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Royal Mail are being forced to warn their customer over a new scam that could see £60 disappearing from your account every month. According to consumer campaigners Which?, yet another delivery scam is doing the rounds which sees fraudsters creating fake chatbots that means victims unwilling sign up to expensive …

Thousands of people fall victim to email, text and phone scams – and these are some you need to be aware of right now. Just this week the ECHO reported how the number of WhatsApp scams has soared by 2,000% in the past year, according to analysis from Lloyds Bank. …

Sunseekers are having to cancel trips because so many passports are lost in the post. Thousands have gone missing over the last year, with figures showing the number has doubled in 12 months. Many families have had to cancel upcoming Easter holidays due to the ongoing issues, which the Passport …

Royal Mail has a handful of new roles for job seekers across the North East. The jobs are targeted at people of all ages and those with different ranges experience – with promising apprenticeships also included in their exciting vacancy list for those looking to continue to learn on the …

Outdoor gym kit and a petanque pitch are to be installed in the playing fields in Witherley, near Hinckley. The new additions will be sited next to the children’s play park, on Witherley Memorial Playing Field, on the corner of Post Office Lane and Church Road. The amenities will include …

The major brands most frequently used by text scammers have been revealed. Thousands of people have reported receiving scam text messages purporting to be from companies during the Covid pandemic, with delivery couriers found to have had an increase of up to 829 per cent in these types of scams …

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 …