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This delivery was quite literally postponed. As if the world’s post offices weren’t plagued by enough delays: Employees at a Welsh bank were dumbfounded after receiving a postcard 121 years after it was originally sent. “It turned up completely out of the blue,” Henry Darby, the marketing and communications officer …

In the vein of you can’t keep baby in the corner, you can’t dump Tom Cruise in a supporting role. Except if you’re the royal family. You can keep your missions, impossible and your guns, top, Scientology’s answer to Willy Loman has repeatedly in recent years happily taken back seat, …

A tourist returning from Bali has triggered a health alert in Western Australian after officials discovered the traveller had visited a hotel and shops while infected with measles. The Department of Health issued a statewide alert on Wednesday after the tourist, who has not been named, was admitted to a …

Royal Mail has announced it will be changing the parcel delivery options which will help to keep them more safe and secure. The postal service will soon allow customers who have the Royal Mail app to choose a designated ‘safe space’ for their mail to be left if they aren’t …

“So much of how my husband and I see things is through our love story,” said Meghan. “I think that’s what people around the world connected to, especially with our wedding. People love love. I’m not excluded in that sentiment. “For scripted Meghan's recent birthday was ignored by all the …

Letter senders have just hours to use old stamps before they expire at the start of a new month. After Monday, July 31, only new versions of Royal Mail stamps with barcodes will be considered valid. If you send a letter with a non-barcode stamp, you may be tacked with …

A popular postie has made his final delivery as he called time on more than 44 years of service in Ayr. John Price, 65, has been a familiar face across the town during a Royal Mail career spanning four decades. John today (Friday) bid an emotional farewell to a job …

People have been warned to use up old stamps before the deadline next month or risk a surcharge when sending post. Royal Mail began rolling out stamps with barcodes in February last year, in a bid to completely replace all the old versions that didn’t have a barcode attached. The …

Casterton and the kelpies are now inseparable, and the money generated by auctions and fairs has helped the community no end. But did the town need saving? The location is wonderful, an asset all its own: tucked into a rich valley on the Glenelg river, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne, …

The King’s coronation means an extra bank holiday is quickly approaching and there’s a way you can extend your time off – but you need to act fast. The royal occasion will take place on Saturday, May 6 but the historical event is being marked as a three day affair, …