110,000 voters backed a strike from a 76% turnout of CWU members, representing both one …
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A French hotelier is threatening to sue Buckingham Palace to prove his family are the rightful heirs to the British throne after his grandmother had an affair with Edward VIII. Francois Graftieaux, 73, says his family were cut from the Royal bloodline in the early 1900s following the illicit tryst. …
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were welcomed by hundreds of excited well-wishers today as they visited a remote settlement of Pakistan and learned about the culture of the Kalash people on their royal tour today. Prince William and Kate toured Bumburet in the Chitral region of the Hindu Kush mountains as they …
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The latest headlines in your inbox Royal Mail is facing its first national postal strike in a decade after staff voted overwhelmingly for action. The walkout was backed by around 110,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), in a huge turnout of 76 per cent. The strike dates have yet …
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Remembrance Day will now honour civilians and victims of terror after the Royal British Legion announces the red poppy isn’t just for fallen soldiers The red poppy’s new meaning ‘acknowledges the wider impact of conflict’ Remembrance Day now recognises ‘innocent civilians who lost lives to terrorism’ Forty million poppies distributed each …
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The new chair of the East of England Ambulance Trust says her priority will be to spend time with staff to work out how best to face the challenges facing the service. Nicola Scrivings joins from the Cambridge Community Services Trust and has also worked at Royal Mail. The Ambulance …
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(Press Association) Royal Mail will discover on Tuesday if it is facing the threat of a national strike by postal workers in a dispute over job security and … Source link
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Pakistan tonight on what has been described as the most ‘complex and challenging’ international tour of their fledging royal careers. Arriving at the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi just after 9.30pm the smiling royal couple were accorded a red-carpet reception as …
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Winston Trew (pictured in 1972) and Sterling Christie were part of a group of friends who became known as the Oval Four after being jailed in controversial circumstances for muggings on the Tube Two black men who claim they were framed by a self-confessed ‘bent’ policeman almost 50 years ago …
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Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner refuses to attend the Queen’s Speech after muttering ‘I’m not going’ when MPs were asked to attend the House of Lords Politician, 87, prompts laughter from both sides of House of Commons today Quip came after Black Rod requested MPs’ attendance to hear Queen’s Speech …
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