Tag Archives: Kent

A frustrated pensioner says he has received no letters or cards for a month – and fears he may have missed doctor’s appointments. Roger White has lived in his flat in Central Parade, Herne Bay, for 23 years and has “never known anything like it”. The 77-year-old says Royal Mail …

A postman hailed a Kent town’s best and known for his cheery smile and bad jokes has retired after more than 30 years in the job. Ralph Lowdon, from Broadstairs, first started working for Royal Mail as a telegram boy in 1975. Broadstairs postman Ralph Lowdon with his colleagues at …

Royal Mail says it is working to clear a busy Kent delivery office by Christmas Eve amid complaints of postal delays across one district. Residents in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay have reported receiving letters and parcels up to 10 days late in the run-up to the festive season. Royal …

Villagers are fighting to save a historic windmill they say is part of the fabric of their community as a council plans to sell it off. Woodchurch Windmill, near Ashford, suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage during strong winds in 2019 which wrecked its sails. Residents say no work …

A family have hit out at Royal Mail after going four weeks without any post. Damien McArdle is yet to receive a single card for his birthday on October 13, but the delays have now gone from being irritating to potentially costly, as they are now affecting his work. Damien …

A furious dad says he was wrongly hounded by bailiffs out of hundreds of pounds over a parking fine he had no knowledge of. But after Wilson Chowdhry took the matter to court to prove that was the case and recover sums owed to him by Medway Council, who had …

A town is to undergo a major regeneration project with the construction of 180 apartments, shops and a new public park. Plans for the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail Sorting office site near Maidstone East Station in the county town were finally approved nine years after the scheme was …

‘What’s a pen pal’ queried one of my offspring this week – peering over the top of a school book. Born into a world of email, text and other online messaging – the concept of writing regular letters to people you may have never have met was somewhat intriguing. Royal …

Plans for flats on the site of a former sorting office which is being demolished have been changed after being criticised by councillors. Maidstone council owns the old Royal Mail buildings off Sandling Road after buying the 19,607 sq m plot for £2.5 million in 2022. The demolition is expected …

Postboxes have been vandalised again just six months after they were spray-painted to look like Mr Blobby and a Cadbury’s Creme Egg. The pillar boxes in Temple Hill, Dartford, have been given a fresh lick of paint — but it’s not the traditional Royal Mail red you might expect. A …