Royal Mail managers have been accused of faking deliveries to secure their yearly bonuses by telling postal workers to falsely mark undelivered parcels as “inaccessible”. The practice risks parcels failing to arrive in time for Christmas across the country, with customers receiving “attempted deliveries” emails despite no one knocking at …

A couple has stopped receiving their Christmas post from Royal Mail after a postman claimed their cat bit them. Alastair and Lucy Humphreys, from Great Cornard, Suffolk, received a letter stating that in order to “safeguard the health and safety of staff”, no post would be delivered to their home. …

Ahead of Christmas, Royal Mail has released crucial information for people looking to send parcels and presents across the UK at the last minute. The postal service is advising: “Please try to arrive at least an hour before the Post Office closes. No later than 4.30pm even if the Post …

Royal Mail is set to make a major change for thousands of UK households. The postal service, which is being bought by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, will be scrapping Saturday second-class post for almost a million homes in 2025. It will trial making fewer deliveries from February at 37 of …

The naming of Chinese businessman Yang Tengbo as a “spy” working on behalf Beijing by anti-China hawks in Britain’s ruling elite has exacerbated the crisis facing the Labour government’s geopolitical strategy. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer came to power criticising the previous Conservative government’s policies on China as “inconsistent”. Labour would …

A teenager has been arrested after mutilated fox remains were found on a residential road. Police were called to Springbank Road in Cheltenham on 11 December after a member of the public discovered the dead animal. A 17-year-old boy, from Cheltenham, was arrested on Saturday 21 December on suspicion of …

New Siemens Mireo Plus H hydrogen powered units entered service in the Berlin area in mid-December. One of the units is shown during a demonstration run at Berlin Charlottenburg in September 2024. Keith Fender International railroad news in 2024 saw the end of commercial steam operation in China and a …

A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following a police appeal for information. Gloucestershire Police said the 33-year-old man was arrested in connection with a rape in Gloucester on Saturday. Following an appeal for information where the police shared a CCTV image, the suspect was identified. “We’d like …

A very big thank you to the unknown driver of the Royal Mail van, reg. number KT70 JUH in Chineham (near Business Park, I think) on Friday, … Source link

Royal Mail says it is working to clear a busy Kent delivery office by Christmas Eve amid complaints of postal delays across one district. Residents in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay have reported receiving letters and parcels up to 10 days late in the run-up to the festive season. Royal …