There is ‘crisis’ in the Royal Mail with 219 million letters expected to arrive late – and fears are growing for the impact on postal voting, not least in this village where residents must wait and wait for the postie 18:34, 12 Mar 2026Updated 18:40, 12 Mar 2026 Dargavel Village …
Read More »Royal Mail delivery disruption as several Scottish postcodes face not getting Christmas parcels
Several of the postcodes are in Scotland, including in Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Dundee and Lanarkshire. 18:17, 17 Dec 2025Updated 18:20, 17 Dec 2025 Royal Mail deliveries have been hit by serious disruption currently with more than 150 postcodes impacted(Image: Getty) The Royal Mail has issued a significant delivery warning for 151 …
Read More »Renfrew rapist handed jail term after attacking woman on her birthday
The incident happened in December 2020 and the assailant was told a custodial sentence was the “appropriate” outcome. 21:54, 09 Oct 2025Updated 21:54, 09 Oct 2025 A general view of the High Court in Edinburgh(Image: Daily Record) A former postman from Renfrew who raped a woman on her birthday was …
Read More »Two Paisley drug dealers avoid jail after being caught with £15k stash
Two Paisley men have narrowly avoided a jail term after being caught with cannabis worth almost £15,000. Stephen Colquhoun and David McCalman were snared when drugs imported from the United States were seized by UK Border Force addressed to each of their homes. The drug-dealing duo both admitted to being …
Read More »Paisley’s radicals to be brought back to life
A NEW project aims to bring Paisley’s radical history back to life as part of a £45 million refurbishment of the town’s museum. About 20,000 people rallied in the Scottish town in September 1819 to show solidarity with workers killed at Manchester’s Peterloo massacre a month prior. When protesters refused to have banners and flags confiscated by …
Read More »Posties in ‘the fight of their lives’ as they get set to strike in Paisley
Paisley posties will walk out on strike again later this month – as they target one of the busiest periods in the calendar. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced that 115,000 Royal Mail workers will be striking on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, which is Black Friday …
Read More »Paisley posties’ jobs at risk as Royal Mail announce mass cuts
Paisley posties’ jobs could be at risk after Royal Mail announced it will be making up to 6,000 redundancies across the UK. The firm, which was sold off by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government to private investors less than a decade ago, has said it will be cutting around 10,000 roles …
Read More »Royal Mail workers in Paisley picket Underwood Road depot for “dignified, proper pay rise”
Royal Mail workers in Paisley joined the ranks of striking workers this summer as they held the first of three days of industrial action yesterday. A picket line, organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), was in place outside the Underwood Road Royal Mail depot from 5.30am with the first …
Read More »Mail deliveries to be affected as yet more strikes announced over ‘hammering’ of living standards
Royal Mail deliveries will be halted for four days later this month and at the beginning of September as 115,000 postal workers will go on strike for a “dignified, proper pay rise”. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) – which represents Royal Mail Workers – have announced strike action to take …
Read More »Man declared ‘missing’ says: “I have been here all along, alive and well.”
A man is fighting to prove he exists after being WIPED from official records in an address change row. Frustrated Graeme Smith, from Paisley, has been left in limbo after a change in the format of his flat number led to issues with credit agencies and the electoral roll. But …
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