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POLICE have warned about a new ‘Royal Mail’ scam. Fraudsters have sent emails out of the blue pretending to be from the postal delivery service. One resident asked to pay a £1.99 redelivery fee for a letter they supposedly couldn’t post through the mailbox. Because the fee was so small …

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An army bomb squad was called to a mail sorting office in Edinburgh on Saturday after a package, reportedly addressed to Nicola Sturgeon, began to smoke. Postal workers were forced to evacuate the Royal Mail building in Sighthill, Edinburgh, at around 10.25am after the package was spotted.  Police and fire …

As the excitement over the US presidential election fades, the focus turns to Europe this week where there is plenty going on despite the restrictions brought by the second wave of coronavirus. In the UK Boris Johnson will try to put the departure of Dominic Cummings, his influential aide, behind …

In more than three decades as co-owner East Haugh House, a country house hotel and restaurant in Pitlochry, Lesley McGown may have felt she had seen everything life in the hospitality industry could throw at her – until coronavirus struck. And it is fair to say the pandemic, which has so …

Two houses, two courts, one crown — and a whole lot of style. Season 4 of the cult-favorite period piece “The Crown” is set to return Nov. 15, and royals and commoners alike are gearing up for fresh historical drama. And after the release of the newest trailer, it’s clear …

The historic, centuries-long link between the Royal Mail and the nation’s network of post offices is set to come to an end as negotiations begin that could lead to the state-owned Post Office handling the packages of rival delivery firms such as Amazon. The Post Office is understood to be …

Royal Mail set to post a first-half loss of £65m with the pandemic worsening a drop in letter volumes It comes despite a predicted 8% rise in revenues to £5.6bn Covid-19 has prompted a rise in parcel sending with more internet shopping  The company taking on 33,000 temporary staff to …

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says flights between Australia and the UK will only resume when a vaccine starts being rolled out, which likely won’t happen until winter 2021. His statement came as one of the scientists behind the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Professor Ugur Sahin says he’s confident that normal life will return towards …

The Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle signed a multi-million dollar deal with the streaming giant earlier this year, with the couple taking on production roles. Netflix has also enraged Buckingham Palace insiders over their depiction of the Royal Family in their show The Crown, which in its fourth season …