A POSTAL worker put a mum’s prized parcel in a garden waste bin as a “safe place”… on collection day. Canvey mum Kiri Monk was left in total disbelief to see a note from Royal Mail to say the package was left in the bin, just as she realised the …

Diana’s former royal chef Darren McGrady has revealed he used to coax the Queen into choosing the Princess’ favourite bread and butter pudding by giving the monarch a second choice he knew she would reject. Speaking on his YouTube channel, the royal chef, 59, who spent 15 years in the …

AN ANDOVER man has been reunited with his guitar after it went missing for 18 days when he sent it via Parcelforce to a buyer in Kent. Andrew Whiteley, 66, from Roman Way said he parcelled his guitar in a 1.2mx50cmx20cm box on October 19, but it was not delivered …

THE Women’s Royal Voluntary Service had helped millions of people the world in time of disaster or war since its creation in 1938, reported The Mail in 2002. ‘From assisting victims and their families at the Lockerbie and Kegworth air crashes to providing refreshment in hospitals and prisons across the …

Royal Mail has apologised, and says a worker has been dismissed, after people in the Fishguard area received mail at the start of this month which was five or six weeks late. Among the late items, which dated from September and October, was pre-operation information for surgery that took place …

  As part of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scania held a one-day conference at its new Eurocentral flagship dealership to the east of the city to review road transport’s progress towards net-zero emissions. MT caught up with Scania’s global head of sustainability Andreas Follér at the event. …

People in Guernsey will soon have to pay more to post letters and parcels. Guernsey Post is expecting an increase in prices due to changes to its contract with Royal Mail. Guernsey Post’s outgoing chairman also says the Covid-19 pandemic has presented “unprecedented” obstacles to the business, and that he …

Hardwick Road Post Office, Pontefract The Hardwick Road Post Office of Maple Drive was closed for two months last year but reopened in May 2020. It closed again on October 1, 2021 and a letter went out to residents saying that the closure was temporary due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Pontefract …

Royal aide ‘DID tell Finding Freedom authors about her tiara row’: Palace press chief Jason Knauf ‘got Duchess’s version of wedding disagreement across to book writers’, Court of Appeal is told Palace press chief said Meghan provided him with ‘detail on the tiara’ It followed an article in The Times …

Premier League side, West Ham United has announced via club statement that Czech billionaire, Daniel Kretinsky has completed the acquisition of a 27% stake in West Ham Holding Limited. The stake is said to be worth between £180 million – £200 million which makes Kretinsky the second largest shareholder at …