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Sainsbury’s makes big change stores to make it easier for shoppers to send and receive parcels – full list of locations
SAINSBURY’S has made a big change at stores to help make it easier for shoppers to send and receive parcels.
The supermarket giant has partnered with Royal Mail, which is now in the process of installing parcel lockers across Sainsbury’s sites.
Six parcel lockers have already been installed and are available for shoppers to use in Clapham, Desborough, Kempshott, Low Hall, Kidderminster, and Chislehurst.
Royal Mail is set to accelerate the rollout of the service in the coming months.
The postal service launched its parcel locker network back in December to meet surging demand for convenient parcel drop-off and collection points.
The lockers offer a hassle-free parcel drop-off service, and soon they will include convenient collection options.
The smart lockers also provide on-site label printing through QR codes.
This can be helpful for those without access to a printer at home.
Sending small parcels through the service starts at just £3.55, while items that fit through a letterbox are priced from as little as £1.55.
Royal Mail says there are now more than 1,500 lockers and 7,000 Collect+ stores that Royal customers can use.
Jack Clarkson, group strategy and transformation director at Royal Mail, said: “Partnering with a retailer with the scale and popularity of Sainsbury’s is great news for our customers and the UK public, who will now have even more ways to drop off and collect their parcels in convenient locations.”
Patrick Dunne, chief property and procurement officer, Sainsbury’s, added: “The lockers will be available seven days a week, giving customers an easy, convenient way to drop off and collect parcels via Royal Mail as they shop.”
Full list of operational lockers
THE lockers, which can already be found in six Sainsbury's stores:
- Clapham
- Desborough
- Kempshott
- Low Hall
- Kidderminster
- Chislehurst
How do Royal Mail lockers and prices compare?
InPost, which bills itself as Europe‘s leading locker provider, already operates services in and around numerous Sainsbury’s supermarkets.
Meanwhile, the courier Evri operates nearly 450 parcel lockers strategically situated across towns and cities throughout the UK.
Although Royal Mail remains one of the most cost-effective options for sending letters, with prices starting at just 87p, other couriers may offer cheaper rates when it comes to sending parcels.
For instance, sending small parcels up to 2kg with Royal Mail costs £3.35 for second-class delivery within the UK.
In comparison, InPost offers locker-to-locker delivery for the same parcel from as little as £1.99, or £2.89 if delivering directly to a home address.
Similarly, Evri provides standard delivery for small parcels at £2.62 when sent to a local ParcelShop, or £3.16 for direct delivery to a home address.
Convenience often comes at a price, but by comparing the three firms mentioned above, you could save more by going with the cheapest option.
Sainsbury’s is not the first supermarket to partner with a courier service to introduce lockers on its forecourts.
The German discounter Aldi has already introduced InPost lockers at over 260 of its stores, following an initial trial at 22 locations across the country in December 2023.
This service has proven popular among online shoppers, particularly those using platforms like Vinted, as it offers a convenient way to collect items without waiting for a delivery driver.
Sellers can easily drop off their parcels in a locker by accessing it with a personalised QR code on their mobile phone.
The parcels are then collected by couriers and delivered to a local locker, which buyers can unlock using their own QR code.
Stamp price increase
ROYAL Mail has hiked the price of stamps again this morning.
Today, the price of a first-class stamp increased by 5p, bringing the cost to £1.70, while second-class stamps rose by 2p, moving from 85p to 87p.
Larger items also faced sharper price hikes, with the cost of a first-class large letter up to 100g rising from £2.60 to £3.15.
Additionally, postage costs for small parcels weighing up to 2kg increased, with first-class rates rising from £4.79 to £4.99 and second-class rates climbing from £3.75 to £3.90.
The postal service also raised fees for signed-for deliveries.
Starting today, the cost of a first-class signed-for stamp went up by 25p, from £3.35 to £3.60, while the price of a second-class signed-for stamp increased by 22p, rising from £2.55 to £2.77.
