Royal Mail apologises to residents left unable to collect Christmas packages …This is LincolnshireRoyal Mail has apologised after hundreds of people were left unable to collect packages in the run up to Christmas. Queues at Lincoln's Firth Road sorting office snaked back as customers were forced to stand and wait for more than a hour…
Daily Mail Pensioners left hundreds of pounds out of pocket in parcel delivery phone scamDaily MailThe hoax, which is the work of a company called Parcel Delivery Service, has been the subject of a warning from Crimestoppers, which was alerted to the ruse by Royal Mail and Trading Standards. It said: 'A card is posted…
Post office delivers holiday cheer to deployed airmenDVIDSThe 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Mail Control Activity, with the help of 10 volunteers, began unloading a postal truck filled to the brim with mail Dec. 20, 2011 – just in time for the holidays. “The past few days have been very busy for … More: continued here
Pyongyang, December 21 (KCNA) — The State Stamp Bureau of the DPRK issued stamps on the 20th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il’s assumption of the supreme commandership of the Korean People’s Army (December 24). More: continued here
Tiera Washington’s workload doubled during the holiday rush at UPS’ largest air hub, where seemingly endless streams of packages are sorted and shipped as the peak season puts the package delivery company to the test. More: continued here
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tiera Washington’s workload doubled during the holiday rush at UPS’ largest air hub, where seemingly endless streams of packages are sorted and shipped as the peak season puts the package delivery company to the test. The 23-year-old’s usual four-hour daily shift can stretch to seven or eight hours, and sometimes lasts 10…
The scent inside this squat federal building is not fir or cinnamon, but it does have its own particular holiday aroma: cardboard Priority Mail envelopes and packing tape. Christmas at the post office. Possibly the one time of year when everybody still makes a pilgrimage here. Over a lunch hour at this Bethesda location, the…
New York Times After Fatal Standoff, Agency Rues Not Doing MoreNew York TimesMs. Grimmer said they took baths in the bay and at gas stations, and she showed the deputy some cash and out-of-state food stamps when he asked her if she had money to feed the children. She then showed him a pistol that…
Kansas City Star Small towns could lose more than mail if post offices closeKansas City StarFor many in small towns, the post office serves as a library, coffeeshop and even a community center. By DONALD BRADLEY Judi Hodges (left) shared a Christmas card this week with Postmaster Tempe McGlaughlin at the Arrow Rock, Mo., post…
shropshirestar.com Shrewsbury Royal Mail workers miss out over payshropshirestar.comMore than 50 temporary employees at the Royal Mail sorting office in Shrewsbury in the run-up to Christmas were not paid for a week's work, it was claimed this afternoon. Mac McHugh, of Church Stretton and a temporary seasonal worker at the sorting … More: continued here