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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 …

Rex Whistler’s family has intervened in a racism row over the artist’s giant mural in the Tate by defending the controversial piece as a “work of the past”. Descendants of the late British artist have issued a joint statement suggesting it was “perhaps unsurprising” that Whistler painted Oriental figures on …

The Duchess of Sussex is also suing Associated for breach of privacy and copyright after The Mail on Sunday published extracts of a letter she sent to Thomas Markle, her father.  The trial had been scheduled for January but the Duchess successfully applied for an adjournment on confidential grounds and …

Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that Christmas Day would be spent in his cab tucking into a ham and cheese sandwich – among provisions handed out by the British military – as …

A second worker at a separate office in London said that after 36 years of postal work, 2020 had been “the worst so far”. “It’s not in their interest to make sure people get their birthday cards, Christmas cards, and hospital appointments compared to tracked items,” he said. “But these …