Shoppers could see disruption to deliveries over the Christmas period as Royal Mail workers are to stage six fresh strikes next month, including on Christmas Eve. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), who represent 115,000 posties, said its members will walk out on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 …
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Royal Mail has released a Christmas stamp collection featuring the Queen’s silhouette for the final time. The set of six Art Deco-style stamps focuses on key moments from the Nativity, and each bears an outline of the late monarch for the last time in more than 50 years. Designed by …
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An important update to the iconic British stamp has been announced by Royal Mail as it launches a new design. The new stamps come into use next year and will render the current first and second class stamps invalid. Royal Mail are now adding a barcode to all regular stamps, …
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A Leicester mum who found the perfect outline of an angel on an aubergine has revealed she’s kept it in the freezer for the past 14 years. Maya Rana said the “miracle” discovery is so good that she can’t bear to throw it away. The 54-year-old bus driver cut open …
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A Welsh woman has been left heartbroken after Royal Mail lost some of her mum’s ashes in the post. In December 2021, Kayleigh Evans lost her mother Christine at the age of 62 after she caught Covid-19. To honour her mother, Kayleigh decided to put some of her ashes into …
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Royal Mail workers will once again strike tomorrow (October 25) in the next phase of a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. It is the latest scheduled day of industrial action by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Wales Online reports that efforts to break the deadlock are …
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We’ve had the rush to cash in our £20 and, if you were lucky, £50 notes as the old paper versions became redundant, now the race is on to either use up or swap your stamps. That’s right, the old book of stamps that you have squirrelled away in a …
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The Royal Mail has launched an investigation after hundreds of letters were found dumped at the side of a busy road. The post, which included bills and personal letters, was collected by volunteer litter-pickers who were clearing hedgerows and grass verges by the A47, near Hinckley. Efforts are now being …
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As thousands of Royal Mail workers walk out from their positions today (October 13), there are many more days of strikes planned across the entire company – impacting post deliveries UK-wide. Picket lines were mounted outside delivery and sorting offices once again on Thursday, in a continuing dispute over pay …
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A new barcode system is set to be introduced on Royal Mail postage stamps bearing the late Queen’s face in the UK – invalidating the stamps already in circulation. Customers are warned to use up their stamps as soon as possible, as the older stamps are set to expire in …
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