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One of the many things London does very well is museums. The city boasts such a bounty of world-renowned institutions that it can be hard to know which to visit first: from cutting edge art exhibitions at the Tate Modern to Hope, the huge skeleton of a blue whale at …

Britain has been hit by delivery chaos today as several firms cancelled services amid safety concerns in Storm Eunice.  Deadly wind speeds of up to 122mph were recorded on England’s southern coast today as Storm Eunice swept across the country, felling trees and damaging homes. Forecasters and government officials have …

The roof of The O2 was partially ripped off by Storm Eunice today as lorries were blown over and trees were felled after England was hit by the strongest winds on record while millions of Britons were urged to stay at home. The top speed of 122mph at Needles on …

Meghan Markle may never come back to the UK as she ‘simply doesn’t care’ what the British public think, a royal biographer has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex , 40, who lives in a $14 million mansion in Montecito, California having stepped back from royal duty in 2020,  has ‘no …

The last time they planted flowers here, the display became — overnight — one of the most wildly popular visitor attractions of modern times. Except that the flowers on that occasion were 888,246 ceramic poppies. And the whole installation was uprooted and sold off soon after the end of events …

Postman Pot! Royal Mail launch probe into video showing delirious looking Clapham posties staggering in street after ‘accidentally eating HASH BROWNIES’ they were unable to deliver to address Postmen stagger after they were said to have accidentally eaten hash brownies One postman can be heard telling colleagues that he consumed ‘four’ …

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Royal Mail to axe 700 jobs in overhaul that will hit profits. https://on.ft.com/3u0PGh0 Temasek buys UK testing group Element in $7 bln deal. https://on.ft.com/3o0OnLc UK banks …

London stocks had maintained gains by midday on Tuesday, having taken their opening cue from a positive close on Wall Street, with Royal Mail pacing the advance after a well-received update. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at 7,357.44, having slumped 2.6% on Monday amid growing tensions between Russia and …

Maybe it’s from our English forebears, whose Royal Mail Service was started in 1516, that our nation’s founders were inspired to establish the U.S. Post Office, which they did definitively by making sure it was part of our federal Constitution (Article II, Sec. 8, #7). Since then, the U.S. Postal …

A staff sickness crisis at the Royal Mail has hit deliveries for more than 250,000 homes across the country.  During one week in January it was reported that up to 15,000 employees – nine per cent of the workforce – were off sick, severely impacting on the postal service. There …