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Royal Mail is warning of disruption to deliveries over the busy Christmas period.
More than 20 of their delivery offices are experiencing issues meaning there may be delays in some parts of the UK, including Merseyside and Warrington.
The festive season is the busiest time for the Royal Mail and they have said they are working to minimise delays to the delivery of presents and cards – but admits it may not be able to offer a full service in some places.
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Royal Mail said the disruption is being caused by “COVID -related self isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors”, the Mirror Online reports.
Locally, offices in New Ferry, Wirral, St Helens and Warrington have all be affected and are included on the full list of 25 offices suffering disruption.
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It comes after the BBC reported that absence levels at the postal giant are almost double those seen in 2018.
A source said the internal situation is “horrific” and claimed: “It’s much worse than a normal Christmas.”
The full list of delivery offices experiencing disruption:
- Belfast West DO (BT10 – BT12 and BT17)
- Belper DO (DE56)
- Bowthorpe DO (NR5, NR8)
- Burnham On Crouch DO (CM0 8)
- Buxton NR SUDO (NR10 5)
- Chelmsford DO (CM1 to CM3)
- Congleton DO (CW4 and CW12)
- Eccles DO (M30)
- Farnborough DO (GU14)
- Finsbury Park DO (N4 and N15)
- Havant DO (PO9-10)
- Hornsey DO (N8)
- Kinlochleven SPDO (PH50)
- Longton DO (ST3 and ST11)
- New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62 and CH63)
- Northwich DO (CW8 to CW9)
- Pontypridd DO (CF37, CF38 and CF46)
- Rayleigh DO (SS6)
- Shrewsbury DO (SY1 to SY5)
- St. Helens DO (WA9 to WA11)
- Stocksbridge (S36)
- Upminster DO (RM14)
- Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
- Warrington DO (WA1 to WA2 and WA4 to WA5)
- Willesden DO (NW10 and NW26)
The postal service has 1,200 offices, so most of its operations remain unaffected by the disruption.
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