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Customers can collect their parcels and try on items in one trip during trial at La Poste branchesIt is an increasingly common irritant of modern life. You order an item of clothing online; you wait with anticipation for it to arrive, and five minutes after it has arrived you’re packaging it up because it doesn’t fit.For shoppers in France, however, the national post office...

Reduced cost pressures and popular festive bakes and chocolate orange muffins boost bakery chainBusiness live – latest updatesGreggs has hailed easing inflationary pressures after the UK’s biggest bakery chain rang up bumper Christmas sales amid less travel disruption and enthusiasm for seasonal specialities such as festive bakes and chocolate orange muffins.The company said sales at established stores had risen 9.4% in the three months...

Post Office minister says government is close to setting out how hundreds of operators wrongly prosecuted will be exoneratedWhat is the Post Office Horizon IT scandal all about?Plans to clear the names of hundreds of post office operators wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal will be announced “imminently”, a government minister has said.Rishi Sunak will face MPs for prime minister’s questions and is...

Federal opposition leader told audience at Roy Hill mine that parents and teachers should instruct children about benefits of miningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton was flown to a party at the Pilbara mine of Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, by another billionaire rich-lister, where he made a speech suggesting parents and teachers talk to children...

Planes await inspection by aviation regulators after panel blowout on Alaska Airlines flight amid heightened safety concernsBoeing must acknowledge “our mistake”, its CEO has said, after the cabin panel of a 737 Max 9 jet blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight last week.Dozens of Max 9 planes have been grounded following the incident, awaiting inspection amid heightened concerns around safety. Alaska and United...

French energy company to invest a further £1.3bn in its British nuclear fleet up to 2026EDF Energy is planning to extend the life of four nuclear power stations in the UK and step up investment in its British nuclear fleet.The French energy company said it would make a decision on whether to extend the life of the four UK plants with advanced gas-cooled reactors...

Companies could be stopped from taking such action, and firms involved in Horizon case may have to pay compensationRules to prevent companies taking private prosecutions in the way the Post Office went after innocent post office operators are being considered by the government.The move is part of a response to the Horizon IT scandal that could also lead to companies involved, including the tech...

Retailer’s move comes after some shoppers said more than $1,000 had been taken from their accountsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOnline retailer the Iconic has promised to refund customers who were charged large sums for fraudulent orders after having their accounts compromised.The refund pledge follows a backlash from consumers, who have been posting their frustration on the...

In today’s newsletter: Since Mr Bates v The Post Office aired on ITV, dozens of people affected have come forward to seek recompense for their ruined lives• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. It is almost a quarter of a century since a new digital accounting system was rolled out across the Post Office. In 2000, sub-postmaster Alan Bates first...

Madeleine King says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ while the opposition criticises Labor for ‘embarrassing failure’ on industry policyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal resources minister, Madeleine King, says she is “extremely disappointed” at the closure of a major alumina refinery in her electorate, with about 800 job losses expected, as the opposition criticises the government over...

Aircraft model has been grounded after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated plane mid-flight on SaturdayUnited Airlines has found loose bolts and other “installation issues” on multiple 737 Max 9 aircraft, it said on Monday, referring to the Boeing model that has been grounded after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated plane mid-flight over the weekend.The industry publication Air Current reported that...

Many firms see the dire forecasts as ‘overblown’ but they know they will have to adapt products to make ‘every bite must count’On a drizzly morning Luton’s takeaways are preparing for the lunchtime rush. McDonald’s is busy with shoppers, while chains from Subway to German Doner Kebab are opening their doors for the approaching army of hungry stomachs.The Bedfordshire town is one of the...

Chunk of fuselage also broke away, forcing emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Portland, OregonAlaska Airlines is grounding all Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a window and a chunk of fuselage on one of the aircraft blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff.An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 had to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon, on...