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Royal Marines are poised to lead a ‘Dunkirk-style’ evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East after Iran launched a huge drone and missile attack against Israel last night. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese coastline ahead of a potential maritime rescue mission. The daring mission …

By Freya Barnes Published: 20:44 EDT, 12 April 2024 | Updated: 20:47 EDT, 12 April 2024 The Royal Navy has seized nearly £33m worth of illegal drugs from traffickers in the Middle East. Across two operations in less than 24 hours, HMS Lancaster seized a total of 3.7 tonnes of …

By Mark Nicol Published: 16:43 EDT, 12 April 2024 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 12 April 2024 Royal Marines are poised to lead a ‘Dunkirk-style’ evacuation of thousands of UK nationals from the Middle East should Iran launch a missile strike on Israel. Commandos have already conducted reconnaissance along the Lebanese …

Gareth Roberts laid bare the struggles of postal service after he worked there By Zac Campbell Published: 11:41 EDT, 12 April 2024 | Updated: 11:59 EDT, 12 April 2024 A former Royal Mail employee has laid bare the struggles of the postal service after working at the company for a year.  Delivering …

By Adele Cooke Money Mail Reporter Published: 17:32 EDT, 12 April 2024 | Updated: 17:38 EDT, 12 April 2024 Border Force has promised a crackdown on fake stamps after Royal Mail accused it of failing to stop counterfeit versions entering Britain from China. The Home Office said that Border Force …

Royal Mail has been playing the blame game for quite some time now. When the beleaguered company’s former chief executive Simon Thompson appeared in front of the business, energy and industrial strategy committee in March 2023, he pointed the finger at rogue workers carrying tracking devices, which he later admitted …

Alan Cook is now being questioned by Edward Henry KC, who represents Janet Skinner, a sub-postmistress who served a nine-month sentence for false accounting after pleading guilty in 2006. “She’d been jailed on the lie, Mr Cook, that Horizon was infallible,” Mr Henry said. “But you said you had no …

Sir Julian Hartley, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said the Royal Mail needed to “work closely” with hospitals to ensure changes and their consequences were understood. “Although the NHS is increasingly moving towards more digital ways of working, many patients still rely on post for updates on care and …

Claims that four Chinese companies are printing one million fake stamps a week By Adele Cooke Published: 17:32 EDT, 10 April 2024 | Updated: 17:37 EDT, 10 April 2024 Thousands of fake stamps are entering Britain from China, leaving victims paying £5 penalties to collect their post. Royal Mail was …

More details have emerged of the final moments of a young Florida sportsman who threw himself overboard from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise during a drunken argument with his dad. Police in Broward County identified the missing man as Levion Parker 20, of North Port in Florida …