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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 …
Read More »Knitted postbox topper of The Queen still not returned – and residents want it back
A jubilee postbox topper of The Queen made by an anonymous knitter was removed last week – and still has not been returned, according to frustrated residents. The “excellent” knitted artwork was placed on top of a postbox in Launceston Road, Wigston, to commemorate the monarch’s 70 year reign, ahead …
Read More »Royal Mail worker seen taking pictures up schoolgirl’s skirt in Co-op shop
A Royal Mail worker who was seen taking photos up a schoolgirl’s skirt in a supermarket was handed a community order. Benjamin Harrison, 39, was spotted by staff at the Co-op store in Poynton leaning over and putting his phone near the child. After checking CCTV footage, they saw him …
Read More »Post Office ‘recognises need’ for service in south Tamworth after petition
The Post Office says it ‘recognises that there is a need’ for a service in the south of Tamworth after a petition was launched by concerned residents. A new branch will open inside WH Smith in Ventura Park in February, however residents would also like one in the south of …
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