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More than 16m people were left waiting for post in January as Royal Mail suffered staff crisis amid Covid-19 pandemic Nearly one in 20 households said they had not received a single item last month Citizens Advice survey showed households in London were worst the affected There was a 365% …

SEGRO completes pioneering zero-carbon refurbishment at Premier Park, Park Royal 10 February 2021 SEGRO has completed its first ‘zero-carbon in operation refurbishment’, repositioning a 45,000 sq ft unit at Premier Park, Park Royal, as a state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient warehouse space. The unit, originally constructed in 2000 has now achieved a …

Body is found stuffed in suitcase by North Carolina river just 10 miles from where pregnant woman, 28, went missing a week ago The body was found in a suitcase by the Neuse River Trail in Raleigh on Monday The case is considered a homicide and cause of death is …

Newspapers and publishers have today united to urge MPs to investigate the Government’s ‘disgraceful’ obstruction of legitimate Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Boris Johnson has said he supports press freedom in Britain but an investigation has revealed that his Government operates a secretive taxpayer-funded ‘Clearing House’ allegedly stifling disclosure of …

A group of almost 200 British academics from more than a dozen UK universities could face jail, as officials probe whether they may have unwittingly helped the Chinese government build weapons of mass destruction. Officials are investigating the academics amid suspicion they may have breached laws designed to protect national security …

All over-70s in England who haven’t yet had a Covid vaccine should book their own online, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary tonight trumpeted the success of the roll-out so far, confirming the NHS is on track to hit its target of immunising the 15million most vulnerable Brits by …

Card addressed to ‘somewhere at top of town’ in St Ives in Cornwall miraculously makes it to the right house Tracey Fitzharris, 43, received the card from her friend in Duror in Scotland The envelope was addressed as ‘Somewhere at top of town, St Ives, Cornwall’  On the back of …

Postal workers could be paid to check up on elderly people during their rounds under new plans proposed by union members. Delivering prescriptions could also become the responsibility of Royal Mail staff under measures designed to widen their duties and create additional revenues. The idea has been put forward by the …

A top aide to Boris Johnson is today caught up in a conflict of interest row over claims he helped broker a deal for China’s new embassy on behalf of the Government while being paid by two of the companies involved. Lord Udny-Lister helped the Foreign Office lead talks with …

Prince Philip (pictured at the Epsom Derby in 2009) has, with characteristic self-deprecation, invented a word for his famous habit of ‘putting one’s foot into one’s mouth’ Millions of words may have been written about his jam-packed life, but a new book by veteran Royal-watcher IAN LLOYD unearths nuggets about …