28 h. ago Car bumpers, homemade pies no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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28 h. ago Next day delivery, no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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6 d. ago Scots Christmas shift workers offered free festive meals at pubs across country

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6 d. ago This is the one weapon that can save women from the violent monsters that prowl our streets. We must be allowed to carry it

Don't read a book. Don't listen to music or a podcast on headphones. Don't look a stranger in the eye or even close your eyes to rest. It could cost you your life...

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6 d. ago Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on

Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services runningAs the US federal shutdown enters its second month, government workers are accusing the Trump administration of being “out of control” and bullying people who are “simply trying to do their best”.The shutdown surpassed 35 days this week, beating the previous record set under Donald Trump’s first presidential term. About 700,000 federal employees are furloughed without pay, and about 700,000 additional federal workers have been working without pay through the shutdown. Continue reading...

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

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6 d. ago Andrew allowed to keep Falklands medal despite losing royal and military titles

King Charles has agreed to his brother retaining South Atlantic medal for navy service during 1982 conflictHe has lost his princehood, dukedom, Order of the Garter knighthood and military titles, but the former Duke of York, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, can at least keep his campaign medal awarded for active service during the 1982 Falklands conflict.The defence secretary, John Healey, had already confirmed Mountbatten Windsor would be stripped of his last remaining title, the honorary rank of vice-admiral, which he was given on his 55th birthday in 2015 and retained even after he lost other military positions in 2022. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Never run out of pet essentials and save money with a new subscription deal

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7 d. ago Putin brags he allowed NATO to spy on 'world's most lethal weapon’ in chilling WW3 threat

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1 week ago Scots parents keep baby girl's memory alive as they praise 'lifeline' health service

Little Hallie Lindsay fought hard for 26 days after she was born, with the help of the staff at 'home away from home' Crossbasket House.

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last month Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn

At our conference in November we will use a jury service-type model to allow members to discuss and decide policy, strategy and even the name of our partyAt Labour’s latest conference, one thing stood out: the party no longer believes in democracy. Members and trade union affiliates voted to back, first the findings of a UN commission of inquiry that Israel is committing genocide, and second that the government must do all it can to prevent it.It is now two weeks since this motion was passed, but still the Labour government refuses to recognise the genocide in Gaza and allows the supply of weapons to Israel.Jeremy Corbyn is the MP for Islington North and co-leader of Your Party. He was leader of the Labour party from 2015 to 2020 Continue reading...

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