Christmas returns have hit an all-time high after Royal Mail strikes meant many gifts arrived too late to give on the big day. © ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13665609a)Rail Mail workers picket outside a Royal Mail depot in London, Britain, 14 December 2022. Royal Mail workers …

Royal Mail strikes caused huge disruption over the Christmas period, but are there any more walkouts in January 2023? There was industrial action on seven dates in December, including Christmas Eve, with thousands of workers who belong to the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walking out. This followed a 48-hour strike over …

Fresh talks are to be held in a bid to resolve the long-running Royal Mail dispute. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) staged a series of strikes last year in a bitter row over jobs, pay and conditions. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “We welcome the CWU’s agreement to …

Fresh talks are to be held in a bid to resolve the long-running Royal Mail dispute. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) staged a series of strikes last year in a bitter row over jobs, pay and conditions. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “We welcome the CWU’s agreement to …

New Royal Mail strike talks are to start again next week. The discussions are aiming to break the deadlock in a long-running dispute which has seen postal services affected across the UK. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) staged a series of strikes last year in a bitter row …

Royal Mail has admitted it is still to deliver cards and letters sent out for Christmas, nearly a fortnight after 25 December. Many have landed on doormats in the past few days but some households continue to wait for their Christmas post. Phil Hewitt, an author, said he had posted …

A Royal Mail customer who enjoys collecting rare toys has criticised the care taken when delivering fragile goods after a parcel arrived ‘squashed like a pancake’. Shaun Knight, of Newton Abbot, says he was shocked this week when a postman knocked on his door with a parcel that he claims …

Christmas returns have hit an all-time high after Royal Mail strikes meant many gifts arrived too late to give on the big day. Almost 40pc more packages were returned between Christmas and New Year this year compared to last year, according to figures from ReBound, which processes millions of returns …

By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates the heavy metal band Iron Maiden with a Jan. 12 issue of 12 stamps. Royal Mail’s first commemorative stamps of 2023 appear as a set of eight stamps in two strips of four with se-tenant (side-by-side) designs. Four additional stamps are in …

Envelopes at the ready heavy metal fans – Royal Mail has revealed a collection of 12 Special Stamps dedicated to Iron Maiden. Eight of the stamps feature images from some of Iron Maiden’s best-known performances, from the 1980s until 2018. The remaining four save space for legendary rock mascot Eddie …