By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:26 EST, 29 November 2025 | Updated: 04:38 EST, 29 November 2025 Royal Mail has apologised for delays in delivery and collection services in parts of the UK. The national postal services said the delays were due to local issues, such as high levels …
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Postboxes of the future are coming to Penrith in biggest redesign of the red postbox in 175-year as part of Royal Mail plans to rollout 3,500 solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’ across the UK following a successful pilot earlier this year, as the company continues to find ways to make sending, …
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Tiktoker Laura Orgill – Image: TikTok Emily Price The famous TikTok postie from Rhondda who was sacked by Royal Mail has quit her new Amazon job after claiming she was “shafted” with an “insane” workload. Laura Orgill went viral during the Covid-19 pandemic gaining more than 860,000 followers for her …
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PREMIUM It’s getting close to the festive season. Black Friday continues its morph from one day to a month, and if there’s one thing we are all reliant on, it’s that the parcels we order online actually arrive as advertised. But which company to sink your trust in? Does Amazon …
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Royal Mail are rolling out 3,500 solar-powered “postboxes of the future” across the UK, featuring a digitally activated drop-down drawer so customers can send parcels as large as a shoebox. The new design, the biggest change to the postbox in its 175-year history, was trialled in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire earlier …
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READERS have had their say about Royal Mail’s new ‘postboxes for the future’ scheme, which is beginning to roll out across the county. Royal Mail are rolling out 3,500 solar-powered “postboxes of the future” across the UK, featuring a digitally activated drop-down drawer so customers can send parcels as large …
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A haul of cannabis sent in the post was intercepted by police in Fordingbridge. Local officers working closely with Royal Mail seized a parcel on Tuesday, containing what they said was a “significant amount” of the class B drug. An online post by the team afterwards said an investigation had …
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Thousands of Britain’s iconic red post boxes are being swapped out, with more than 3,000 modern pillar boxes being introduced nationwide. Royal Mail’s initiative represents an effort to modernise, as the nation’s symbolic post boxes experience their most dramatic transformation in 175 years. These updated models are being championed as …
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Two patient transfer ambulance staff were admitted to hospital and treated with oxygen after suffering from suspected carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning this week. The pair, who work for Emed Group, the non-emergency patient transfer contractor for Brighton and Hove, were admitted to the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), in Haywards Heath …
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