A pair of dealers have been jailed after they were caught using Royal Mail post boxes to send envelopes stuffed full of drugs to their customers. James Willoughby, 27, and Mac Cheremeh, 42, posted hundreds of envelopes containing drugs into post boxes around Chelmsford, Essex. Drugs including crack cocaine, heroin, …

Daniel Křetínský, the billionaire known as the Czech Sphinx, has quietly become the largest shareholder in Royal Mail, heaping more pressure on the troubled postal service as it faces calls for a break-up. Křetínský, who owns Sparta Prague football club and who made his fortune in energy, has amassed a …

Research by the Royal Mail suggests many Brits regretted lockdown purchases, with retail returns in July up by 25 per cent on last July. Customers in the South East were most likely to return unsuitable or ill-fitting items, with St Albans and Watford top of the list. Many retailers extended …

Royal Mail has revealed the areas in the UK where customers have returned the most amount of items from online orders from purchases made during lockdown.   The group saw a 25% increase in returns traffic against last year, as consumers “reflected on some of their hastier purchases”. St Albans was …

Note: Due to the pandemic, we have included a special section on the Impact of COVID 19 on the Courier and Local Delivery Services Market which would mention How the Covid-19 is Affecting the Industry, Market Trends and Potential Opportunities in the COVID-19 Landscape, Key Regions and Proposal for Courier and …

Covid-19 home-testing kits being used in some parts of the Highlands and islands could be “useless” because they take too long to get to the laboratory. MSP Rhoda Grant yesterday raised the case of a constituent whose elderly neighbour took a Covid-19 test. Despite contacting NHS Highland and a local …

Published Aug 25, 2020 at 6:58 pm (Updated Aug 25, 2020 at 7:30 pm) Susan Jackson, One Bermuda Alliance (File photograph) An option to vote by post should have been introduced before Bermudians go to the polls for a General Election, a …

A ROGUE driver fled police at 100 miles an hour and caused thousands of pounds in damage to a Royal Mail van and garden wall. Robert Blackmore told police officers that he “hated” them, before fleeing from a roadside stop. The 31-year-old of Butneys, Basildon was stopped by police in …

Dozens of business people, from farmers to FTSE 100 bosses, have been recruited to government advisory boards as ministers seek to strengthen Britain’s negotiating position in trade talks. With Whitehall officials preparing for sensitive talks with the United States and Australia on agricultural tariffs, Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, …

Police have appealed for information after a pub was targeted in an early hours burglary. The glass in one of the back doors was smashed in at the Royal Enfield in Redditch, Worcestershire in the break-in, police said. Someone was said to have made their way into the venue through …