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President of the Liberal Democrats Mark Pack lists prospective parliamentary candidates on his website. [ 84 ] In March 2024, Liberal Democrat PPC for South Shropshire Chris Naylor stood down due to ill health.
On 19 July, Royal Mail workers belonging to the Communication Workers Union voted to take strike action; the stoppage would involve roughly 115,000 staff members. [123] The first of four one day Royal Mail strikes was held on 26 August, with further industrial action planned for 31 August, and 8 and 9 September. [124]
The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany. There was ...
In the United Kingdom recorded delivery mail (branded as signed for by the Royal Mail) is covered by The Recorded Delivery Services Act 1962. Under this legislation any document which its relevant law requires service by registered post [ 74 ] can also be lawfully served by recorded delivery.
A Royal Naval Reservist from HMS Forward firing a GPMG. The base originated on a different site during the Second World War, and was originally known as the regional Naval Communications Training Centre. [1] On 1 October 1984, the centre became a commissioned ship - a stone frigate - known as HMS Forward. [1]
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [1] [2] following on from the AlphaGov project.
After the German Navy raid on Hartlepool and Scarborough, the Daily Mail devoted three full pages to the raid and the Evening News reported that The Times had sold out by a quarter past nine in the morning, even with inflated prices. [114] The Daily Mail itself increased in circulation from 800,000 a day in 1914 to 1.5 million by 1916. [6]