Royal Mail attributed these increases to the ongoing decline in letter-sending volumes.
What else is happening at Royal Mail?
Royal Mail’s £3.6billion takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is set to be delayed until the second quarter amid a political crisis in Romania.
Mr Kretinsky’s deal to buy Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services was cleared by the UK Government in December last year.
It paved the way for the more than 500-year-old postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time.
Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group said the only regulatory bar still to be cleared relates to its foreign direct investment in Romania.
Mr Kretinsky made a number of pledges to soothe concerns over his takeover, including a vow to keep the brand name and retain Royal Mail’s HQ and tax residency in the UK for the next five years, as well as commitments to protect the company’s universal service obligations.
Since the deal was agreed, regulator Ofcom has said it is set to allow Royal Mail to ditch Saturday deliveries for second class letters and cut wider postal delivery targets in view of declining demand for letter mailings.
Ofcom said in January it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs.
This would save Royal Mail between £250million and £425million a year, according to the regulator.
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Former England star Adam Lallana, 36, lands shock new job in rare player-assistant manager role
ADAM LALLANA has been given the unusual role of player-assistant coach after Ivan Juric’s Southampton axe.
The Saints fired the Croatian on Monday following relegation from the Premier League.
Southampton came up through last season’s Championship playoffs, beating Leeds in the final.
But they have endured a miserable return to the top flight, sacking Russell Martin in December.
Juric was brought in to steady the ship, but Southampton have mustered a pitiful 10 points from 31 games.
Following Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at Tottenham, they became the earliest team ever to be relegated from England’s top flight.
Assistant coach Simon Rusk will now take charge of the team until the end of the season.
And former England midfielder Lallana has bagged a role as his No2.
Lallana returned to St Mary’s on a one-year contract as a free agent last summer.
The 36-year-old came through the academy at Saints and played over 260 times between 2006 and 2014.
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He has featured in 18 games across all competitions this season.
Rusk and Lallana will be in the dugout for this weekend’s visit of Aston Villa.
Juric leaves the Saints after just 2 wins from his 16 games in charge.
He goes down as statistically the worst boss ever in the Premier League.
A statement from the club read: “Ivan came to Southampton at a tough time and was tasked with trying to improve a squad in a difficult situation.
“Unfortunately, we haven’t seen performances progress the way we had hoped, but we would like to thank Ivan and his staff for their honesty and hard work as they fought against the odds to try and keep us up.
“With relegation now confirmed, we believe it is important to give fans, players and staff some clarity on the future as we head into a very important summer.
“The process of finding a new manager to lead us as we look to secure an immediate return to the Premier League has now begun and is being led by Group Technical Director Johannes Spors.
“We remain incredibly grateful for the ongoing support of our fans.
“Their continued dedication and passion, despite what has been a very tough season, is remarkable and is appreciated by everyone at the club.”
Ultimate Masters 2025 hole-by-hole Augusta National course guide including new changes and iconic moments
IT IS that time again: The Masters – without doubt, the most iconic golf tournament in the world.
From the tradition of the champion decked out in their famous green jacket to the never-ending drama created by the best golfers on the planet, it is always, always a simply special weekend every April.
But arguably the real star of the show is the Augusta National golf course.
From Fire Thorn to Azalea – don’t forget Flowering Crab Apple and the treacherous Amen Corner – every hole is oh so very familiar.
From the ceremonial starters on Thursday morning, to the final putt on Sunday evening, the Masters never, ever fails to deliver.
It has witnessed some of the greatest moments of golfing history – like Tiger Woods’ incredible comeback win in 2019.
And last year, Scottie Scheffler lived up to the pre-tournament hype to finish four shots clear of major debutant Ludvig Aberg and join an elite list of golfing greats to have multiple green jackets.
Scheffler will put on the historic Masters Champions Dinner in the week of the tournament – before the real business gets underway.
