Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images The online message board 4chan is being investigated by the UK communications regulator over failure to comply with recently introduced online safety rules. Ofcom says it has received complaints over potential illegal content on the website, which has not responded to its requests for …
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Ofcom has given Royal Mail a slap on the wrist for jumping the gun on potential changes to the Universal Service Obligation. In a letter to Royal Mail CEO Emma Gilthorpe, Ofcom group director for Networks and Communications Natalie Black CBE took issue with a communiqué issued by Royal Mail …
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While the younger generation has grown up with the internet, social media and so on, there are many who find it harder to navigate these new worlds. Age UK has conducted research on digital exclusion in the UK. It found that 25% of people aged 65 and over in the …
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featured newsJune 10, 2025 at 4:14 pm Consumer Scotland has advised that new safeguard should be considered for postal services in Scotland’s isles. New postal delivery safeguards should be considered for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, Consumer Scotland has said. Currently, first class deliveries in all other postcode areas …
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Graham Moore, who stood for the English Constitution Party (ECP) at the May 1 election, finished last out of 15 candidates – picking up 50 votes. But he now alleges that number did not tally with what he felt he should have received. He now wants the result to be …
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Slightly less than a third of all first-class mail is delivered on time in the Western Isles, new Consumers Scotland figures show. Currently, the communications watchdog, OFCOM, requires the Royal Mail to deliver 93 per cent of first-class mail to every Scottish mainland postcode within one working day. …
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Rotherham-based Magtec and Royal Mail have announced that they are trialling cutting-edge electric truck technology, supporting the continued expansion of the UK’s largest electric delivery fleet. Supported by an £800,000 grant from Innovate UK, the trial will put the two new 19-tonne vehicles through their paces in real-world conditions, comparing …
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Convenience retailer Co-op has signed a partnership agreement with Royal Mail that will see parcel lockers installed at Co-op stores from the summer of 2025. In total, the two firms intend to have lockers installed at 100 Co- op stores in the UK. These addition of these lockers will allow …
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A new battery electric truck charging project aims to develop and demonstrate cutting-edge solutions for megawatt charging systems (MCS) in multi-user charging hubs. Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the aim of the Macbeth (Multipoint Megawatt Charging for Battery Electric Truck Hubs) project is to establish a European …
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A man accused of playing a part in the import of hundreds of kilograms of cannabis from the United States to Wales through the postal service said he had “no idea” what was in the parcel he allowed to be delivered to his home address. Steven Munroe, 44, said he …
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