A Victorian post box that had been embedded in a stone wall for more than 120 years was ripped out overnight in a West Yorkshire hamlet, leaving local children unable to send their letters to Father Christmas. The red cast-iron pillar box, bearing Queen Victoria’s VR royal cipher and recently …
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The King and Queen are facing a cold Christmas due to December strikes by tanker drivers delivering fuel to Sandringham. Around 400 Certas tanker drivers who also deliver fuel to Royal Mail, Gulf forecourts, the military and schools are walking out over pay, the Unite union has confirmed. They are …
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Royal staff are expected to maintain a discreet and modest appearance at all times, so when one of King Charles’s butlers arrived for work with a bright orange tan, Grant Harrold was immediately pulled up by His Majesty. The fake tan caused such a stir that Mr Harrold was asked to …
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Staffing shortages have caused delays for residents expecting important deliveries. While parcels continue to be delivered, some letters in Grantham have not reached households for almost a week. Reports on the Croxton Kerrial Group Facebook paged indicate that numerous members of postal staff at Grantham Sorting Office were off sick, …
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Leah Zentek claims Royal Mail’s letter deliveries in the village, as well as in Davenham, Lostock Gralam, and Kingsmead, have all but ground to a halt in recent months. She says residents expecting important letters have to travel to the sorting office in Northwich and queue to have any chance …
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A postal delivery office has been sold at auction following a bidding war. Located at 20 London Road in Amesbury, the property fetched £188,000 at a recent auction run by Clive Emson Auctioneers, going for £68,000 above its guide price. Joe Rocks, auction appraiser for Wiltshire at Clive Emson, said: …
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After she missed appointments, Ms Fox said: “It’s annoying for me, healthwise, but also the delays at the hospital. Other people could have used those appointments.” Mr Chapman first noticed there was an issue in September or October. “Last Friday, we had I think what was probably most of November’s …
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By David Hartwig On Dec. 16 Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates the 250th birth anniversary of author Jane Austen (1775–1817) with a sheet of 10 Union Flag definitive stamps with se-tenant (side-by-side) labels. “Marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain’s most beloved literary figures,” Royal Mail …
Read More »Key Points King Charles III gifted Rothera Research Station in Antarctica with a durable red Royal Mail post box bearing his royal cypher to replace the old handmade box. The post box was delivered aboard the UK polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, enabling station staff to send and …
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Phil Harrisonin Rochester BBC Royal Mail said a recent recruitment drive will help with Christmas deliveries Royal Mail has assured households in Kent that delivery targets will be improved after a widespread recruitment drive in the run-up to Christmas. In July, Ofcom announced small changes to its targets for first-class …
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