2 h. ago Post Office issues warning to anyone sending parcels ahead of Christmas

Post Office branches can be used to collect or drop off prepaid parcels

Events

2 h. ago Exact last dates to send your Christmas parcels at the Post Office by Royal Mail, DPD and Evri

Now it's December, the Post Office is gearing-up for a rush of parcels being sent for Christmas. But for those who are less organised, what are the last posting dates?

Politics

2 h. ago Post Office urges customers to send parcels before busiest day on December 8

Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year – up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office.

Economics

56 h. ago Now 3rd Post Office accounting system in spotlight as subpostmaster conviction sent to appeal court amid evidence it 'could cause errors'

Gareth Snow previously pleaded guilty to false accounting in July 2001 after admitting falsifying documents to cover losses of more than £57,000 at his branch in Denbighshire.

Events

4 d. ago Snow, temperature drops and wind gusts greet Americans on the busiest travel day of the year

This holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in nearly 15 years

Transport

4 d. ago Hugh Jackman goes Instagram official with Sutton Foster in gushing post after Deborra

The 57-year-old Australian actor - who divorced Deborra-Lee Furness, 69, earlier this year - gushed over the 50-year-old American actress in a sweet post Wednesday morning.

Politics

4 d. ago Customs duty to apply to all small parcels to UK, Chancellor confirms

Currently, overseas retailers can send small parcels worth less than £135 to the UK without paying import duties.

Politics

4 d. ago Snow hits the Midwest and rain in the South: Thanksgiving’s busiest travel day hit with weather woes

This holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in nearly 15 years

Events

4 d. ago Emma Louise Jones shares wardrobe malfunction video as she's 'mortified in Post Office'

Sport presenter Emma Louise Jones shared a video showing how she suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as her clothing ripped when on the way to the gym

Events

5 d. ago Supermarkets are urgently recalling six products as customers told 'do not eat'

The Food Standards Agency has issued new recalls, including a festive favourite that has been deemed a potential "health risk" for some consumers

Economics

5 d. ago Lanarkshire customers urged to support 13th annual Tesco Winter Food Collection

Last year, generous customers donated 1.9 million meals worth of food at the Winter Food Collection directly to Trussell and FareShare.

Economics

6 d. ago DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration.The review, due to be published on Tuesday, was triggered after a year-long Guardian investigation revealed how carers had been hit with draconian penalties of as much as £20,000 relating to carer’s allowance. Some were plunged into hardship, others were jailed. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Udo Kier death: Cult German actor known for Dancer in the Dark dies aged 81

Actor once said ‘it is better to be evil and scare people rather than be the guy who works in the post office and goes home to his wife and children’

Events

8 d. ago Elderly man dies in attack at Post Office cash machine as murder probe launched

Police have launched a murder investigation after Jalal Khan, 76, was set upon in Enfield last month while taking money out of a cash machine - and tragically died after the attack

Events

9 d. ago Shock as 'kind gentleman' dies following attack outside Post Office in north London

Friends and neighbours of Jalal Khan described him as a ‘lovely, kind-hearted, peaceful gentleman’

Events

1 week ago Pictured: Elderly man, 87, dies after robbery and assault outside Post Office branch in north London

Police were called to reports of a robbery and assault on High Street, Ponders End, Enfield, just after 11am on October 30

Events

1 week ago ‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in over 40 US cities

Starbucks union threatens to expand campaign as politicians like Zohran Mamdani back striking workersUnionized Starbucks workers are threatening to expand a US strike against the world’s biggest coffee chain into “the largest, and longest” in the company’s history – and urging customers to steer clear.Starbucks has said the vast majority of its cafes remain open, and expressed disappointment that Starbucks Workers United launched the strike. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Scots shops warned to brace for Christmas 'shoplifting epidemic'

Security experts say as festive lights go up so does crime and urged measures to protect stock, staff and customers.

Events

1 week ago Newsom trolls Trump over Epstein picture and drags Melania into the discussion

The California governor’s press office mocked a White House social media post describing Trump and Melania as ‘America’s power couple’

Politics

1 week ago FEMA acting chief David Richardson departs after 6 months on the job, officials say

The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post just six months in, officials say, marking another disruption in a year of staff departures and policy changes

Politics