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Councils will be expected to take rubbish collection, cleaning and school dinner provision back in-house under plans to reverse four decades of outsourcing to be announced by the Labour party today . In the biggest shake-up of local government since the Margaret Thatcher-inspired reforms of the 1980s, a future Jeremy …

The former partner of a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in her own home has accepted responsibility for her killing, a court has heard. On Wednesday, Aaron McKenzie, 25, appeared at the Old Bailey charged with the murder of Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months …

While many people can’t even seem to wee on target (sorry fellas, but it’s true), one postal worker has gone above and beyond to prove that perfect aim really isn’t that tricky – no, not by urinating accurately, but by managing to lob someone’s post through an open upstairs window. …

Gerald Shamash has already saved Jeremy Corbyn from electoral defeat. The solicitor’s late-night dash to the Royal Mail sorting office, armed with a judge’s order, prevented delivery of politically damaging – and inaccurate – leaflets. That was 1983, the year the Labour leader was first elected to parliament for Islington …

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a pregnant woman and the manslaughter of her baby son, who was delivered at the scene but later died. Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, was aged 26 and eight months pregnant, when she was killed in the bedroom of her home in …

Detectives investigating the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn baby in Croydon, south London have arrested a third person. A 25-year-old man is now being questioned by officers at a central London police station after being detained on suspicion of murder. Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, a Royal Mail worker who …

Police investigating the murders of a woman and her unborn child in south London have arrested a man, Scotland Yard has said. The 25-year-old man, whom officers have not named, was taken to a central London police station after being arrested on suspicion of murder on Thursday. Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, …

Royal Mail are urging pet owners to control their dogs after new figures show a sharp increase in attacks on postal workers. Almost 2,500 dog attacks on postmen and women in the last 12 months have resulted in serious and permanent injury and “could have easily ended in fatalities” according …

Dog owners should feed their pets before the postman arrives and lock them away for ten minutes after he leaves, the Royal Mail has said following a spate of attacks.  Every week in the last year around 47 postmen and women were attacked by dogs in the course of their …

A woman in the advanced stages of her pregnancy was stabbed to death in her bedroom with her entire family in the home, Scotland Yard has announced. Her baby son, who was named Riley by the family after being delivered by paramedics via a caesarean section at the scene, died …