Walsall Post Office is set to move as its current site lease expires. The town centre premises will move from Park Street to its new home at Unit 1, The Bridge, just around the corner. The existing branch will close on October 22 at 5:30pm, with the new, bigger site …
Read More »Rip-roaring 1940s Weekend returns to the Black Country Living Museum
Black Country Living Museum is open all year round, however, for one weekend only this July, they invite visitors to don their vintage threads to step back in time to the 1940s and see the Museum’s historic streets transformed. During this special weekend, the open-air Museum provides an immersive experience …
Read More »Meet the UK’s longest serving post master – who has been doing the job since he was just 18
When Gary Walters became the UK’s youngest postmaster at 18 he said at the time he knew it was a role that would become a vocation. True to his word, he is now one of the longest-serving postmasters in Britain and will celebrate his 40th anniversary at the helm of …
Read More »Death notices and funeral announcements from Essex Chronicle and Essex Live this week
Announcing the passing of a loved one in local news media is a long standing tradition and we are proud of the trust placed in us to make these important announcements. Every notice published to our newspaper and news site also appears on funeral-notices.co.uk – the UK’s number one site …
Read More »Post office to open in Co-op more than a year since it closed
A Gloucestershire community will get a Post Office back when it re-opens in a supermarket. The St Johns Avenue Post Office in Churchdown will be moving to the new location more than a year since it closed. The branch will be renamed Parton Road Post Office and it will restore …
Read More »18 of the most picture-perfect Kent villages you’ll want to move to right away
Stunning rural backdrops, acres of land, large beautiful houses and a tight community spirit. Those are almost-guaranteed aspects of life in one of Kent’s gorgeous villages. Our beautiful county has dozens of pretty settlements to choose from – some coastal, others closer to London. And some you may never have …
Read More »Urgent product recalls issued by supermarkets including Lidl, Co-op and Holland & Barrett
Lidl has issued an urgent product recall on an item that was found to be contaminated with milk. The supermarket is one of many shops to have recalled food items this week, including Co-op, Iceland and Holland & Barrett. The chains have warned shoppers not to consume any of the …
Read More »Lush greenery and big houses: Life on the Derby road where slums once stood
Burton Road to the southwest of Derby has been completely transformed during the last one hundred years or so, turning into what residents have described as the best entry road into the city. During the Victorian and Edwardian periods, cramped slums stood where residents now live in mostly large detached …
Read More »Millions urged to check their passports by ‘Monday deadline’ as delays continue
Millions of residents across the UK are being urged to check their passports before tomorrow’s ‘deadline’. It comes as May 9 has now been dubbed ‘passport renewal day’ with the Home Office warning of 10-week delays for renewals ahead of the summer. It is reported that around four-and-a-half million British …
Read More »4.5million people warned to check passports by May 9 if they want summer holiday
Holidaymakers are being urged to check their passports as figures obtained from the Passport Office show 4.5 million people – almost 7% of the UK’s total population – will see their documents expire before July 18, 2022, the week that many schools in England and Wales start to break up …
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