JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Crucial post office network stays intact

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: If cash is to survive on our High Streets, it is crucial that the post office network is kept intact By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 The local post office is much changed from what it used to … Read more

Couple leave register office after getting married as receptions for up to 30 guests are allowed

Weddings in the age of coronavirus: Bride and groom leave register office after getting married as receptions for up to 30 guests are allowed in England for the first time since lockdown Confetti was thrown as Sarneet Singh and Neil Bhadresha left the register office The couple beamed as they left Kensington and Chelsea register … Read more

Barack Obama accuses Donald Trump of trying ‘kneecap the Post Office’ to discourage voting

Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump for trying to ‘actively kneecap’ the postal service to disenfranchise voters. Obama did not say Trump’s name but did refer to the ‘president’ in his interview on the podcast of David Plouffe, his former campaign manager, in some of his harshest, direct criticism of Trump to date. ‘What we’ve seen … Read more

River Island will axe 350 retail staff a month after slashing 250 head office roles

River Island will axe 350 retail staff a month after slashing 250 head office roles in latest jobs misery for Britain The high street firm said jobs would go in the  major store management shake-up Bosses and senior sales roles will be lost in restructure of its retail team Move comes after 250 head office staff … Read more

Jason Derulo thought big screen debut in Cats would ‘change the world’ before box office flop

Jason Derulo thought big screen debut in Cats would ‘change the world’ before box office flop: ‘I got chills down my spine!’ By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 02:37 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 03:19 BST, 13 August 2020 Jason Derulo was just one of the big names to appear in last year’s star-studded … Read more

Post Office cash deposits return to pre-coronavirus levels

Post Office cash deposits return to pre-coronavirus levels after rising 24% last month By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 22:49 BST, 11 August 2020 The amount of money paid into Post Office branches rose 27 per cent to £1.8bn last month Post Office customers have … Read more

Heatwave Britain could bake in 100F temperatures today as Met Office issues flood warnings

Britain’s heatwave could see temperatures rise up to 100F today as the Met Office warns of flood warnings after thunderstorms battered parts of the nation with 50,000 lightning strikes and hail the size of golf balls landed in Wales.  While some parts of the country awoke to the sound of thunder during the night, others … Read more

Stephen Colbert confirms he’s returning to his Late Show office in New York City

After five months of filming episodes of his CBS late-night talk show Late Show from his own home, Stephen Colbert returned to the office on Monday. The 56-year-old host took to Twitter on Sunday to reveal he’s heading back to the office, along with a photo of some sourdough bread loafs. It was revealed last … Read more

Home Office ‘has secret plan to use at least five prisons to house migrants’

Home Office has secret plan to use at least five prisons to house migrants who cross the Channel to Britain, whistleblower claims Detainee Operations Manager said at least five prisons could be ‘restructured’   It would provide short-term accommodation for the tide of migrants intercepted Officials are understood to have stepped up the use of hotels … Read more

DAME HELENA MORRISSEY, it’s the poor who’ll suffer most if we don’t return to the office

Walking through the City of London last week was an eerie and disturbing experience. This is an area I know well through my long career in finance. It is usually throbbing with life. Pavements are crowded, roads congested, offices packed, entrance doors in perpetual motion. Yet, on Monday afternoon, I felt as if I had … Read more