For 500 years, our posties have walked up and down our streets, day in, day out, to deliver for our customers. But the way we all use the post has changed dramatically. In 2004-5, we posted 20 billion letters. By 2022-3, that number had dropped to seven billion. The average …
Read More »Royal Mail being urged to investigate
We’ve all heard of counterfeit money, but did you know there are counterfeit stamps too? If receive a letter with a counterfeit stamp, you could be fined. © Krisztina Papp / UnsplashUK counterfeit stamps Royal Mail Counterfeit items are nothing new. There have always been counterfeit versions of luxury brands …
Read More »Royal Mail blames strikes as around half of first class mail delivered on time
Royal Mail has apologised to customers after revealing just over half of mail sent first class was delivered the next working day in the latest quarter, blaming nine days of “highly damaging” strikes. The postal company insisted it wants to improve its quality of service and seek an urgent end …
Read More »Post Office campaigner Alan Bates promises to crowdfund private prosecutions if justice is not done
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Read More »Royal Mail makes ‘best and final offer’ to try to resolve dispute
Royal Mail says it has its “best and final offer” amid at resolving a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have held a series of strikes in recent weeks which the company said had cost £100 million. A fresh 48-hour strike is …
Read More »St Modwen and council part ways after 31 years of ‘regenerating Stoke-on-Trent’
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has ended its 31-year joint venture with St Modwen which delivered a series of major regeneration projects across the Potteries. The council sold its 19 per cent stake in Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration Limited to St Modwen for £5 million last month, finally bringing to an end a partnership …
Read More »Postman who served in a community for 30 years gets a heartwarming farewell gift from its residents
A postman does not only bring posts and letters. They deliver love, joy, sorrow, and a lot of other emotions at people’s doors. They become a part of the community where they serve. When Graham McFiggins, a beloved Royal Mail postman, retired, the residents in the Poets area of Bedford …
Read More »Royals pay tribute to Sydney victims: Charles and Camilla are ‘shocked and horrified’ by stabbings and Kate and William send thoughts to families in princess’s first public statement since cancer news
The royals have paid tribute to victims of the horrific knife attack in Sydney today with King Charles III and Queen Camilla saying they are ‘shocked and horrified’ by the incident, while Kate and William sent thoughts to the families of those involved. In a statement this afternoon, the King …
Read More »The e-scooter riding Nottinghamshire man who stabbed five total strangers
Police have released images of an e-scooter riding man from Nottingham who stabbed five total strangers in the street. Junior Dietlin, a paranoid schizophrenic, crept up behind each of his victims – four in Mansfield and one in Mapperley – stabbed them once in the upper arm and then ran …
Read More »Last time there was a crisis, the Royal Family time-travelled back to the stuffy world of Queen Victoria, says JANE MARGUERITE TIPPET. This time around they MUST modernise – and become a true symbol of our national life…
The Royal Family is no stranger to a crisis. It has been been rocked by scandals, extra-marital affairs and what felt in the mid-1990s like a never-ending stream of divorces that all but shattered the fairy-tale ideal of the modern royal marriage. Despite these upheavals, however, royal life, as a …
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