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Children have been busy penning letters to Father Christmas, with video game consoles topping this year’s most-wanted list. Royal Mail’s survey of Christmas wishes from boys and girls has found Lego and bikes are also popular requests with books – which didn’t appear in the 2018 or 2017 lists – …

The first recorded evidence of a British child’s letter to Santa Claus has emerged in time for Christmas. A newspaper cutting shows that the Post Office was able to “communicate” with Father Christmas in 1895 on behalf of a little girl who had asked for a box of paints. It …

Mr Wilson, of Redditch, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty to £27,000 of false accounting rather than risk prison and was sentenced to 300 hours’ community service, working alongside criminals cleaning a graveyard.   He had bought his  local Post Office in 2002 with his wife Karen after she retired as a police …

Labour has sought formal legal advice that Jeremy Corbyn will still be able to implement one of his flagship election pledges if he keeps the UK in the European Union. The Sunday Telegraph understands that a QC has provided the party with advice on the legality of creating a nationalised …

Claim John McDonnell claims a Labour government would save families more than £6,700 a year. Background In a speech in Birmingham on Wednesday, the shadow chancellor will claim most households have been hit by the rising cost of living under the Tories. He will say households would save about £6,700 …

Labour’s plan to renationalise large chunks of the economy risks years of disruption that could delay Britain’s transition to a low-carbon economy, a thinktank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that taking water, energy companies, the Royal Mail and railways under state control would be costly, complex and …

Influential City investors have written to the chief executives of companies including Royal Mail, British Airways and JD Sports urging them to pay their workers a real living wage. The letter calls on businesses to seek accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation, which makes sure companies pay employees and contractors …

Royal Mail is letting children write to Santa this year, with the chance of receiving a letter back from Reindeerland. Kids can send their letters or cards directly to Santa, letting him know their special wishes for Christmas. Children can write a letter or card to Santa to get a …

Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat leader, has won a court order forcing the Scottish National party to withdraw an election leaflet that accuses her of hypocrisy over fracking. Lord Pentland, a civil judge sitting in the court of session in Edinburgh, ruled the Royal Mail should no longer circulate the …