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THE possible closure of post offices in Upper Street and Mount Pleasant has been described as a “stab in the back”. The Post Office announced has that 115 branches are at risk nationally but is yet to confirm which will be shut. Of Upper Street, Lib Dem campaigner Kate Pothalingam said: …

Royal Mail has introduced its 6,000th electric vehicle (EV), further expanding its operations with zero-emission vans. The vehicle, now in service at Manchester Mail Centre, is part of the company’s efforts to reduce emissions and transition toward its Net-Zero target by 2040. The UK’s largest electric delivery fleet has steadily …

City letter carriers: Tell us how you’re voting on the contract and why by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Illinois. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The union covering 205,000 active city carriers at …

By MIKE MERRITT Published: 20:41 EST, 16 January 2025 | Updated: 20:50 EST, 16 January 2025 One is a private royal residence dating back to the 19th century while the other is a Scots shopping centre built in the 1970s. Now the latter in West Lothian has beaten the King’s …

A councillor will call on the government to intervene with ‘urgency’ to protect post offices in South Cumbria including both Barrow and Kendal branches at a meeting on January 23. The Post Office revealed in November it is looking to get rid of 115 directly owned branches, including Furness House …

In today’s (Friday, 17th January) edition of The Shetland Times: • EXCLUSIVE: MS patient’s ordeal triggered by food poisoning  • Response times for coastguard quashed • EXCLUSIVE: Jeweller passes down skills to the next generation • Calls to address dental care crisis after cancer figures double • Victim left scarred for …

Peggy with Mimi The owner of ‘Mimi’, a Great Dane who appeared as ‘Duke’ in an episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses’, celebrated her 100th birthday at The Limes, residential care home, Bembridge, last week. Olive Saul, known as ‘Peggy’, was born in Teddington, Middlesex, in 1925.Peggy’s parents were Ada …

The Royal Mail van in Brighstone The Royal Mail has managed to get Newport, Isle of Wight and Newport, South Wales, confused. A van, sighted in Brighstone this week, came complete with a Post Brenhinol logo, the Welsh name for the Royal Mail. We asked the Royal Mail if it …

Bosses at the parent company of Chirton Engineering say sale negotiations for the Tyneside-based firm are under way and progressing well. The news comes amid an announcement by Carr’s Group that it has agreed to sell other parts of its engineering operation in a £75m deal with US-based Cadre Holdings. …

By Jamie Lennox ( January 16, 2025, 6:18 PM GMT) — A former Royal Mail postman has won £33,700 ($41,200) after convincing a tribunal that managers pushed him to quit by accusing him of faking an arm injury…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts …