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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email DHL is the UK’s least reliable courier firm, a survey has suggested, as postal workers walk out again – the fifth of seven strike days this month. The …

Mike Graham has claimed that Christmas has been ‘ruined’ for ‘thousands of people’ due to rats allegedly crawling over packages at the Royal Mail depot in Filton. The TalkTV presenter appeared on the channel yesterday (December 14) to discuss the current strikes taking place, taking aim at RMT leader Mick …

Final parcel delivery dates are coming up. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire Royal Mail and Evri, previously known as Hermes, have both announced the final dates for customers to send their parcels in time for Christmas. Evri offers a few different services for customers to use – most local newsagents and …

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Royal Mail has warned customers that “services will be affected” by postal workers striking in a row over pay, job security and working conditions, adding that the walkouts …

HUNDREDS of Royal Mail workers marched to the Scottish Parliament today calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to take action in the dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said planned Christmas strikes are to go ahead as talks between the two sides remain deadlocked. General secretary Dave Ward has …

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are walking out after having held a series of strikes in recent months that Royal Mail claims cost £100m. Workers most recently walked out on Friday and Sunday last week. They also went on strike over Black Friday, one of the year’s busiest …

Is your Christmas present sitting in Royal Mail’s parcel mountain? Letters and packages are pictured piling up outside sorting office as workers continue strike action – and retailers urge Britons to buy presents in person Aerial shots revealed hundreds of cages containing delivery items neatly lined up at the Filton …

Foxes and rats have been seen gnawing at mountains of Christmas presents outside Royal Mail depots as staff go on strike. Thousands of undelivered items were left in containers outside the Royal Mail depot in Filton, Bristol. Sources claim foxes and rats have been chewing through the packages, which have …

Royal Mail workers in Swadlincote were taking part in strike action today. They were manning a picket line outside the town’s sorting office off Swadlincote in freezing temperatures. The action was part of a national strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with dates also set for strikes …

Royal Mail workers will continue to be taking strike action in the lead up to Christmas. Members of the Communication Workers Unions (CWU) will be taking part in days of strike action today (December 15), December 23 and December 24. The CWU and Royal Mail have held talks in recent …