what is already a strategical nightmare, really. all our big couriers are up against it right now. the royal mail has taken on around 33,000 seasonal workers to help out, way more than normal. in a statement, royal mail said some areas were experiencing a reduction in service levels due to covid—related absences and social distancing measures. but the majority of the network was now running as usual for this time of the year. the pressure is now on. a business that is flat out trying to deliver christmas mail as quickly as it can. emma simpson, bbc news. more than 300 schoolboys, kidnapped by gunmen in northern nigeria a week ago, are reported to have arrived back in the state capital after their release. the boys had been located by the security forces in zamfara forest, where they were left by their kidnappers. president muhammadu buhari has