Black Country MP Mike Wood has kept a diary of problems with the mail service after being inundated with complaints from constituents. While the problem has grown significantly in recent months, his log goes back to the start of 2023, proving that this is not just a recent problem. The …
Read More »Pupils are gearing up for 99th Inverclyde Musical Festival
Inverclyde’s annual celebration of the area’s talented performers and musicians kicks off on Monday, and festival president Isabel Lind told the Tele she couldn’t wait for things to get underway. Excitement is building among the festival’s organisers and participants, not just for this year’s event, but also ahead of next …
Read More »King Charles and Queen Camilla seen for the first time in their new electric £160,000 Lotus Eletre sportscar that he jokes is ‘silent but deadly’
King Charles and Queen Camilla have today been seen for the first time in their new electric £160,000 Lotus Eletre sports car. The 77-year-old monarch and Camilla were driven in the Royal Claret motor for the Sunday Church service in Sandringham this morning. A beaming Charles, who had placed an order …
Read More »Royal Mail and postal delays are rife – this week’s Bromsgrove and Droitiwch Standard letters
HERE is a selection of letters from Bromsgrove and Droitwich Standard readers this week. Royal Mail issue been going on since before the snow I HAVE been having issues with Royal Mail since before the snow. I’ve had medication not delivered three times now (from Pharmacy2U). I’ve also bought and …
Read More »Andrew skipped Princess Eugenie’s 11th birthday at Disneyland so that he could ‘extend his stay at Epstein’s beach house’, royal author claims
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ‘stayed on at Jeffrey Epstein’s beach house’ in Florida instead of going to Princess Eugenie’s 11th birthday party at Disneyland, a royal author has claimed. Andrew Lownie, who spent four years researching the disgraced ex-Prince’s biography, has given a searing account of Andrew’s hedonistic life in his tell-all …
Read More »Threat to village pub and Royal Mail issues prompt LincsOnline readers to put pen to paper in our letters
Readers have been sharing their views about what’s in the news. Here we share some of the letters, emails and comments that have come in over the week, including this cartoon from John Elson. John Elson’s cartoon is sponsored by the Assist Group Send your letters to: news@lincsonline.co.uk What is …
Read More »Lichfield MP calls for debate on “growing crisis” surrounding postal service
AN MP has joined calls for a debate on the “growing crisis” in postal services. Labour’s Dave Robertson has previously written to Ofcom after receiving more than 150 complaints from local residents about delayed deliveries across Lichfield and Burntwood. And now he is working with Redditch MP Chris Bloore to …
Read More »Royal Mail apologises for delays to the post | Birmingham Mail – newspaper
Royal Mail says that bad weather and staff sickness have created a backlog for posties ROYAL Mail has issued a statement after residents claimed they had not received post for 11 days. Residents have reported issues in the West Midlands, including in Northfield, Birmingham and Halesowen. A man from Halesowen, …
Read More »The village where people haven’t had any post ‘since last year’
MP Rachel Taylor has raised concerns about missing job offers, benefit payments and NHS letters including a cancer screening result An MP claims some people living in a Warwickshire village haven’t had any post all year(Image: Getty) Some villagers in the Midlands have not received any post “this year”, their …
Read More »Revealed: 68 areas of the West Midlands where Royal Mail says bad weather has caused a backlog of postal deliveries
There have been reports of disruption to postal services across the West Midlands in recent weeks, with a number of people claiming to have had no post since Christmas. Mark Pritchard MP for The Wrekin, has lodged an official complaint with regulator Ofcom, and Shaun Davies, MP for neighbouring Telford …
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