SunSport takes you through the 18 holes the stars must negotiate if they want to follow in his footsteps at Augusta.
Each one throws up its own unique challenges and has written their dedicated chapters in Masters history…
1st – Tea Olive
Plays as one of the hardest holes on the course thanks to the subtle undulations of the green and magnet-like bunker on the right of the fairway.
The first tee shot is also one of the most nerve-wracking shots of the round so hit a bad one and it could set the tone for the rest of the day.
2nd – Pink Dogwood
This hole – lengthened by ten yards from 575 to 585 in 2024 – can throw up everything from an albatross to a bogey and is one of the most exciting on the course.
Players need to hit a raking draw off the tee and feather the second shot up the narrow shoot at the front of the green.
3rd – Flowering Peach
If the wind is blowing strong from behind and conditions are firm underfoot, then the longest hitters will smash a driver up near the green.
If they don’t, then it is all about laying up to a yardage that suits them for a wedge second shot to a hole where they will look for birdie.
4th – Flowering Crab Apple
The green is a massive target but players will be going in with a long iron and need to hit the correct part of the putting surface to leave themselves a look at birdie and par.
Danger lurks all around but it is better to miss it in the bunkers short because then players will be hitting into a green that slopes towards them.
5th – Magnolia
This hole is long, uphill and a dogleg to the left that forces players to hug the left side of the sloping fairway – while avoiding the bunkers, which require a carry of 315 yards to miss.
A demanding par four, it has been lengthened by 40 yards and was inspired by the legendary Road Hole at St Andrews.
6th – Juniper
Players will use a mid iron to hit down the slope to this undulating green, which can throw up a number of pin positions.
There used to be a stream in front of the green but that was taken out and now there remains a solitary bunker to gobble up a mishit shot.
7th – Pampas
Drives need to find the fairway here so players have ultimate control over spin for their second shots.
Five traps guard the green but, because pros will be going in with a short or mid iron, birdie is a decent shout on this hole.
8th – Yellow Jasmine
An uphill hole where the bunker on the right side of the fairway must be avoided if competitors want to reach the green in two.
The second shot will need to be a draw played around the trees to a long thin green which throws up the chance of an eagle.
9th – Carolina Cherry
A drive down the right side of the fairway gives the best angle into this green which slopes severely from back to front.
Players will need to watch the amount of spin on their second shots because even one which lands safely on the green could end up rolling back down the fairway.
10th – Camellia
This monster par four plays less than its yardage because of how steeply downhill it is.
Again a draw needs to be played off the tee with anything from a driver to a long iron but the difficulty doesn’t end there, with a sloping green another reason why this hole typically plays as the toughest on the course.
11th – White Dogwood
Kneel down and say a little prayer, because this is the start of Amen Corner.
The tee shot is downhill and needs to be hit from left to right.
The second shot must avoid the pond short left of the green.
Banks on the right can be used as a bailout. Par is a great score on the course’s hardest hole.
12th – Golden Bell
One of the world’s most famous holes. To quote Arnold Palmer’s wider saying on golf in general, the 12th at Augusta is deceptively simple yet endlessly complicated.
The swirling winds make club selection absolutely pivotal and Rae’s Creek sits short of the bunker and green.
The bank will funnel any balls hit short back into the water.
13th – Azalea
This hole was lengthened by 35 yards back in 2023.
Another brilliant risk/reward hole, this one arguably more than any other has been responsible for determining who ends up with the green jacket.
It has seen everything from Phil Mickelson’s astonishing shot from behind the trees to Woods putting into the water.
The green is guarded by a tributary to Rae’s Creek and four bunkers – not to mention a huge flowerbed – behind.
14th – Chinese Fir
Completely devoid of bunkers, this hole’s defence is its nerve-racking green which will test even the steadiest of hearts and hands.
The putting surface slopes significantly from left to right and every putt on it needs to be treated with the utmost respect.
