Existing Royal Mail stamps will become unusable in 100 days after a new barcode system is rolled out, and people have until January 31, 2023 to use them. People risk being charged for using the old 1st and 2nd class stamps once they become outdated. If stamps that have passed …
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More than 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 trusts in England and Wales start voting on Monday on whether to strike over pay. Members of the GMB union are being balloted in the coming weeks amid continuing industrial unrest in many sectors of the economy. NHS workers in other unions, including …
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Santa’s Lapland, the festive family tour operator, has worked with expert psychoanalyst, practising coach, and therapist Steve McKeown to reveal that, despite the fact that pumpkins and sparklers are still to come, this weekend is the optimum date to start getting in the holiday spirit. This weekend has been specifically …
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Royal Mail staff are poised to walk out again as a dispute over pay continues. From Thursday (October 20), workers will walk out on 18 days from October to December, covering the busy pre-Christmas period which includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Over summer more than 100,000 postal workers took …
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Royal Mail staff are poised to walk out again as a dispute over pay continues. From Thursday (October 20), workers will walk out on 18 days from October to December, covering the busy pre-Christmas period which includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Over summer more than 100,000 postal workers took …
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The UK faces a wave of new strikes amid continuing industrial disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. New strikes or ballots for industrial action are seemingly announced every week as workers across the country demand pay rises to keep up with rapidly rising inflation and the cost of living crisis. …
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Existing Royal Mail stamps will become unusable in the new year, after a new barcode system is rolled out. However, households will have until January 31, 2023 to use old stamps that don’t have the new barcodes – and, after that will be able to exchange them. The Royal Mail …
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Existing Royal Mail stamps will become unusable in the new year, after a new barcode system is rolled out. However, households will have until January 31, 2023 to use old stamps that don’t have the new barcodes – and, after that will be able to exchange them. The Royal Mail …
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A Royal Navy frigate has seized £15.5 million worth of drugs from a dhow in the Arabian Sea in its fifth narcotics raid this year. HMS Montrose targeted the small vessel after the ship’s Wildcat helicopter tracked the movements of the suspect boat. A boarding party of Royal Marines searched …
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A new picture has been released of one of the Queen’s favourite ponies that made a poignant appearance at her funeral. Emma the Fell Pony stood at the side of the Long Walk on the approach to Windsor Castle as the coffin carrying her devoted owner was driven past at …
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