After a month-long strike, Canada Post is continuing to ramp up its operations and the postal service expects that most of its backlog of deliveries will be cleared before Christmas. Canada Post workers returned to the job on Tuesday after they were ordered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to end the countrywide strike….
A pedestrian has died after being knocked down in Dungannon, County Tyrone on Friday evening. Police received a report, shortly 18:30 GMT, of the single-vehicle collision on John Street. Emergency services attended, however, the man died from his injuries in hospital. The road was closed but has since reopened. Speaking to BBC News NI, independent…
BBC Ali Urrahman said leaving rubbish out would add to a vermin issue in the area Rat and mice problems in a part of Birmingham will get worse when the city’s bin workers go on strike in the new year, residents said. More than 350 Unite members have announced 12 days of industrial action between…
Have you ever felt a little uneasy while browsing the internet, wondering who might be watching your online activities? Well, let me introduce you to a handy tool that can put your mind at ease: the virtual private network, or VPN. Whether you’re working from home, streaming your favorite shows or just exploring the web,…
Weather warnings for strong winds have come into force in parts of the UK as millions of people travel ahead of Christmas. Motoring experts are predicting this will be the busiest weekend of travel of the year, with the RAC warning it could be a “pretty exhausting experience” and urging drivers to “be patient”. Meanwhile…
PA Media Thousands of shoppers are expected on Scottish streets throughout the weekend Scottish retailers could face going out of business if the pre Christmas weekend does not provide a sales boost, an industry body has warned. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) told BBC Scotland News a “flat” year of sales meant this weekend was…
If there’s an art to lying, the PM hasn’t bothered to master it. He lies and lies again, and there’s no art in it at all. He just says whatever suits him at the time. I’ve been running through the PM Keir Starmer‘s broken promises, u-turns and pledges, and it’s exhausting. If I tried listing…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. FREETOWN: In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone’s polluting public transport system.Rush hour in the West African country’s major cities is a frenetic medley of minibuses, mopeds, shared taxis…
Pensioners have until the end of Saturday to apply for benefits which could unlock access to the winter fuel payment, or risk missing out on up to £300. It has been switched to a means-tested benefit including for those on pension credit, but official estimates suggest there are 760,000 households who do not claim pension…
India has made progress in expanding its green cover, reveals India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, released on Saturday. The India State of Forest Report (ISFR), published every two years by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), offers vital information about the nation’s forest and tree resources.The 2023 report highlights an overall increase in…