15th – Firethorn
This hole is all about the second shot.
Players need to carry the water short, avoid the bunker on the right and not go long over the back, where more water awaits.
Like all of Augusta’s par fives, eagle here is just as likely as a bogey and it throws up many heart-in-your-mouth moments coming so late in the round.
16th – Redbud
If you put your money on there being a hole in one in the Masters, then chances are it will come here.
Competitors will go in with a short to mid iron to a green – redone after Hurricane Helene’s 130mph winds wreaked havoc in September 2024 – that slopes heavily from right to left.
The pin is often placed where balls naturally gather – but don’t go too far left into the water.
17th – Nandina
The tee shot and second shot should provide the pros with few troubles – but it’s a different story when they get to the green.
It slopes off in all directions and, should a player miss it, then there is no such thing as an easy up and down for par.
This was the site of CBS commentator Gary McCord’s “bikini wax” comment in 1994 that has seen him banned from Augusta for three decades.
It was also where three 100ft trees fell down suddenly during strong winds while play was going on in 2023 – thankfully nobody was hurt in the shocking scenes.
18th – Holly
One of golf’s most iconic tee shots, players will rip a driver or 3-wood through a narrow shoot of trees while hoping to avoid the sand on the left.
The green is split into two distinct tiers and is protected by a bunker short and another on the right, which will see a lot of action over the week.
Music legend Tony Christie gives update on dementia battle as he embarks on HUGE tour two years after diagnosis
MUSIC legend Tony Christie has given an update on his dementia battle as he prepares to embark on a huge tour.
Tony, 81, best known for his hit (Is This The Way To) Amarillo?, appeared on Loose Women alongside his wife Sue today, two years after going public with the diagnosis.
The singer delighted fans while revealing the disease hasn’t affected his ability to perform as he gears up for his string of gigs.
Despite his condition, Tony said he’s feeling strong as ever – and still delivering pitch-perfect performances on stage.
He said: “Working-wise, it’s not affected me at all. I go out, I sing exactly the same. I’m a different person on stage.”
Sue agreed, saying: “He’s two different people. He’s very quiet at home, but you wouldn’t know anything was wrong when he’s performing.”
The couple, who have been together for nearly 60 years, shared their enduring love story on the show.
Tony recalled locking eyes with Sue while performing at a Sheffield nightclub in the 1960s.
He smiled: “I just turned to my bass player and said, ‘Mike, I’ve just seen the girl I’m going to marry.'”
The crooner, who hails from an Irish family in County Mayo, also opened up about his love of country music – and how it’s shaped his latest album, A New Life.
He said: “I’ve always had this thing about country,” reminiscing about working with Dolly Parton’s musical director on the new record. “We had these fantastic musicians… names you’d know!”
Tony is now preparing for a three-month tour across the UK and Europe – and has become an ambassador for music and dementia awareness.
Before each show’s final song, Tony said he addresses the crowd with a powerful message.
He explained: “I tell them I have dementia. I’m not ashamed of it. If anyone out there has it, don’t be ashamed. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
Off-stage, Sue admitted there are signs of forgetfulness – from repeated supermarket trips to missed items on the shopping list.
But she said they approach it with humour and grace.
Sue joked: “He asks the same questions a few times. But the humour is still very much there. He still makes us laugh every day.”
Tony first revealed he had been diagnosed with dementia in January 2023.
The hitmaker appeared on Steph’s Packed Lunch and told how he had received the news the previous year.
Tony also confessed that he now has to have a screen with his lyrics displayed when performing on stage.
He told Steph McGovern: “I have to have a TV screen on stage with me with the lyrics. I don’t very often use it, it’s there just to make me feel safe.”
Despite the dementia diagnosis, Tony insisted he’s not giving up and will continue to live life to the fullest.
Is it ageing or dementia?
