Parcel locker firm, Inpost, has acquired delivery company, Yodel, to become the third-largest agnostic logistics player in the country, following Royal Mail and Evri. The deal saw InPost acquire 95.5% of Judge Logistics Ltd share capital (‘JLL’), parent company of Yodel Delivery Network (‘Yodel’), with PayPoint retaining a minority stake …

As King Charles and Queen Camilla pay tribute to Pope Francis today, they will reflect on their recent private visit. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88, the Vatican announced today. The pontiff spent his final weeks in hospital with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs. The …

CheqUp, which provides weight loss injections and treatments, has taken over the ground floor of Turnpike House, a two-storey office building on Methuen Park. The company is approved by the NHS and General Pharmaceutical Council accredited. It provides weight loss medications, including injections, as well as advice on nutrition, exercise, …

Monarchies from around the world have shared tributes to Pope Francis following his death yesterday aged 88.  The pontiff ‘passed away peacefully’ at the Saint Martha residence in the Vatican on Monday, according to his doctors. The cause of death has since been confirmed as a stroke, leading to subsequent heart …

Fresh & Proper in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, has become the first convenience store in the whole of the UK to host one of Royal Mail’s new parcel lockers. The locker is now available 24/7 for customers to drop off parcels and will soon be expanded to offer collection. Label printing is …

More than 40 Royal Mail vans turned out and joined the funeral procession from the depot in Pittman Way, Fulwood. A number of them then travelled through to the Crematorium in Longridge Road for the Tuesday lunchtime service. Nick worked at the Royal Mail’s Christian Road depot and was described …

Citizens Advice has published a new report, The Full Package: What Consumers Need from a Changing Postal Service, providing detailed insight into how people across England and Wales use letters, parcels, and post offices — and what they want from the postal system in future. The research includes the views …

Image Credit: Landworkers’ Alliance This week, farmers, landworkers, and NGOs are issuing an urgent call to the UK Government: to enshrine a ‘right to food’ in law and strengthen its nature-friendly farming policies. The stakes couldn’t be higher with a UK-USA trade deal looming—one that could flood the market with …

Claret & Hugh have learned today that West Ham shareholder Daniel Křetínský will have zero involvement in the club’s upcoming summer transfer window. Speaking to a senior source earlier today, we were informed that the Czech billionaire — who owns 27% of the club — will not even be consulted …

They called him ‘Edward the Caresser’ and with good reason. In his lifetime he bedded over 100 women, and probably many more. His most famous mistress was Queen Camilla’s great-grandmother Alice Keppel, but she was only the last in a very long line of bedfellows. Bertie, as King Edward VII …