2 h. ago Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’

To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?“I earn more cleaning toilets than I do from being a Deliveroo rider,” says Marina, a Brazilian woman who juggles two jobs to support her 12- and 18-year-old daughters.It’s a “bullshit, horrible job”, says Adam, from Sudan, who combines riding for Deliveroo with studying for a law degree. “On a good day I can earn £50 or £60, although it’s really hard doing deliveries using a pedal bike.” Continue reading...

Society

42 h. ago 'My food delivery got sent to my neighbour and I couldn't believe what happened next'

What would you do if your neighbour just took your whole order for themselves, and didn't even try to return it to its intended owner? That's what happened to one woman who was seething

Society

5 d. ago Inside the Kent café where model trains deliver food to your table

Nibbles Railway Café in Newenden, a small village in the Ashford District of Kent, claims to offer a 'truly unique dining experience where nostalgia meets novelty'.

Society

1 week ago DoorDash shares drop 19% over heavy spending on tech upgrades

Food delivery app said acquisition of UK’s Deliveroo would contribute less to earnings than forecast

Politics

1 week ago Can the Calo meal delivery service save me 75 hours per month? I tried it to find out

Fresh Fitness Food has rebranded as Calo – could this meal delivery service deliver nutritious dinners to free up hours in my day?

Politics

1 week ago Never run out of pet essentials and save money with a new subscription deal

A new subscription service keeps pet food, treats, and essentials arriving on time, without the last-minute rush

Economics

1 week ago Deliveroo report shows what everyone in UK has been ordering this year

The annual report shows the most ordered items and the rising favourites

Politics

1 week ago ‘Classic’ Papo’s Bagel named Deliveroo’s most popular order for 2025

The independent, family-run kitchen in Dalston, London, said winning the food delivery giant’s top-trending dish of the year was ‘a crazy honour’.

Politics

1 week ago Sainsbury's Christmas advert 2025: BFG returns to save online food deliveries from thieving rotters

When there’s something hungry in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call?

Society

1 week ago Race against time for Hurricane Melissa aid workers to deliver relief to people in Jamaica

Aid workers have spread across Jamaica to deliver food and water

Economics

2 w. ago REVEALED: This is how your 'posh', pricey Deliveroo takeaways could be cooked

Fast-food diners ordering deliveries from premium national restaurant brands are being sold meals prepared at budget takeaways, a Mail On Sunday investigation reveals.

Society

2 w. ago Kenya’s growing towns are leaving elephants with nowhere to go

In this week’s newsletter: As settlements expand across northern Kenya, people and elephants are increasingly clashing over land, food and waterDon’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt is remarkably hard to see an elephant in the wild. In Oldonyiro, northern Kenya, they pass through the settlement almost every night. Piles of dung appear metres from the primary school and local church each morning, where smooth circles have been padded into the earth by the enormous beasts shuffling past in the dark. But when I went looking for them in September, they were nowhere to be found. More after this week’s most important reads.How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of WightCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern OceanCan communities living side by side with wildlife beat Africa’s national parks at conservation?Nairo...

Politics

2 w. ago Woman 'feels sick' after finding 'creature' in milk carton used for her toddlers' breakfast

Beth Rees, 24, had a Tesco food shop delivered to her house which included milk - her family drank from the carton for a few days, until she found a slimy creature in it

Politics

2 w. ago Afghan asylum seeker sexually assaulted two women as he delivered takeaways to their homes despite ruling he had overstayed in UK

Shafiullah Rasooli, 29, was working illegally when he used his friend's registration details to deliver food to people in and around the town of Maidstone, Kent.

Events

2 w. ago Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans crackdown on migrants working illegally for food delivery apps by forcing firms to carry out stricter immigration status checks

Under existing laws, right-to-work checks to verify someone is eligible to work in the UK are needed only for companies with traditional employer to employee contracts.

Society

2 w. ago As Trump cracks down, faith groups step up for immigrants: ‘What has happened to our heart?’

Nuns, bishops and laity from California to Texas have created a network of help to uphold church teachingsCatholic parishioners rushed to deliver food boxes to immigrants too terrified to leave their homes in the California city of Coachella after federal immigration agents swept through Latino neighborhoods during the summer.Just south of Arizona’s border in Nogales, Mexico, Catholic nuns, laypeople and volunteers at the Kino Border Initiative, despite rising threats against aid workers, cook and serve two meals daily for immigrants who have been deported or lost their chances at US asylum in Donald Trump’s crackdown. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Sainsbury's, ASDA and Morrisons Christmas food delivery slots explained in full

There are just 64 days left until December 25, and many supermarkets have opened festive delivery slot bookings

Society

3 w. ago The MODEL professional! Lionesses hero Chloe Kelly trains with England hours after 'glamming up' to attend glitzy ball

The event, put on to highlight London's status as a global cultural capital, saw a host of stars flock to the capital on Saturday night.

Politics

4 w. ago Christmas 2025 delivery slots for Asda, M&S, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have launched

Christmas 2025 is just around the corner, and many supermarkets have already opened their Christmas delivery slots for customers to book in advance

Politics