A team of 11 from the Royal Mail in Grantham took part in the Newark Dragon Boat Festival last weekend, and raised over £1,400 for charity. The team took part in the Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, September 18, and raised £1,450 for Beaumond House and the Children’s Bereavement Centre. …
Read More »Army veteran’s Royal Mail-style postbox in Aldington, near Ashford, sparks row
When Geoff Potter installed a Royal Mail-style postbox at the end of his driveway, he hoped it would stop people coming up to his front door. The Aldington resident suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in the army and Kent Police and feels “on edge” when people walk …
Read More »Annual Jason Ginnelly charity match to be held in memory of Balderton football player
The annual Jason Ginnelly memorial football match will be played on Sunday (July 10) between Holy Trinity and Royal Mail Newark. Jason Ginnelly, who previously played for Balderton football club and Holy Trinity FC, died in May 2017. His family and friends have organised fundraising matches in previous years, collecting …
Read More »Residents say Royal Mail should have made ‘contingency plans’
Many households in and around Newbury and Thatcham have been missing out on vital letters due to postal worker sickness absences. The Royal Mail have admitted it hasn’t had “enough boots on the ground” following on from the Christmas period, as reported in this weeks Newbury Weekly News. A nearly …
Read More »Thatcham resident calls Royal Mail service ‘disastrous’ after hospital appointment letters ‘stuck in the postal system’
Not receiving letters has meant some residents have had to take their mail matters into their own hands, from visiting sorting offices to pick up post to managing their own appointments and bookings. Thatcham resident Dorothy Le-Cornu hasn’t been receiving her mail on time since mid-December and hasn’t received any …
Read More »Northern Kentucky toddler dressed up as Queen receives royal mail months later
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Read More »Petition calls for parking bays outside Ashford Royal Mail sorting office in Tannery Lane
More than 1,300 people have backed a petition calling for short-stay parking spaces to be installed outside Ashford’s sorting office. Residents have long called for parking to be offered at the Royal Mail site in Tannery Lane, which is surrounded by double-yellow lines. Drivers risk being caught by wardens when …
Read More »Review of the year 2021
As the year draws to a close, we look back on some of the events that have shocked, surprised or gladdened our hearts over the previous 12 months in Maidstone and Malling. Inevitably it was a year dominated by Covid. Rosie and Jon Gill-Moss married on Monday just hours before …
Read More »Mail on Sunday Forced to Print Front Page Apology to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 25: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex speaks onstage during Global Citizen Live, New York on September 25, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images,)Photo: John Lamparski (Getty Images) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex received a Boxing Day present of vindication from The Mail …
Read More »Mail found scattered across pavement in Faversham after suspected raid on postbox
Christmas cards and letters have been found strewn and soaking on the ground – sparking fears a postbox was raided. The mail – addressed to locations including Faversham, Whitstable and Bury St Edmunds – was found littering streets through Faversham town centre by shocked passers-by. A hand-written letter was among …
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