Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Wildcat kittens which will likely be released into the wild in the Cairngorms in 2024 have been born. They are the second lot of litters to arrive at the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre at the Highland Wildlife …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail is advising that major changes are afoot to postage stamp useage. Royal Mail is reminding customers there is one week to go to use up their non-barcoded definitive stamps ahead of the 31 July deadline. Customers who use …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail is advising that major changes are afoot to postage stamp useage. Royal Mail is reminding customers there is one week to go to use up their non-barcoded definitive stamps ahead of the 31 July deadline. Customers who use …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The man running Newtonmore’s Post Office has warned that there is just a month for his successor to apply for the job. Graeme Irvine posted yesterday: “Ok, it’s June 1st so a wee reminder/update regards the future of Newtonmore PO. …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Dave McLaughlin, MD of Shandwick Supply Co, Evanton. AN Easter Ross businessman has protested to Royal Mail after vital post was delayed for 10 days in the Dingwall sorting office because of sick leave issues. Dave McLaughlin, managing director of …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The Postie Notes by Mark Gilbert I was very lucky just after I joined Royal Mail on the Youth Opportunity Scheme in 1994 that a call was made for volunteers to learn how to use the new fandangled computers. At …
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DREW Hendry, MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, is deeply concerned over the recent suspension of Communication Workers Union (CWU) representatives across the Highlands. In a letter to Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson, Mr Hendry called the suspensions a “grave violation” of workers’ rights and an attack on the …
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A 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a single car crash in Elgin on Friday night. The incident took place on the roundabout beside Elgin High Street and the Royal Mail Delivery Office. A car made contact with the roadside barrier, destroying a section of fencing at the …
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The Postie Notes by Pete Malone I am afraid that I have to start this month by apologising. The ink was barely dry on my last column, which regular readers will recall was about how nice it was to drive my route to Kinbrace in cold but not overly wintry …
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Postal workers began further strike action on Thursday morning after Royal Mail tabled what it said was its “final offer”. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the public would see the “end of Royal Mail as we know it” as 115,000 workers walked out. Strike action is to take place …
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