Dementia – the most common form of which is Alzheimer’s – comes on slowly over time.
As the disease progresses, symptoms can become more severe.
But at the beginning, the symptoms can be subtle or mistaken for normal memory issues related to ageing.
The US National Institute on Aging gives some examples of what is considered normal forgetfulness in old age, and dementia disease.
You can refer to these above.
For example, it is normal for an ageing person to forget which word to use from time-to-time, but difficulting having conversation would be more indicative of dementia.
Katie Puckering, Head of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Information Services team, previously told The Sun: “We quite commonly as humans put our car keys somewhere out of the ordinary and it takes longer for us to find them.
“As you get older, it takes longer for you to recall, or you really have to think; What was I doing? Where was I? What distracted me? Was it that I had to let the dog out? And then you find the keys by the back door.
“That process of retrieving the information is just a bit slower in people as they age.
“In dementia, someone may not be able to recall that information and what they did when they came into the house.
“What may also happen is they might put it somewhere it really doesn’t belong. For example, rather than putting the milk back in the fridge, they put the kettle in the fridge.”
He said: “I’m looking forward to working. I love working. My grandad used to say, ‘you retire, you die’ and I just said I’m not going to die. I’m going to carry on and carry on… I feel good. I can carry on forever, that’s how I feel.
It was after a discussion with his wife Sue that Tony saw a specialist.
“I said to my wife, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I’m starting to forget people’s names and things,’” Tony explained.
“She said, ‘Let’s go and see a specialist.’ I had all the tests and they said it’s an early start of dementia.
“They started me on these tablets which slowed it right down and it’s really slowed it down.”
Pointing to Sue, who was in the audience, Tony joked: “I can’t remember her name now.”
Moment ‘gunman shoots man, 60, dead through downstairs window’ as son cries ‘you killed my dad’ in daylight horror
THIS is the terrifying moment a gunman opened fire on a house in broad daylight leaving a dad dead.
Cries of “they killed my dad” are heard after shots are fired through the window of the terraced property in Stanley, County Durham, on Saturday afternoon.
A man, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics. His family has also been informed of his death.
The clip of the horrifying attack – which circulated on local WhatsApp groups and social media – sees two people approach a house at around 5.17pm.
One of them appears to break the window – while the other pulls out a gun.
A deafening shot is heard as the gun is fired through the blinds – before two people are seen sprinting away.
Panicked cries are audible as others on the street begin emerging from their homes and a passing car stops to provide assistance.
As the video ends, the victim’s emotional son can be heard screaming out: “They’ve killed my dad.”
Two people – a woman aged 35 and a man aged 37 – were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder after the shooting.
The pair currently remain in police custody while investigators examine the scene and carry out door-to-door enquiries.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Superintendent Neil Fuller, of Durham Constabulary, said: “This is a truly shocking incident in which a man has been shot and has sadly died.
“We are carrying out several lines of enquiry and I would urge anyone who has witnessed the incident or has dashcam footage or CCTV and has not yet spoken to officers to get in touch.
“Residents may see an increased police presence in the area.”
DSU Fuller added: “I would like to thank them for their support while we carry out this investigation.
“Our thoughts are with the man’s family at this time.”
Danielle Scott, who lives a few doors away from the victim’s home, described the attack as “terrifying”.
She said: “I live on my own with my two-year-old daughter and I walk past that house on a daily basis to take my daughter to the park.
“I normally take her out around that time [of the shooting] as well.”
Danielle added: “It’s just terrifying not knowing what’s going on.
“I never thought I would experience anything like this. I want to move out, I don’t want to be here.”
Nikki Miller described the victim was a “friendly face” in the community who was well-liked.
She reminisced fondly over him, saying: “Everyone knew him, there were no bad words about him.
“He was a working man and never in any trouble.”
Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to call Durham Constabulary on 101, or 999 in an emergency, quoting incident number 302 of April 5.
Information can also be passed on to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
