Royal Mail to offer timed parcel delivery for an extra charge

Never miss a parcel! (but it’ll cost you): Royal Mail launches service for people to book a specific time slot for letters and packages to compete with rivals Amazon, DPD and Hermes The Royal Mail is planning a new tiered service offering timed deliveries  The cheapest option will allow the Royal Mail to determine the … Read more

Parcel cover complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims

Parcel cover isn’t the full package: Complaints soar as couriers wriggle out of paying claims By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 6 April 2021 Complaints about parcel delivery cover are rocketing as couriers wriggle out of paying customer claims. Most major delivery firms offer … Read more

Royal Mail posts £900m sales amid pandemic parcel boom 

Royal Mail shares surge after it posts £900m sales amid pandemic parcel boom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 March 2021 Royal Mail shares surged after the postal service said it expects annual revenues to have jumped by £900million. In a surprise trading … Read more

My neighbour signed for my parcel but it was stolen. What can I do?  

I bought roughly £200 worth of clothes from online fashion brand, Fashion Nova. Currently I am still going into my workplace and couldn’t be there to collect my order.  Yodel, who were the courier company, asked my neighbours to sign for it, which they did. A Fashion Nova customers order was stolen after her neighbours … Read more

Mother makes ultra-realistic Amazon parcel cake for her son’s birthday 

Hope it doesn’t taste of cardboard! Mother makes ultra-realistic Amazon parcel cake for her son’s birthday Nina Evans Williams, 54, baked her son a birthday cake shaped like a delivery box Her son had been receiving boxes from Amazon every week during lockdown Over a two-day period, Nina baked and sculpted the cake for her … Read more

Food parcel scandal: How much food can you buy with a budget of £15.20?

The dispiriting photo shared by a parent in receipt of a Government school meal food parcel – where the items appeared to add up to around £5 – has left many suggesting that they could provide a healthy, more satisfying box of food for the same price.  Fierce criticism of the scheme, which this morning saw … Read more

Marcus Rashford blasts ‘unacceptable’ food parcel supposed to feed a child for a fortnight

How much should the free school meals really be worth?  Free school meal allowances are usually £2.34 per pupil per day, an additional £3.50 per seven days has been added in lockdown, equalling £15.20 a week. The Government has told schools to work with their school catering team or provider to make up the food … Read more

Marcus Rashford blasts ‘unacceptable’ food parcel supposed to feed a family for three days

Keir Starmer and Marcus Rashford slam ‘disgraceful’ free school meals parcel given to mother to ‘last 10 days’ that she estimates cost £5.22 as children’s minister vows to look into claims Children’s minister Vicky Ford vowed to look into a report by a mother on Twitter The woman, who goes by @RoadsideMum on Twitter, shared … Read more

Moment Hermes delivery driver is caught ‘stealing’ Royal Mail parcel left on customer’s doorstep

CCTV footage reveals the moment a Hermes delivery driver drops off a package and then runs off with a Royal Mail parcel that was left on a customer’s doorstep- Hermes confirmed that the driver will no longer be working for them while police have launched an investigation.  Sharon Wilson, 72, from Bilborough, Nottinghamshire, couldn’t believe her eyes … Read more

Shocking moment ‘thief steals parcel’ from home in Northern Ireland days before Christmas

Beware the festive porch pirates! Shocking moment ‘thief steals parcel’ from doorstep of home in Northern Ireland days before Christmas Two men were arrested over the parcel thefts in County Down, Northern Ireland Men were caught stealing packages from doorsteps just days before Christmas Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed they were arrested on Tuesday … Read more