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A woman is preparing to run three marathons in a row after her father died from brain cancer. Lianne Jackson is attempting the feat in memory of her dad, Keith, who passed away just months after the family noticed something was wrong. Keith, 54, was on holiday in Portugal building …

Brits could be made to wait until after 6pm for their daily post under a proposed shake-up of Royal Mail. The move would be made in a bid to speed up the delivery of parcels, reports the Mirror. It is hoped having posties starting later will allow for sorting offices …

People are being warned to use up old-style stamps before a new system makes them worthless. Royal Mail is overhauling stamps in the coming months with a new barcode. The idea is that it will make sending letters easier and more secure. However, existing stamps without barcodes featuring an image …

Thousands of Royal Mail stamps are set to be unusable within months as the new system is set to be brought in. The postal company will be rolling out a new barcode system to replace the traditional stamp system. The barcode system is said to be safer and will allow …

She said the Jeremy Corbyn era pledge to bring rail, water, energy and Royal Mail back into public ownership was now unaffordable. Ms Reeves has vowed to fund all day-to-day spending with tax revenues and to bring down Britain’s growing debt mountain. “To be spending billions of pounds on nationalising …

A Royal Mail postman who took more than 130 parcels home with him overnight has won an unfair dismissal case. Walacy Ramos was fired by the postal service after he took undelivered mail home without permission and kept the post in his living room. Mr Ramos explained that he was …

Sir Iain, who is backing Ms Truss, said the electronic ballots are “just ludicrous”, adding: “It is complex and will lead to all sorts of challenges, no one will know whether someone voted or did it for them. There hasn’t been a dry run – these things are really complex. …

A Royal Mail postman who was sacked for taking home over 100 parcels to deliver on his day off has won an unfair dismissal case. In December 2018, Walacy Ramos ‘felt unwell’ on one of his rounds and opted to deliver the remaining 131 parcels on his day off. The …

The UK is set for delivery chaos as Royal Mail workers voted in favour of strike action in the coming weeks. A pay dispute is at the heart of the strike, which if not settled, will cause disruption to delivery over the summer. Approximately 115,000 Royal Mail postal work voted …

1. Camilla is a fan of Silver Swans  This is a dance class held by the Royal Academy of Dance for the over 55s. Camilla occasionally has a teacher hold sessions at Clarence House in London. “We crash about very happily and it’s great fun. It’s jolly hard work – …