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4.18pm BST16:18 Nicola Davis Coronavirus cases in England almost doubled in the space of a week, with infections becoming more widespread across all ages, leading one expert to say a second wave had begun. Almost 60,000 people are thought to have had the virus from 4 to 10 September 2020 …

Royal Mail has reported a big boost to parcels during the Covid-19 pandemic, but has also run up extra costs of £160m, and said outdated working practices needed to change to return the company to profitability. A surge in online shopping has led to strong growth in parcel volumes for …

One in 10 Britons has signed up to a subscription service during lockdown, with companies offering regular deliveries of food and drink reporting a huge spike in the customer numbers. Companies offering gin, cheese and coffee subscriptions have all reported big increases in customer numbers, as consumers unable to get …

New “walk-through” coronavirus testing centres will help in the battle against the pandemic, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, has insisted after sustained opposition criticism of the government’s stance. Hancock said that six new testing centres would be available in England offering appointments to people without cars. The move comes after …

Royal Mail has warned it may have to cut back on postal services as increasing numbers of its staff take sick leave. The company, which provides letter and parcel delivery services to 30m homes and businesses, said it had taken measures to limit contact in the workplace and with customers …

Postal workers have called on Royal Mail and e-commerce sites to limit the amount of non-essential items they are being asked to deliver at a time when they are risking their health by turning up to work. Despite the UK government’s closure of non-essential retail outlets, e-commerce companies can continue …

Online retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company’s logistics to store and …

NEW YORK : Organizers killed the Geneva Auto Show because of coronavirus fears, but had the show run, it would not have made any difference for aspirants to Bentley’s new grand tourer. The £1.5 million ($1.9 million) Bentley Bacalar, which had been set to debut as Bentley’s crown jewel at …