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A Conservative councillor who was a victim in a colleague’s hate campaign has revealed he plans to step down in May. Alistair Mackay, who represents Johnstone South and Elderslie, hit out at his fellow elected members for not dealing with the controversial “rantings” of Paul Mack sooner as he confirmed …

A man who was left baffled after being sent Christmas cards by a stranger for over 20 years decided it was time to get to the bottom of the mystery. Every year for more than two decades a festive card was delivered to the man’s home with the envelope marked …

Disruption to Royal Mail deliveries continues as we head into Christmas week. Last week the postal service admitted staffing problems due to Covid-19 had impacted offices around the country including St Helens, Warrington and New Ferry in Wirral. While issues at the New Ferry delivery office appear to have resolved, …

Resident Adrian Allen has been left baffled – after it took over a week for a letter to get from Hanley to Heron Cross. And Adrian, of Blurton, has branded the service provided by Royal Mail as ‘sub-standard’. He raised the issue in a letter to The Sentinel where he …

Time really is running out to get your cards and parcels to family and friends in time for Christmas. With meeting people over the festive period looking more and more difficult owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and surging infections caused by the omicron variant; getting gifts and good wishes to …

A postman was fired after he was spotted working at a corner shop while off sick with a bad shoulder, a tribunal heard. Pathamaraja Kanapathipillai had been off work injured for a year when a Royal Mail manager caught him carrying a box of drinks. After realising he’d been seen, …

Royal Mail will be doubling the number of home Covid tests that are sent out to the public after previously running out. Boris Johnson stated that, starting from Saturday, there will be 900,000 of these tests available per day. It follows the news that people across the country were unable …

A postman was fired after he was spotted working at a corner shop while off sick with a bad shoulder, a tribunal heard. Pathamaraja Kanapathipillai had been off work injured for a year when a Royal Mail manager caught him carrying a box of drinks. After realising he’d been seen, …

If you want to make some extra money this Christmas, there are still plenty seasonal jobs available across Hertfordshire. Temporary customer facing retail roles are high in demand; some of the job openings we found are at stores such as Sainsbury’s, Next, and WHSmith. Warehousing pick and packing, as well …

Christmas is one of the busiest times for posting packages during the year and if you are sending gifts, you want to make sure you send them off in time according to Royal Mail’s recommended delivery dates. In this article, we break down the last dates that Royal Mail recommends …