With the Christmas period underway, the postal service has introduced a special postmark to encourage Britons to be prepared and send Christmas cards early. Royal Mail has warned that it comes ahead of the last posting date for 2nd Class mail, which currently falls on Wednesday, December 18, but is …

Time is running out to take advanatage of a free Royal Mail service for special Christmas deliveries. Bosses want to make sure that children manage to get their letters sent to Santa on time. Youngsters can write a letter to the big man himself and have it specially delivered just …

Princess Birgitta of Sweden has died aged 87, the Swedish Royal Palace revealed. The royal, who was King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden’s second sister and the widow of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, resided in Mallorca. The cause of her death is unknown. The palace shared the news on …

Britain’s most expensive stamp collection is being sold – and is expected to fetch up to £12M. The unique set includes the largest surviving block of unused Penny Blacks and has been dubbed the finest collection of British philatelic trophy assets ever assembled. The British Philatelic Trophy Collection features a …

Open this photo in gallery: Pedestrians walk past an RBC branch in Toronto, on May 15.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Canada’s biggest banks report their fourth-quarter earnings this week, covering the three months that ended Oct. 31, as the cost of borrowing drops and swaths of fixed-rate loans come up …

The funding came as part of Royal Mail’s Kits 4 Kids programme, a scheme aimed at supporting local grassroots teams and encouraging young people to stay active. The team was nominated by James Cannon, a Royal Mail safety control systems manager who also coaches the U11s. Their selection came from …

The Post Office has issued a five-day warning ahead of the Christmas rush. The Post Office has announced that it is expecting Monday, December 9, to be its busiest day across UK branches for sending Christmas parcels and post, it has said. Postmaster Richard Fleetwood told us: “Once you’ve decided …

Russell Hall said he hopes the idea brings about “a few more smiles over the seasonal period” New Mersey Shopping Park has launched the ‘Merry Mailbox’ initiative in collaboration with Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton(Image: William Lailey / SWNS) A new Liverpool initiative is hoping to help curb loneliness this …

Children can write to Santa and receive a letter back from the North Pole – but time is quickly running out to get the mail posted. Santa is waiting for children’s letters before he sets off on his deliveries ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) A service provided by the Royal Mail …

Digital learning firm agrees 100p per share deal – it was valued at 236p in 2021 Chairman and chief executive take alternative offer but others cannot   By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 10:07 EST, 4 December 2024 AIM-listed Learning Technologies has finally agreed to a £802million takeover by a US private equity …