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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells caused outrage yesterday after trying to shift the blame for an IT scandal that ruined the lives of more than 1,000 postmasters. The part-time priest, 61, insisted she did not approve prosecutions of her staff and was misled by computer experts. She said she …

Britain today announced 154 more Covid-19 deaths and just 653 coronavirus cases, in the lowest daily jump for more than three months as the outbreak continues to fizzle out.  Department of Health figures show the overall number of victims has now topped 43,000 — but other grim data taking into account …

NHS staff are being denied holiday in autumn because health bosses fear a second wave of Covid-19 will overwhelm Britain’s hospitals once again, it emerged today. MailOnline can reveal at least one trust in England is blocking workers from taking annual leave in October, in case the coronavirus crisis spirals …

An unmanned fast rigid inflatable boat, capable of patrolling autonomously for 45 hours or pursuing hostile targets at 38kts for 100 miles is entering sea trials with the Royal Navy.  The crewless Pacific 24 boat is based on the current RIB in service with the Royal Navy – which is …

A senior female City executive told by her boss ‘women should stay at home and cook’ has won a £75,000 payout. Lana Sinelnikova had accused chief executive Alex Pusco of sex discrimination and blew the whistle on alleged improper financial practices at the foreign exchange trading company he founded. The …

Royal Mail postmen should not be sacked if they are caught urinating during rounds, a tribunal has suggested, after one worker was dismissed for relieving himself in a lay-by. Roo Rawal was fired for gross misconduct in 2017 after he was filmed allegedly urinating in a “very busy street” near his …

Therapist, 53, died when she was hit in road by Libyan immigrant working illegally in UK as fast food delivery driver who thought he had hit a bump and continued on way to work  Rezar Abukhrais, 35, was working illegally as a fast food delivery driver  Donna Barrow-Jones, 53, fell …

Royal Mail postmen should not be sacked if they’re caught urinating throughout rounds, a tribunal has ruled, after one employee was dismissed for relieving himself in a lay-by. Roo Rawal was fired for gross misconduct in 2017 after he was filmed allegedly urinating in a “very busy street” close to his …

A pensioner was shocked to receive a letter from her sister nearly 54 years after it was posted from the top of the Post Office Tower. Gill Milbourne, 74, and her husband Mel are baffled about how the letter came to be delivered around 19,671 days late to their home. …

Postman sacked by Royal Mail for urinating on his round was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules after hearing ‘there is not a post person alive who has not had to’ Postman Roo Rawal was caught on film urinating in lay-by on his delivery round Veteran Royal Mail employee was dismissed for …