7 h. ago Air Force vet found dead in USPS mail hauling machine as his fiancée slams post office’s response as ‘inhumane’

Nicholas Acker had proposed to his fianceé just ten days before his remains were found in a mail handling machine at his workplace

Society

7 h. ago Postman lists 12 rules you must follow if you want to get parcels this Christmas

Christmas can be an extremely busy time of the year for our postal service – so following these 12 golden rules could help the process to run a lot more smoothly

Politics

8 h. ago Royal Mail issues update on proposed Saturday service changes

The postal giant was slapped with the third-largest fine ever imposed by Ofcom last month

Politics

9 h. ago Royal Mail announces update on controversial changes to post deliveries

Ofcom fined Royal Mail £21 million last month after millions of letters arrived late across the UK

Politics

9 h. ago Royal Mail: postal service confirms second class letter delivery change delayed until 2026

Royal Mail says it’s taking more time to get its postal reforms right 📬

Politics

27 h. ago Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced prioritiesYou know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out that what a country values can change over time. Sometimes, though, there’s a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you’ve actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word – but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass – and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little isl...

Events

34 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...

Events

34 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...

Events

48 h. ago Man, 41, is accused of being drunk while driving 'stolen' 24

The vehicle, described by police as an 'earthmover', was captured on video ploughing through a Royal Mail lorry on Saturday night.

Politics

3 d. ago DWP could delay retirement payments for millions of people amid State Pension age changes

The State Pension age is set to start rising from 66 to 67 next year, with the increase due to be completed for all men and women across the UK by 2028

Economics

3 d. ago New State Pension age changes set to delay retirement payments for millions of people

The State Pension age is set to rise from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028 with a further rise planned to 68.

Economics

8 d. ago Huge discovery at man's house after Royal Mail tip off cops when five suspicious packages arrive in Manchester

Matthew Johns was locked up for eight years

Politics

8 d. ago Benefit claimants to get cheaper Royal Mail stamps under new plans

Ofcom wants to introduce a new discount scheme, similar to social tariffs that are used to offer cheaper mobile and broadband deals for people claiming benefits

Politics

8 d. ago Christmas stamps 2025: when are Royal Mail Christmas stamps available at the Post Office

This year’s designs some of Royal Mail’s most beautiful yet 🎄

Politics

9 d. ago Walking 3,000 or more steps a day may slow progression of Alzheimer’s, study says

Scientists find even modest amounts of exercise appear to delay brain changes and cognitive decline in patientsEven modest amounts of daily exercise may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in older people who are at risk of developing the condition, researchers have said.People are often encouraged to clock up 10,000 steps a day as part of a healthy routine, but scientists found 3,000 steps or more appeared to delay the brain changes and cognitive decline that Alzheimer’s patients experience. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Putting his foot in it! Royal Mail postman leaves homeowner furious after walking through freshly laid cement

A Royal Mail postman has left a homeowner in Romford 'furious' after walking through freshly laid wet cement on their driveway.

Politics

1 week ago The most touching moments between Kate Middleton and the late Queen: From a heartwarming kiss to infectious laughter

Over time, the Royal pair developed what the Daily Mail's Richard Kay previously described as a 'grandmotherly' bond - with Kate once likening Her Majesty to 'a gentle guide'.

Politics

1 week ago The most touching moments between Kate Middleton and the late Queen: From a heartwarming kiss to infectious laugher

Over time, the Royal pair developed what the Daily Mail's Richard Kay previously described as a 'grandmotherly' bond - with Kate once likening Her Majesty to 'a gentle guide'.

Politics

2 w. ago Royal biographer Robert Hardman reveals Palace 'bean counters' sent Fergie a BILL for half a Sandringham Christmas tree after Andrew divorce

The late Queen's official biographer spoke on Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York, a new Daily Mail podcast examining Andrew and Fergie's descent from royal respectability.

Politics

2 w. ago Royal Mail reveal why Parcelforce van ended up on canal towpath

The courier van was abandoned on the towpath

Politics