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It’s all change at Royal Mail next year – and if you are a stamp hoarder the date you need to make a note of is January 31 2023. Since the cover price was removed from UK stamps in 1989, stamps ceased to have a shelf life and many people …

Post Office workers caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from a parcel which they discovered was packed with cannabis. The smelly substance was detected by staff at the Swadlincote branch of the Post Office, near Ashby, earlier this week when sorting through packages for delivery. The parcel, which had …

Stamps are set to go digital with a new ‘barcode’ feature, the Royal Mail has announced. Barcodes are being added to stamps, which will allow recipients of letters to watch videos or read messages composed by the sender. They could be greetings or birthday wishes. The move comes following a …

This picture shows the dramatic moment a fire engulfed a Royal Mail van. The fire broke out at the Post Office delivery office in Tamworth Road at 9.21am on Thursday, January 27. The fire was extinguished using two hose reel jets, according to Derbyshire Fire and Rescue. A spokesperson for …

A new sort of pension is launching later this year – with it intended to give higher payouts than existing workplace pensions. Brits currently get two main sorts of workplace pension – defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC). Old-fashioned DB pensions give a guaranteed, often very generous, payout in …

Postal services are set to return to Eyres Monsell, in Leicester, after a former Post Office branch closed last year. The new counter is exected to open in March at the newly-built pharmacy in Sturdee Road, following a public consultation. The former branch a short walk away at The Exchange, …

Royal Mail is set to cut 700 jobs as part of a cost-cutting measure that it hopes will save £40 million every year. A total of 700 managers are set to lose their jobs as the service begins a push to reduce middle management, cut bureaucracy, and reduce costs. Making …

A convenience store in Barwell has relaunched as a Tesco with a wider range of products. The former One Stop shop, on Moore Road, has been transformed into a Tesco Express after shutting down for the revamp in November last year. To celebrate the relaunch last week, a temporary balloon …

A gang of armed thugs threatened to spray acid at a mum and her four-year-old son during a terrifying seven-hour raid on their home, a court heard. The woman opened her front-door to be confronted by two gang members – one in Royal Mail uniform – who were armed with …

Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated members of its workforce who are forced to self-isolate when someone close to them contracts the virus. Under a rule change introduced in England last month, vaccinated people no longer need to isolate even if they are ‘close contacts’ of someone who has …