Argyll mailing house CX Services has urged printers to consider how they could do more to hire neurodivergent workers after offering a full-time job to an apprentice with Asperger’s Syndrome. The apprentice, 20-year-old Riley Macrae-Duffy, has been an “outstanding” asset to the firm since joining, and an example of just …

Firefighters have tackled a blaze at a house in East Sussex. Emergency services were called to Market Place in Hailsham at about 22:10 BST on Saturday. Three fire engines were at the scene after a blaze spread from the garage at the property, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. …

Financial changes are incoming for the month of October, with a raft of new rule changes set to be introduced. The Winter Fuel Payment phone lines will be opening from the start of the month, and there are also planned changes to energy bills. The payments, worth up to £300, …

Every week we ask one of the best chefs in the country to pick their Cheap Eats where they live and at home. We’ve talked to chefs across the UK, from Northern Ireland to Norfolk – and every day this week our focus will be on London. This afternoon, in …

Financial changes are incoming for the month of October, with a raft of new rule changes set to be introduced. The Winter Fuel Payment phone lines will be opening from the start of the month, and there are also planned changes to energy bills. However, some will need to apply, …

An eight-year-old who died after being shot in the head on Saturday has been named. Jay Cartmell of Frizington in West Cumbria was killed in an incident near Warcop on Saturday. He died after sustaining serious head injuries in an incident on land not far from the A66, north of …

Paddington Tube station’s new Bakerloo line ticket hall has now opened, offering step-free access from street to platform via two lifts. The new hall is over three times the size of the previous one, with 11 ticket gates compared to the previous five, thus helping to speed up journeys. The …

Royal Mail has issued a scam warning to anyone with access to emails – urging them not to click on anything suspicious. The postal service has long been impersonated by scammers. Thousands of people in the UK have received fake emails and texts falsely claiming to be from Royal Mail. …

NFU Mutual has appointed a new fleet risk manager to help shape the commercial insurer’s fleet proposition and expand its current book. Mark Bromhall, fleet risk manager at NFU Mutual Mark Bromhall previously spent 19 years at Royal Mail, with the last nine of those in the role of road …

As many begin to prepare for Christmas it was unwelcomed news when Royal Mail announced a hike in the price of a first class stamp. The price of a first class stamp will increase to £1.65 on October 7 while second class stamps will remain at 85p. It came as …