Postal workers across Lanarkshire have begun staging strikes amid long-running disputes over pay and working conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union participated in the industrial action on Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1. It saw posties form a picket line outside the Hamilton Delivery Office on Brandon Street …
Read More »Pushing back Royal Mail office opening times could mean ‘deliveries in the dark’
Plans to push back the opening times of Royal Mail delivery offices all over Ayrshire are being considered. Hubs in Ayr, Cumnock, Dalry, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, Prestwick and Troon are among those across the UK being assessed for the changes. Some offices could see their opening times pushed back by …
Read More »Scots golf course named after Prince Andrew refuses to change despite scandal
One of Scotland’s top golf courses is refusing to change its name over the sex scandal engulfing Prince Andrew. The Duke’s Course at St Andrews is sticking with the “well established” name – despite pressure from Fife politicians to cut ties with the royal. The course – owned by the …
Read More »Schools in Scotland and Wales to close
SCHOOLS in Scotland and Wales are to close from the end of this week, it was announced today. In a briefing in Edinburgh, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon conceded that closures were now inevitable, with a number of schools across Scotland already closed due to staff shortages. The Welsh government said that it …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn backs Rutherglen MP Ged Killen’s cash machine campaign
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hailed Rutherglen MP Ged Killen’s work in trying to save high street banks and cash machines as an example of what a Labour government would strive towards achieving. Mr Corbyn was in Blantyre on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to Scotland, where he …
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