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Ikea is offering a free £20 gift voucher to customers who buy their £29 real trees this year. Shoppers who pick up a real tree between now and December 23 will get a voucher to spend between January 10 and February 13 next year. The deal is available at the …

People living in Eccles say they haven’t received any mail for up to a month in the lead-up to Christmas. The Royal Mail says the issue is down to staff shortages caused by sickness and isolation because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes as people across the country have reported …

Iceland bosses said that their staff will not enforce mask-wearing in their stores after England reintroduced their Covid rules to come in line with Wales. From today people in England face fines of £200 for refusing to wear a mask when required – doubling after each offence. Mask wearing is …

With holidays just around the corner, it might be wise to check Royal Mail’s Christmas post dates for 2021. The dates come into effect in the coming days, and Royal Mail has advised people to be prompt in posting their Christmas cards and gifts abroad if they want them delivered …

Follow our photo journey through improbable postcode from urban noise to big sky countryside Usually, your postcode will give some clues as to the type of place you live in. If there’s a ‘1’ after the first letters (or letter) it’s pretty likely it’ll be in the centre of a …

Police are hunting for a man after an attempted burglary in south Bristol. Officers have issued an image of a man wearing an orange high-vis tabard with what appears to be a Royal Mail logo, who was seen in St Annes around the time of the crime. Royal Mail told …

Investment in UK impact technology firms jumped to £2 billion in the past year as the sector passed a total valuation of £50 billion, according to new data. Impact tech firms – which use technology to address issues such as climate change and global health – saw funding rise £300 …

Manufacturers are facing an “unprecedented combination” of a post-Covid credit, cash and costs crunch, new research suggests. Firms are facing demands of an economic recovery hampered by disrupted supply chains and mounting skills shortages, said Make UK and tax consultants RSM. They said their survey of more than 200 company …

November has seen some serious crimes heard in the courts, with the Joshua Hall verdict, the alleged rape of an elderly resident and fraudsters posing as police officers to target pensioners. There was also the conviction of a man for a horrific historic rape case, three decades after the crime …

Two men from Coventry have been jailed, along with a third man, for a total of 35 years for importing guns and ammunition into the UK by post before trying to sell them to organised criminals. The National Crime Agency launched an investigation after two semi-automatic pistols and hollow-point bullets …