Open this photo in gallery: Hockey team Royal Military College Paladins practice ahead of their game against rival team West Point Army on Jan. 30.Kaja Tirrul/The Globe and Mail A moment of silence was held on Saturday for the 67 victims of this week’s collision between a commercial passenger jet …
Read More »Fight to end ‘ridiculous’ Post Office which doesn’t have a Post Office
Somerset MP Gideon Amos is taking his campaign for the return of a Post Office in Wellington to Parliament this week. More than 200 people have so far signed a petition he launched earlier this month. And now Mr Amos has secured a House of Commons debate on Post Offices …
Read More »Royal Mail could axe Saturday second class deliveries in parts of UK including Nottingham
Royal Mail could reduce postal services across various UK towns and cities in a significant overhaul. The company’s plan includes discontinuing second class deliveries on Saturdays in Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Darlington, Hull, London, Nottingham, Salisbury, and Winchester. Other areas affected include Antrim, Stockton-on-Tees, Hexham, and Scunthorpe. A six-month trial could …
Read More »New banking hub is just the start for town’s transformation
Gideon Amos MP has expressed his approval for the grand opening of Wellington’s new Banking Hub, located on Fore Street. This hub had been operating provisionally in what was previously the Community Office since March, with plans for its relocation to the old Barclays Bank building not far away. Addressing …
Read More »Royal Mail Delivery Office, in Church Street, Hadleigh, set to undergo ‘overdue’ refurbishment
Plans to restore the character of a postal delivery building have been approved. The Royal Mail Delivery Office, in Church Street, Hadleigh, is set to undergo an ‘overdue’ refurbishment, which includes replacing broken roof tiles, bargeboards and fascias as well as repairing and repainting the existing windows and internal doors. …
Read More »Jonathan Gullis still hasn’t found job 177 days after being ousted as Stoke-on-Trent MP
Former Stoke-on-Trent North MP Jonathan Gullis has still not found a permanent job – 177 days after losing his seat at the General Election. The former deputy Tory chairman has revealed he has even struggled to secure interviews since July 4. However, he has been earning money through freelance and …
Read More »Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman from Essex border delivered turkeys at Christmas in record 60-year career
Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman from the Essex border has recalled hand-delivering turkeys, kippers and last-minute gifts for Christmas as his record 60 years comes to an end this festive season. Robert Hudson, 76, known as Rocky, from Leyton, started his Royal Mail career in December 1964 when he was …
Read More »Red letter day for Royal Mail staff as Labour MPs visit
Royal Mail workers across the Indie patch got a festive visit from their Labour MP. Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean showed his support for staff at Bishop’s Stortford’s delivery office on Friday, December 6. He said on Facebook: “It was a pleasure to visit the Royal Mail delivery office …
Read More »Immigration and trade policies cloud next year’s outlook, RBC CEO says as two major banks report Q4 earnings
Open this photo in gallery: RBC and National Bank both posted higher fourth-quarter profit Wednesday that exceeded analyst estimates.Mark Blinch/Reuters Royal Bank of Canada’s chief executive officer says tighter immigration and trade policies are clouding the banking industry’s outlook for next year, and political leaders need to resolve the concerns …
Read More »Taxpayers shell out £453m in bill subsidy for one of UK’s worst performing water firms
Exclusive: The £50 a year subsidy for each South West Water customer over a decade came as the firm paid out more than £1.5 billion to shareholders and was fined for dumping raw sewage Campaigners in Newquay on Saturday, April 23 2022, as part of a ‘National Day of Action …
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