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Five Leeds postal areas are no longer receiving regular post due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Royal Mail has revealed. The postal service has published a list of 28 areas suffering from limited delivery services as more of its staff are affected by coronavirus. The zones are areas with high numbers …

The list of 28 severely affected areas, published on Monday, included 13 in or near London, as well as Leeds in West Yorkshire, Chelmsford in Essex, Widnes in Cheshire and Margate in Kent. But local leaders in other parts of the country have told The Telegraph their areas are suffering …

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Royal Mail said on Tuesday that 28 areas in the UK are no longer receiving regular post as its workforce has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some customers may experience slightly longer delivery timescales than our usual service standards,” …

THE homeless must be made a priority to receive the Covid 19 vaccine, Oxford Liberal Democrats are urging. They are calling on the city council to urgently publish plans to ensure the jab reaches every person on the streets. Homeless Oxfordshire estimates that 56 people aged over 22 are homeless …

Over the past weekend (January 9/10) Botley Medical Centre vaccinated over 1,000 patients for Covid 19, including a 103-year-old. Staff and volunteers gave up their weekend not only to deliver the vaccine but admin staff processed forms and phoned patients to ask them to attend for vaccinations. A real feat …

A Post Office in a Derbyshire village has closed for 10 days after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The branch in Nottingham Road, Borrowash, will remain shut for the rest of this week and is expected to reopen on Wednesday, January 20. A notice has been placed …

A thief attempted to steal a mailbag off a Royal Mail worker in Bedminster this afternoon (January 12). Police are searching the area following the attempted robbery, on Bedminster Parade, at about 5.30pm. The thug fled the area empty-handed after the incident. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “We’re …

Ministers have been urged to evoke the Dunkirk spirit to unleash an army of vaccinators to free Britain from lockdown. Delays caused by “health and safety paperwork” and “institutional red tape” must be removed to aid the effort, MPs heard. Concerns over the impact of postal delays on people receiving …