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Jim Hardbattle, 74, has shown he’s the postie with the mostie after he started as a messenger in May 1963, the same month The Beatles topped the UK chart Jim Hardbattle is the UK’s longest serving postie ( Image: Yorkshire Post / SWNS) Britain’s longest serving postman is hanging up …

The prospect of a national postal strike at the same time as a national rail strike is likely to set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street. Boris Johnson has insisted ministers stay out of any pay negotiations for public sector workers but further strikes in the coming weeks and months …

Just four post offices remain in and around Burton as was announced another one will be shutting down. The Post Office inside Dean & Smedley chemist, in Horninglow Road, Burton, will be closing in August. It means that the office in Asda, Wellington Street and Stretton and Winshill Post Offices …

This Monday marks a bank holiday and busy shoppers looking to run errands at places like B&Q and the Post Office might face different opening hours. Monday, May 2 is the early May bank holiday, followed by the spring bank holiday which has been moved to create an extra long …

With two Easter bank holidays taking place, the post this weekend is expected to be slower over most services. The pandemic has impeded delivery services at times over the last two years, but this delay will be down to a more normal reason – a bank holiday weekend. With the …

The Royal Mail has put up stamp prices by 11% for first-class and 3% for second-class, blaming Brits sending fewer letters and its own rising costs for the rise The Royal Mail said it had no choice but to put its prices up ( Image: PA) The price of first- …

April is a month of financial change bringing with it energy price hikes, a rise to benefits delivered by both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), increases to the National Living Wage, Council Tax and National Insurance Contribution deductions. But there’s a lot …

Royal Mail has announced that millions of its so-called “definitive” stamps featuring the portrait of the Queen will become worthless after January 2023 in favour of barcode stamps Royal Mail has finally opened its ‘Swap Out’ stamp scheme ( Image: PA) Royal Mail has finally opened its “Swap Out” scheme, …

His dedication and service to the community has become something of a legend in Castle Douglas. So when postmaster Colin Wilson was named as Dumfries and Galloway’s High Street Hero many glasses were undoubtedly raised. The accolade under the Scotland Loves Local scheme came in November, 2020, after he single-handedly …

HSBC has revealed plans to shut 69 bank branches in a move that could affect around 400 staff. The bank said its new branch approach includes a “broader range of local support” and includes community pop-ups, new integrated self-service machines, “colleague-assisted digital support for customers”, as well as continued use …