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Daily Mail Royal Mail extends collection hours, but IT goes down on peak dayPost and ParcelRoyal Mail is extending opening hours at nearly 1400 of its delivery offices from today until Christmas, to make it easier for people to collect online purchases. The company said its busiest offices would now …

Online shopping sparks surge in festive parcelsexpressandstar.comWith more than 180000 parcels passing through their hands in just one night, Royal Mail staff know they are living in unprecedented times. In the past the average figure at Christmas has been less than half this, but while the number of letters posted …

Telegraph.co.uk Fed up with the postal service? Join the queueTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail is bustling with seasonal activity, but overall the service is in a wretched state. By Philip Johnston It's that time of year again. The tree is up, the decorations have been disinterred from the darkest recesses of the garden …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail computer glitch: Post Offices hit by IT failure on busiest day of …Daily MailBy Leon Watson Britain's 12000 post offices were hit by a major computer glitch today which meant brought most counter services to a halt. Chaos broke at some branches after the Post Office's national …

Royal Mail are expecting to handle 130 million letters and parcels today, roughly double what they would get on an average Monday. More: continued here

A look behind the scenes during Royal Mail’s busiest day More: continued here

Lynne Featherstone MP delivers Christmas encouragement to Royal Mail posties …24dash (blog)LynneFeatherstone MP on Friday visited Royal Mail's Muswell Hill DeliveryOffice to pass on her best Christmas wishes and encouragementto the postmen and women at their busiest time of year. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP was shown round the …

Linlithgow Journal & Gazette Busiest day for Royal Mail workersLinlithgow Journal & GazetteRoyal Mail is expecting to experience its busiest day of the year, handling more than 10 million letters, cards and parcels as the Christmas rush gets under way. More than 180 million items will be delivered over the …

Somerset village addresses still wrong 15 years after abolitionThis is SomersetBut the Royal Mail is refusing to correct the error, hiding behind the excuse that it would cost too much. Wells Liberal Democrat MP Ms Munt raised the matter with Post Office Minister Ed Davey, as she tried to get …

The Guardian Royal Mail Christmas workers complain of poor treatmentThe GuardianTemporary postal workers who thought they had secured precious paid employment in the run-up to Christmas have been turned away from sorting offices due to administrative failures by Royal Mail's in-house staffing agency, the Guardian can reveal. …Mail pay row …