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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 …

Postal workers could be utilised to check on the wellbeing of the elderly and to deliver essential items, such as prescriptions, a trades union has suggested. The Communication Workers Union is understood to have proposed the idea to the loss-making Royal Mail to build on its claim “we own trust …

Town halls have been ordered to consult more with local people after an outcry in The Telegraph over the way some roads have been shut and replaced with cycle lanes. Grant Shapps admitted some local authorities had “got it wrong” and “had not thought through” plans before shutting roads to …

The Duke of Sussex was ordered by a judge to water down an “unduly tendentious” attack on the media, court documents have revealed.   The Duke made a rare personal statement in court on Monday, in which he took aim at the Mail on Sunday over a story that wrongly …

Thousands of rapid turnaround coronavirus tests are being handed out to businesses to test workers without symptoms. The Government announced a rollout of rapid testing in industries including food, manufacturing, energy and retail sectors, as well as job centres, transport networks and the military. Around 734,600 lateral flow tests, which …

Some 130,000 letters have already been sent to invite people to book a vaccination appointment, while 500,000 more are being sent out this week. Last night, Royal Mail said they were “exploring a range of options with the NHS to help identify key mail items in the network even more …

On Wednesday, Royal Mail published an updated list of areas where there is “acute service disruption,” cutting the number of places affected from 28 to 21. But the firm has been accused of underreporting the true severity of the situation, and should face penalties, say MP’s. Ofcom, which regulates the …

The list of 28 severely affected areas, published on Monday, included 13 in or near London, as well as Leeds in West Yorkshire, Chelmsford in Essex, Widnes in Cheshire and Margate in Kent. But local leaders in other parts of the country have told The Telegraph their areas are suffering …

On Monday, the NHS was forced to rewrite hundreds of thousands of letters inviting people for vaccines. More than 130,000 letters already sent to over-80s were criticised by MPs and council leaders after failing to make it clear that anyone who preferred not to travel to a super centre could …

On Monday, Royal Mail confirmed that a number of staff who work at the delivery office in Lincoln are currently self-isolating, and said there had also been virus outbreaks in Daventry and Northampton. Last week, seven postmen in Horsham contracted the virus and have not been able to work, while …