‘Outrageous’ Blackburn postal boycott enters third week
RESIDENTS of an entire Blackburn street are facing a third week without a postal service after the Royal Mail continued to suspend deliveries following a dog attack.
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RESIDENTS of an entire Blackburn street are facing a third week without a postal service after the Royal Mail continued to suspend deliveries following a dog attack.
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Royal Mail apologies for 20-year post delayBBC NewsRoyal Mail has apologised for failing to deliver 20-year-old mail discovered in a sealed up postbox at Birmingham New Street station. The nine items were "partly concealed" at the bottom of the disused postbox at the station, Royal Mail said … More: continued here
[ad_1] A Barrow resident has hit out at Barrow Council’s contractors for waste collection, saying they failed to pick up his recycling bin. Nigel Lawrence, 57, said FCC – a waste management company that was formed in 2012 and is a subsidiary of a Spanish construction firm – refused to collect his recycling rubbish after…
[ad_1] Four days of postal strikes that begin tomorrow are set to deliver a £100 million blow to Royal Mail’s finances. The company is in deadlock with the Communication Workers Union in a dispute over pay and modernisation. About 115,000 Royal Mail workers plan 24-hour industrial actions tomorrow, on Wednesday next week and on September…
stv.tv Postman to sue Royal Mail after letterbox amputates fingertipstv.tvA postman who had part of a finger amputated by a letterbox while delivering mail is seeking £200,000 damages from his former employer. Gary French was out on a round in the Borders village of West Linton when he suffered the injury posting a letter in ……
The Guardian Chancellor unveils £4.5bn extra savings including Royal Mail stake sell-offThe GuardianDepartments have been ordered to find £3bn in savings, and the chancellor says he will also raise £1.5bn from the sale of the government's remaining 30% stake in Royal Mail. The cuts are in addition to the £13bn of cuts already announced for…
[ad_1] THE Scottish Trade Union Congress has unanimously backed calls to defend vital postal services and workers. Concerns have been growing among workers and customers that the universal service obligation (USO) on Royal Mail could be under threat. The USO guarantees a one-price-goes-anywhere service across the UK six days a week, but despite assurances from the then business secretary, Lib Dem Vince…