Royal Mail customers in Leicestershire are being warned of delays to their post due to problems at sorting centres across the country, it has emerged. People living in LE postcodes in the city and most of the county are among those affected by a backlog at the postal service’s South …
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A message arrives from a loved one. They are in trouble and they need help urgently. It would be difficult to ignore, and that’s exactly what happened to Gerry Ellis. It wasn’t until he’d handed over almost £7,000 that he realised the person he thought was his daughter getting in …
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A postman was sacked by Royal Mail after leaving an elderly woman lying on her doorstep in the snow. Thomas McCafferty ignored the pleas for help from Patricia Stewart, 72, as she lay on the steps of her home. The shocking moment was captured on her neighbour’s doorbell camera which …
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Tributes have been paid to a “proud” Leicestershire man who died after a “determined” five-month-battle with cancer. David Wheeler, from Loughborough, lost his fight with colon cancer on October 25, with daughter Sarah, and sister, Trish, by his side. The 72-year-old, of Charles Street, moved to West Yorkshire in recent …
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A postman has put a ‘rude’ resident on his ‘naughty list’ and vowed to blacklist them over Christmas after they left a ranting note stuck to their door accusing him of pretending to try to deliver their parcels. The handwritten message was plastered on the customer’s front door warning the …
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A postman banned a “rude” resident from receiving mail after they left an “unnecessarily snarky” note for him. The postal worker has vowed not to deliver mail to the resident after they left a ranting note accusing him of “pretending” to ring their doorbell with a parcel. The resident’s handwritten …
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The One Stop shop in Barwell is to close for several weeks while the store is converted into a Tesco Express. This means the Post Office within the store, on Moore Road, is also to shut while the works take place. The service is set to resume once the shop …
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With Christmas fast approaching once again, many Bedfordshire residents will be looking to mail their loved ones presents and cards for Christmas. Last year, due to various Covid-19 restrictions still in place in the UK, many people relied on the postal service to get their presents to their friends and …
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Welcome to the Daily Record’s Sunday briefing. The top stories you need to know today include news that the NHS passport app shares users’ personal data, a £1million inquiry into Edinburgh City Council, plus flood alerts across Scotland. Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond on Sunday, October …
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Youngsters from schools across Leicestershire have had their cute designs shortlisted in a Royal Mail stamp competition celebrating heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Pupils attending county schools are now in with a shout of having their poignant artwork featured on thousands of letters and parcels next year. The colourful designs …
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