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Thousands of workers across the UK are now on strike with more set to come over the next few weeks. As we get closer to Christmas, it has been announced that the public – including locals in Glasgow – should expect some disruption. It comes as rail staff and postal …

H undreds of thousands of workers across multiple sectors have voted to go on strike, including rail workers, university staff, teachers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. University lecturers and teachers On Monday, November 24, 70,000 lecturers, librarians, and researchers across 150 UK universities kicked off three days of strike …

Royal Mail is urging its customers to send out their post earlier than usual if they want it to go out in time for Christmas. The company is under pressure from workers who will be taking part in industrial action in the run-up to Christmas. It has issued an update …

Royal Mail has made some changes to its last suggested posting dates before Christmas to ensure gifts and cards are received on time. Urging customers to post their mail earlier this Christmas season as strikes by workers continue, Royal Mail has brought forward its suggested second-class posting dates from December …

Royal Mail strikers in Tiverton have been gifted £170 to help them during industrial action. Political party LIFT (Local Independents for Tiverton) donated the funds at a recent day of action outside the sorting office on Barrington Street on Thursday, November 24. Sarah Perris, a LIFT member, said: “We’ve launched …

Huge piles of undelivered letters and packages have been left at Royal Mail depots, sparking fears of Christmas chaos. Images show sacks of undelivered items stacked up high, inside three depots in North West England, South West London and Essex. The pictures were taken over the last few days as …

R oyal Mail has brought its final posting dates for Christmas forward by almost a week amid industrial action by its workers. It has brought forward the final suggested date for sending second class post to December 12 from December 19, and for first class to December 16 from December …

December is in full swing and that means only one thing, people are frantically getting ready for Christmas. As the big day gets closer and closer, people are preparing to post gives to family and friends in time for December 25. But with Royal Mail strikes looming there could be …

Ah, Christmas, a time for giving and receiving. Or perhaps not. The industrial action planned by Royal Mail workers over pay and working conditions does not just threaten to play havoc with Christmas card deliveries, it is also a big problem for the countless small enterprises whose trade depends so …

For more than 20 years, it has been home to one of Hull’s most popular pubs. But many centuries ago, the grand building that occupies the corner of Lowgate and Alfred Gelder Street in Hull city centre was far more important than it is today. It was called Suffolk Palace …