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Royal Mail owner’s £3.6bn takeover approved by shareholders

Investors holding 80% of the group’s share capital had approved the takeover by Wednesday afternoon, making the offer ‘unconditional’, EP announced.

The Independent UK

Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

The Independent UK

UK-Thai deal sees 90% reduction in cannabis smuggling by post, Home Office says

Extra checks are taking place in Thailand and Border Force have detected 1.5 tonnes of cannabis coming through the post in the first quarter of 2025.

Evening Standard

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Special stamps to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

Images of Dame Vera Lynn from different aspects of her wartime career are included.

The Independent UK

How are Nespresso coffee pods recycled? Discover what happens behind the scenes

Coffee capsules are quick and convenient, but make more waste than fresh grounds – so what happens to it?

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Rory McIlroy Career Grand Slam Celebrated With Royal Mail Postmark

Rory McIlroy's Masters win, which made him the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam, was celebrated with a special postmark by the Royal Mail

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Polish parcel locker network InPost buys UK delivery firm Yodel for £106m

Deal will create third largest independent delivery business serving online retailers in Britain

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Rory McIlroy’s career grand slam celebrated with Royal Mail postmark

Stamped envelopes posted between April 15-17 will be postmarked with ‘Congratulations, Rory McIlroy, on completing your career Grand Slam!’.

Evening Standard

British myths and legends inspire beautiful and ferocious new stamp artwork

See how the artist created these miniature representations of myths and legends.

Creative Bloq

‘Postbox of the future’ unveiled by Royal Mail

Royal Mail called the digital postboxes a ‘new lease of life’

The Independent UK

NHS to be given its own postage class in bid to stop missed appointments

Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, announced an agreement between Royal Mail and the NHS

The Independent UK

NHS to be given its own Royal Mail postage class

An agreement has been reached between Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a barcode system specifically for NHS letters.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail asks Ofcom to let it offer tracking for every parcel sent in UK

Company wants regulator to remove rule preventing it from offering tracking on standard services

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Evening Standard

Royal Mail 2025 prices: how much more you'll have to pay as price on all stamps increased

Royal Mail stamps are included in the large number of price hikes this month

The Independent UK

Record cost of first class stamps ‘unfair’ say two thirds of Brits

A first-class stamp will now cost £1.70 on Monday, double the 76p cost in 2020

The Independent UK

More than two-thirds think rises in first-class stamp price are unfair – poll

A first-class stamp will cost consumers £1.70 – more than double the amount it did in 2020.

The Guardian - UK

A note of thanks to Simon Tisdall

In his last Observer column, he outlined an interesting proposition for the UK – a unified Europe rejuvenated by the new world era of Donald Trump

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Royal Mail investigating possible data breach after supplier targeted

A hacker is reportedly selling almost 150GB of Royal Mail information.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail takeover deal by Czech billionaire to be finalised this month

Daniel Křetínský clears final regulatory hurdles for £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company

The Independent UK

Ben needed money to pay his heating bill. But scammers left him £300 worse off

The trouble began for the 62-year-old with cerebral palsy when he decided to sell his old iPhone on Facebook Marketplace

Evening Standard

Ten benefits and free or discounted services available to pensioners

As a range of bills go up in April, older people can soften the pain of the increases by making sure they are getting everything they are entitled to

The Guardian - UK

Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics

A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land

Evening Standard

Royal Mail reveals new set of stamps illustrating well-known mythical creatures

The stamps were illustrated by London-based artist Adam Simpson.

The Guardian - UK

Kartar Singh Parhar obituary

Other lives: Postman who became a Labour councillor, deputy leader and mayor in Slough

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