Crowned the safest place to live in the UK according to CheshireLive, we took a trip to this quaint area in Congleton to see what residents say in the place where only 18 crimes were committed. Everyone we spoke to said “You must speak to Jane [Bostock] in the Post …
Read More »Stoke-on-Trent estate to finally get new post office – inside this shop
Families across a sprawling Stoke-on-Trent estate will soon have a post office – when a new facility opens up inside a shop. Abbey Hulton has been without a provision since the branch on Abbots Road shut in January. Now the facility will open up inside the Shop Locally store, also …
Read More »DWP: £3,500 State Pension top-up could be owed to older people living on their own
A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the average weekly expenditure for households aged between 65 and 74 was £455.30 in 2021/22. In total, that’s approximately £23,000 each year. Meanwhile, households, where the head is aged over 75, had an average weekly spend of £356.30 per week. …
Read More »CWU announces “agreement” with Royal Mail on revisions: A backroom manoeuvre to ram through a sell-out deal
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) statement issued Thursday morning after two days of talks with Royal Mail claims to have reached an agreement over a review of “failed revisions”. The statement provided no details to the membership about what “actions” the CWU has agreed during its latest closed-door session with …
Read More »CWU meets with Royal Mail over ballot hiatus
Representatives from the CWU have held two meetings with Royal Mail management this week, but there’s still no further news on the impasse between the two parties. The CWU suspended its ballot on the proposed Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement at the end of last month, citing a …
Read More »Noisy planes to be banned from East Midlands Airport in plan to tackle noise
Certain types of planes would be banned from landing or leaving at night and more residents could get sound insulation in new plans to combat noise from East Midlands Airport. The airport, the UK’s centre for freight, on the outskirts of Castle Donington in Leicestershire, is drawing up a noise …
Read More »Royal Mail workers speak out: “My life is turned upside down. Will I survive?”
The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing a further round-up of comments received from UK postal workers condemning the Communication Workers Union (CWU) sellout deal with Royal Mail. After closed door talks with the company since Tuesday, the CWU issued a statement today announcing, “The employer has accepted the …
Read More »Nottingham’s Warhammer to have its own Royal Mail commemorative stamps
Official Royal Mail stamps are set to be released marking the 40 th anniversary of the Warhammer games franchise. The brand is part of Nottingham miniatures, books and games business games Workshop which has seen sales in recent years and talk of growing its big screen spin-offs. The Royal Mail …
Read More »Warhammer stamps to recognise ‘institution’ of one of Nottinghamshire’s most successful companies
New stamps will recognise the ‘institution’ created by one of Nottinghamshire’s most successful companies. Royal Mail has announced 10 special stamps will be issued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the internationally popular Warhammer miniatures, created by Lenton-based tabletop gaming giant Games Workshop. First produced in 1983, Warhammer quickly became …
Read More »Royal Mail issuing special Warhammer stamps to mark game’s 40th anniversary
A set of stamps is being issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the popular tabletop game Warhammer. Six stamps in the main set depict characters from the worlds of Warhammer – space marines and orks from Warhammer 40,000, Stormcast Eternals and Slaves to Darkness from Warhammer: Age of Sigmar …
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