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Action Fraud said that having a national system allows law enforcement to see the whole picture. It is currently working to create a “new and improved next-generation service”. Angela McLaren, assistant commissioner for economic and cyber crime at the City of London Police, which includes Action Fraud, said the threat …

Thousands of letters and cards are received each month for each member of the family, all of which are carefully sifted and organised, with the majority generating polite replies on monogrammed paper, franked from Buckingham Palace. While the Prince of Wales receives the most post, the volume of letters trickling …

A TikToker whose been getting to the bottom of the difference between Royal Mail first and second stamps class has claimed it’s in fact all a scam after conducting a little experiment. Watch him explain here: TikTok user Stage Door Johnny had previously been querying what the actual difference was …

Nearly half of people believe those who lost their job during the pandemic were likely to have been underperforming, a survey has found. In findings that will raise fears over inequalities in Britain, a study of attitudes by researchers at Kings College London showed a significant minority thought a widening …

Royal Mail is urging customers to watch out for a new delivery scam that is doing the rounds across the country. The scams are circulating by text and email and tells recipients to make payments to ensure that their packages can get delivered. According to Birmingham Live, the text states: …

Airlines and travel companies have reported a surge in holiday bookings after the Boris Johnson announced his roadmap out of lockdown. EasyJet, Ryanair, Tui and Thomas Cook reported a jump in bookings to destinations including Spain and Greece after the prime minister said international trips could potentially resume from 17 …

Security outsourcing firm G4S looks set to be taken over by Allied Universal Security Services, after rival Canadian suitor GardaWorld said it would not be increasing its existing bid to trump the US firm’s £3.8bn offer. G4S, which operates services including running four British prisons and managing 21 UK Covid-19 …

Royal Mail complaints have more than doubled in the past three months according to a consumer service, as the problems with delivery blackspots persist. Scores of people have complained that their post has taken too long to arrive, with a spike  over Christmas. Resolver, the independent consumer service, received 2,653 …

Rishi Sunak’s March budget will be a fresh Covid rescue package that will defer plans for significant tax increases as the chancellor throws his weight behind a cautious approach to reopening the economy, government sources have confirmed. Boris Johnson signalled on Wednesday that the government would take a slow path …

Teachers, schoolchildren and their families could be tested for coronavirus twice a week under a plan for mass rapid testing that has been touted as key to safely easing England’s lockdown, reports claim. As many as 400,000 rapid lateral flow tests will be sent to homes every day, supported by …