Historic Newcastle tea company Ringtons has acquired a huge industrial unit in its most significant investment in years. The tea merchants import and package tea for major supermarkets, alongside its own brand of coffees, teas and sweet treats, which are sold online, in stores and through its traditional doorstep delivery …

Like it or not, clothes talk. So if you’re on a four-day tour of Colombia at the invitation of a country’s vice-president, and your every move is being photographed, it’s wise to maximise the power of your clothing choices.  And we’ve come to expect nothing less from the Duchess of Sussex. …

A postbox in a remote part of Northumberland has been closed because of snails crawling through the flap and eating the mail. The Royal Mail box in Adderstone has been out of use since last month thanks to a hungry snail family. A sign on the front of the red …

A man has indecently exposed himself to a child in what police described as “an extremely concerning incident”. North Yorkshire Police were called to the scene near the Royal Mail sorting office on Leeman Road in York at about 18:50 BST on Sunday. It is believed the man exposed himself …

Security for Harry and Meghan’s four day quasi royal tour of Colombia cost an eye watering eight billion pesos (£1.5 million) local media have claimed. The £375,000 a day cost involved 3,000 police and soldiers, plus helicopters, sniffer dogs, bomb disposal units and an ever-present guard armed with a ballistic …

It is tragic to learn that Mike Lynch, one of Britain’s most brilliant tech entrepreneurs, and his 18-year-old daughter are still missing after his luxury super yacht was hit by a freak storm off the coast of Sicily yesterday morning. So far one person has been confirmed dead, and four …

Guy Renner-Thompson Snails have a varied diet including plants, flowers, leaves and even paper and cardboard A postbox has been closed because snails have been crawling inside and munching the mail. The red box in Adderstone, a remote area of North Northumberland, has been out of use since July this …

If you use the UK postage system, you’ll know that since Summer 2023 Royal Mail only accept stamps that include the new barcodes. This new form of stamp was created to crack down on counterfeit fraud. However, it didn’t stop the fraudsters from attempting to continue scamming the public. £5 …

Dunkeld Writers Festival is gearing up for its third incarnation this weekend. Passion and hometown pride are the buzzwords for this small community nestled at the southern end of the Grampians in south-west Victoria. As a former regular Melbourne Writers Festival goer who attended the last festival, this writer was …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ofcom is ramping up hiring for its online safety workforce as concerns rise that the regulator lacks sufficient powers to curb the kinds of misinformation that sparked recent violent unrest …