Royal Mail have alerted police after postboxes in Kent were vandalised just six months after they were spray-painted like Mr Blobby and Creme Eggs. Residents of Temple Hill, Dartford, found their iconic red Royal Mail pillar boxes painted to resemble popular chocolate bars Wispa, Mars and Twirl. Royal Mail confirmed …
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A Royal Mail worker has finally revealed what the ‘P’ on your letters means. Plenty of speculation has swirled, with some people guessing it could even be a code for thieves targeting pets. The rumour began when a concerned animal lover penned: “It’s [the ‘P’] what thieves use to mark …
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The British fantasy illustrator Wayne Reynolds has painted a set of eight monsters to feature on stamps issued by the Royal Mail to commemorate 50 years of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Although conceived in the United States by Gary Gygax in 1974, the game has enjoyed enduring worldwide …
Read More »Express and Small Parcels Global Market Report 2024: B2C
Dublin, Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Global Express and Small Parcels 2024” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Global Express & Small Parcels 2024 provides detailed analysis of the global express and parcels market, including market size and forecast data, market segmentation, volume and revenue data and …
Read More »‘I’m a Royal Mail worker – pet owners need to know what the ‘P’ stands for on their post’
A Royal Mail worker has spoken out in a bid to calm people’s fears after dog owners were left worried about the letter ‘P’ being written on their letters and parcels Postie shares why the ‘P’ is written on the front of letters and people are amazed (stock image) ( …
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A member of Royal Mail staff has finally cleared up confusion about the mysterious ‘P’ mark on letters. It comes following a flurry of panic among pet owners. Rumours had been spreading on social media that the cryptic symbol was a secret code used by thieves to target homes with …
Read More »Swansea: Postcard dating back 121 years gets delivered in the mail | UK News
When staff at a building society in Swansea received their mail on Friday, they were surprise by what they discovered. In among their usual savings and mortgage-related deliveries was a postcard dating back more than 120 years. Swansea Building Society celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, but the card predates …
Read More »Royal Mail forced to close postbox down – because snails have been eating mail
The red box has been closed since July this year and has a sign on it that says “not in use, snails eating mail.” It’s not known how long they’d been doing it for The closed postbox where snails are invading ( Image: Guy Renner-Thompson/SWNS) Royal Mail bosses have been …
Read More »Cumbrian care provider receives Princess Royal Training Award
Alcedo Care Group, based in Cumbria, was ‘recognised and rewarded’ by the awards, which are open to organisations of all sizes and sectors in the UK and Ireland. The awards are given to organisations that meet the ‘strict standards of excellence’ and can prove their training and development programmes have …
Read More »Royal Mail investigating after postboxes in Dartford repainted as chocolate wrappers
Postboxes have been vandalised again just six months after they were spray-painted to look like Mr Blobby and a Cadbury’s Creme Egg. The pillar boxes in Temple Hill, Dartford, have been given a fresh lick of paint — but it’s not the traditional Royal Mail red you might expect. A …
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