“I’m even looking for a second job in the evenings just so I can pay my own rent. Running a bookshop isn’t quite as glamorous as it may seem” Monika Killer is the owner of The Haunted Bookshop in Stokes Croft(Image: Paul Gillis/Reach Plc) The owner of a local bookshop …
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Royal Mail’s delivery dates explained. 17 December 2025, 15:43 Royal Mail confirm Christmas post days and times. Picture: Alamy Is the postman working over Christmas? When will letters be delivered over the holidays? Here are all the Royal Mail dates you need to know. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing …
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This afternoon officials issued new list of delivery delays across 151 UK postcodes including in the North East due to staff shortages and other issues 16:00, 17 Dec 2025Updated 16:04, 17 Dec 2025 Royal Mail deliveries have been hit by serious disruption currently with more than 150 postcodes hit(Image: Getty) …
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Parcels and letters will not be delivered on time across a large swathe ‘of the countrside ‘due to sickness, resourcing, or other local factors’ 15:48, 17 Dec 2025Updated 15:51, 17 Dec 2025 Royal Mail deliveries have been hit by serious disruption currently with more than 150 postcodes impacted(Image: Getty) The …
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‘I was absolutely gutted and destroyed’ Jon Pertwee and his partner Donna Tramayne (Image: Jon Pertwee) A Nottinghamshire Doctor Who superfan has been left “absolutely devastated” after a package of “irreplaceable” memorabilia was lost in the post. Mansfield man Jon Pertwee, who changed his surname to honour the actor who …
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A planning application by Royal Mail for the removal of 36 dedicated staff parking spaces at its Bury St Edmunds delivery office has been described as an ‘insult’ to residents. The postal company has submitted an application to West Suffolk Council, to vary a condition of the approved 2005 scheme …
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A Victorian post box that had been embedded in a stone wall for more than 120 years was ripped out overnight in a West Yorkshire hamlet, leaving local children unable to send their letters to Father Christmas. The red cast-iron pillar box, bearing Queen Victoria’s VR royal cipher and recently …
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The King and Queen are facing a cold Christmas due to December strikes by tanker drivers delivering fuel to Sandringham. Around 400 Certas tanker drivers who also deliver fuel to Royal Mail, Gulf forecourts, the military and schools are walking out over pay, the Unite union has confirmed. They are …
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Royal staff are expected to maintain a discreet and modest appearance at all times, so when one of King Charles’s butlers arrived for work with a bright orange tan, Grant Harrold was immediately pulled up by His Majesty. The fake tan caused such a stir that Mr Harrold was asked to …
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Staffing shortages have caused delays for residents expecting important deliveries. While parcels continue to be delivered, some letters in Grantham have not reached households for almost a week. Reports on the Croxton Kerrial Group Facebook paged indicate that numerous members of postal staff at Grantham Sorting Office were off sick, …
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