The figure, which applies to letters and cards but not parcels, is a 50% increase on December 2024, up from 10.7 million people, the charity found. Some 5.7 million people missed vital letters about health appointments, fines, benefit decisions and legal documents, it warned. Aside from 2022, when Royal Mail …
Read More »29% of UK adults hit by Royal Mail delays over Christmas, warns Citizens Advice
An estimated 16 million people – or 29% of UK adults – experienced post delays with Royal Mail over Christmas, Citizens Advice has said. The figure, which applies to letters and cards but not parcels, is a 50% increase on December 2024, up from 10.7 million people, the charity found. …
Read More »Royal Mail delivered Christmas letters and parcels late to about 16m people | Royal Mail
Royal Mail has been criticised for offering an “unacceptable” performance over the crucial Christmas period after it failed to deliver letters and cards on time to about 16 million people, Citizens Advice found. The consumer watchdog, which carried out research into Christmas deliveries, said that figure was 50% higher than …
Read More »Princess of Wales visits ‘gold dust’ Yorkshire community groups
PA Media The Princess of Wales during a visit to the Family Action’s children’s trauma therapy service in Bradford The Princess of Wales showed a five-year-old girl how to listen to the sea through a shell as she visited a trauma therapy centre in Bradford. Catherine met youngsters at Family …
Read More »29% of UK adults hit by Royal Mail delays over Christmas, warns Citizens Advice
An estimated 16 million people – or 29% of UK adults – experienced post delays with Royal Mail over Christmas, Citizens Advice has said. The figure, which applies to letters and cards but not parcels, is a 50% increase on December 2024, up from 10.7 million people, the charity found. …
Read More »Jail for men who sent cocaine to Norfolk from Blackpool
The operation saw a Norfolk gang send cash payments of almost half a million pounds to another gang in the north west which arranged for bulk packages of cocaine to be posted back. The Norfolk gang initially sent the cash – in amounts of £25,000 – in the post before …
Read More »Royal Crematorium construction for Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother set to begin in February
Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul provides an update on preparations for the Royal Cremation Ceremony of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, including the design and construction of the Royal Crematorium in accordance with royal traditions. BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul …
Read More »Boy fighting for his life after being hit by car as ‘drug driver’ arrested | UK | News
A young boy is fighting for life at a hospital after being hit by a car while crossing the road on his scooter in London. A 28-year-old driver stopped at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving, the Metropolitan …
Read More »Make 2026 the start of a fightback at Royal Mail against CWU collusion with EP Group and Starmer government
We have endured a particularly brutal Christmas, dominated by the ongoing collapse of the letters service—the result of thousands of job losses and chronic understaffing—while punishing workloads have been pushed to extremes amid a holiday surge in parcels. Royal Mail acknowledged delays in mail delivery to 142 postcodes across the …
Read More »Costa set for major revamp in three Gwent branches
Costa Coffee stores in Caerphilly, Abergavenny and Monmouth are among nine branches expected to undergo the update in the first half of 2026. The branches selected for refurbishment are located at Gallagher Retail Park in Caerphilly, 11 High Street in Abergavenny, and 63 Monnow Street in Monmouth. The move comes …
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