The Newbury Weekly News goes to print on a Wednesday afternoon. But as one issue wraps, the work of volunteers at Kennet Cassette – Newbury’s talking newspaper for the blind and partially sighted – is just getting started. Volunteers recording the 2,500th edition of the Kennet Cassette The charity, founded …
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A furious dad says he was wrongly hounded by bailiffs out of hundreds of pounds over a parking fine he had no knowledge of. But after Wilson Chowdhry took the matter to court to prove that was the case and recover sums owed to him by Medway Council, who had …
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Passports bearing the title of ‘His Majesty’ and issued in the name of the King are being rolled out from this week. Following in the footsteps of stamps and UK coins, British passports are the latest official item to be altered to carry either the face or name of the …
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The legend of Robin Hood and his role in English folklore is being celebrated with a new series of Royal Mail stamps. The infamous outlaw is appearing alongside Maid Marian, Little John, Friar Tuck, King Richard and the Sheriff an an exclusive set of 10 illustrated stamps. There are 10 …
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The final set of special stamps to carry a picture of the Queen have been unveiled. The 12-stamp set featuring the National Railway Museum’s Flying Scotsman, which is marking its 100 birthday this year, is extra special as they will be the final collection to feature the late monarch’s silhouette. …
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When Geoff Potter installed a Royal Mail-style postbox at the end of his driveway, he hoped it would stop people coming up to his front door. The Aldington resident suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in the army and Kent Police and feels “on edge” when people walk …
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A postbox is out of action after opportunistic birds set up home inside it. Villagers in Breach near Canterbury have been warned not to use the Royal Mail receptacle, so as to avoid disturbing the nesting birds. A postbox is out of action in Breach near Canterbury due to birds …
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A Christmas card has been delivered to a house 11,000 miles away from its intended destination. The envelope dropped through the letterbox of a house in Kesteven Road, Stamford. Its intended recipients are a couple living in Kesteven Avenue, Glendowie -11,315 miles away in Auckland, New Zealand. A Christmas card …
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A charity fundraiser laid low with Covid-19 has told how a diet of Marmite on toast helped him recover. Dale Howting, 86, who was known as Sittingbourne’s Whistling Postman when he worked for the Royal Mail, has been missing from the High Street where he normally sits on his push …
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A grandmother has been left baffled after Royal Mail returned a Christmas card to her address – almost nine years after she posted it. Myra Mizon, 78, of The Grove, Herne Bay, sent the card to her niece Jenny and great-niece Chanel in December 2010, along with a cheque for …
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