PA MediaThe sale of Royal Mail's parent company to a Czech billionaire has been approved by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group has been given ...

PA MediaRoyal Mail has been fined £10.5m by the regulator for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail.The fine is almost double the penalty the ...

A selection of news photographs from around the world.Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images/ReutersIsaac Guerendo of the San Francisco 49ers heads for a touchdown in snowy conditions against the Buffalo Bills. The ...

Nesting seagulls added about £100,000 to the cost of demolishing empty hospital buildings.The birds delayed the work to flatten former accommodation blocks at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, paving ...

Royal Mail has announced it will hike the price of first-class stamps by 30p due to "very real and urgent" financial challenges.The increase, which will kick in from 7 ...

The Gruffalo's Child will appear on a new commemorative 50p coin to mark 20 years since the story was first published.The character will follow in the footsteps of her ...

Ko triumphed after a tense finish at St Andrews to claim her third career major, the last coming in 2016."It's been a crazy past few weeks. Something that was ...

PA Media£548m worth of £5 paper banknotes remain in circulationAbout £7.2bn in old banknotes has not been cashed in across the UK, even though the paper £20 and £50 ...

5 hours agoBy Simon Jack & Tom Espiner,  Business editor & Business reporterDaniel Kretinsky says he will not walk away from Universal Service ObligationThe prospective new owner of Royal Mail ...

6 days agoBy Kirsty Campbell, BBC NaidheachdanDeclan FrielDeclan Friel hopes to exhibit his photographs in the futureA postman has been photographing the sights and scenery on his rounds in the west ...

Royal Mail is being investigated by Ofcom after the service failed to deliver less than three quarters of first-class post on time in the last year.In its yearly financial ...

But as she and her family face whatever lies ahead, there's anger at what some perceive as bullying of the princess, with the suggestion that she was forced into ...