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Postboxes across Norfolk are to remain out of action for at least “the next few months” as a major upgrade project is completed in Gloucestershire. Some of the Royal Mail’s classic red boxes have been wrapped up in black bin bags while they are transformed into “postboxes of the future”. …

Red pillar postboxes are an iconic feature of the UK postal system, first introduced more than 170 years ago after first being erected in Jersey. They not only serve as a convenient way for mail to be deposited for collection by the Royal Mail but are also considered heritage landmarks. …

Did you know one of the oldest working postboxes in the UK can be found in Dorset? While the first iconic red pillar boxes were erected in Jersey in 1852, they later came to Britain the following year. And still nestled in the village of Holwell is one of the …

Royal Mail has apologised after several postboxes in a Derby suburb were “wrapped” and left unusable over Christmas leaving people “totally exasperated”. New digital postboxes “of the future” are being rolled out across the city with almost 30 installed so far. The postboxes have solar panels to power a digitally-activated …

READERS have had their say about Royal Mail’s new ‘postboxes for the future’ scheme, which is beginning to roll out across the county. Royal Mail are rolling out 3,500 solar-powered “postboxes of the future” across the UK, featuring a digitally activated drop-down drawer so customers can send parcels as large …

Royal Mail has rolled out six solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’ in Exeter. The new postboxes have been put in place as the company continues to find ways to make collecting, sending and returning more convenient. The new design allows customers to send and return labelled parcels – up to …

Royal Mail has commented on the future of its iconic red postboxes in Sussex. Residents across the county noticed that some of the famous postboxes have been wrapped in plastic recently. These wrapped postboxes bear a sign that reads: “Out of service – automated system coming soon.” Such temporarily out-of-use …

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, after a record-breaking reign of 70 years. The longest-serving British monarch will be laid to rest on September 19 next to her husband Prince Philip at the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Queen passed away at 96, and …

16 August 2019, 07:17 | Updated: 16 August 2019, 07:23 Royal Mail has unveiled 13 parcel postboxes in the Norwich postcode area. They’ll allow parcels to be posted in the same way letters are. It’s the first major change of use for the postbox since it was introduced 160 years …