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Royal Mail Xmas Last Posting Dates

Please be aware of the Last posting Dates for Christmas 2013

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UK Inland Deliveries

Wednesday 18 December – 2nd Class and Royal Mail Signed For
Friday 20 December – 1st Class and Royal Mail Signed For
Monday 23 December – Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed

International Airmail

Wednesday 4 December            Asia, Far East (including Japan), New Zealand
Thursday 5 December                Australia
Friday 6 December                     Africa, Caribbean, Central & South America, Middle East
Monday 9 December                  Cyprus, Eastern Europe
Tuesday 10 December               Canada, France Greece, Poland
Friday 13 December                   USA
Saturday 14 December              Western Europe (excluding France, Greece Poland)

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Leeds City Council parking charge u-turn

Leeds City Council ParkingLeeds city council has been forced to make a u-turn over a plan to charge more than 20,000 people £50 a year to park outside their own homes.

The climbdown comes after a court ruled a London council’s bid to raise its charges for a similar scheme illegal – and after more than 4,000 people responded to a consultation and slammed the idea.

The authority spends £164,000 a year on running existing free residents’ parking permit schemes, with 21,374 people holding permits. The aim of the new levy was to offset those costs in the light of budget pressures.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-city-council-parking-charge-u-turn-1-6205029

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Masterplan to tackle Leeds winter blues

531879617COUNCIL bosses in Leeds today unveiled a raft of measures aimed at saving the city’s residents from a nasty case of the midwinter blues.

The measures are all designed to keep Yorkshire’s unofficial capital on the move and in good health after the cold weather sets in.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/masterplan-to-tackle-leeds-winter-blues-1-6199714

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Heat or eat? Elderly Leeds residents left facing grim choice during winter

Keep WarmFour old people each day will die as a result of the cold in Leeds this winter as the city’s elderly population struggles with the grim task of deciding whether to ‘eat or heat’.

That was the warning today from the Age UK charity, highlighting the tragic human cost of the country’s rising fuel bills.

Four of the UK’s so-called ‘big six’ energy suppliers have recently announced plans to put up their prices.

SSE, British Gas, Npower and Scottish Power are hiking their domestic charges by as much as 10 per cent from the middle of next month.

Age UK Leeds chief executive Solo, who uses just a single name, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The older population simply cannot afford [these price rises]. It is a choice between eating or heating for many. Both have serious consequences if not undertaken.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/heat-or-eat-elderly-leeds-residents-left-facing-grim-choice-during-winter-1-6189618

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Bus firm fights disability ruling

First Bus

A bus company has said they intend to appeal a decision made by a Leeds judge to give priority seating to wheelchair users.

First Bus Group have confirmed that they intend to appeal against the decision made last September to give wheelchair users priority over mothers with pushchairs.

The original claimant Doug Paulley, 35, took the company to court after he was not able to get on a bus because a mother refused to move her pram, in fear of waking her child.

The court ruling stated that it was an unlawful discrimination and awarded Mr Paulley £5,500, and asked First Bus to change their policy.

To read more, please click on this link:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/bus-firm-fights-disability-ruling-1-6163809

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.