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ROYAL MAIL’S referral to regulators for failing to deliver letters six days a week is “vindication of why staff have lost total confidence” in the firm’s leadership, a union leader said today. Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward welcomed the business, energy and industrial strategy committee’s decision to …

MPs have referred Royal Mail to the communications watchdog for not delivering letters across the country six days a week. The company was accused of having “systematically failed to deliver” its universal service obligation in a report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee. The scathing document also …

Royal Mail customers are fuming at the ‘terrible news’ their Post Office will be shut temporarily. The move comes following a delay in relocation plans for Great Barr Post Office on Newtown Road. The office was set to relocate to Cross Lane, however Royal Mail revealed the move is now …

Residents on a Nuneaton estate claim they have missed hospital appointments, lost bank cards, had cheques cancelled and could miss bills due to not receiving any post for three weeks. They say that they have not received post in the Barberton Grange and Cabin Hill Road areas of Galley Common …

The World Socialist Web Site has received correspondence from postal workers across the UK in response to its March 14 article, “Sell-out being prepared in closed-door talks between Royal Mail and CWU.” The strike at Royal Mail by 115,000 postal workers, the first nationwide action since privatisation a decade ago, …

Swansea ‘gas’ blast: Moment postman narrowly avoids tragedy as he drives past house when it explodes – killing a resident and injuring neighbours A man has died in a shocking suspected gas explosion at a Swansea home Footage shows the moment a postman driving past was lucky to escape alive  …

A Tory MP has pledged to refund anyone caught out by a postal mix-up involving undelivered mail. A number of people paid £2.50 at Wrexham sorting office only to find the envelope awaiting collection was a campaign letter from Sarah Atherton, the city’s MP. She has apologised for the inconvenience …

Photo: Joel Kowsky (AP) A ransomware gang is threatening to release SpaceX’s prized business secret: the design of its rockets. The Lockbit gang claimed it breached Maximum Industries, a fabricator of rocket parts for Elon Musk’s rocket company based in Texas, and pilfered “3,000 drawings” from the contractor, according to …

New stamps featuring King Charles III look different to the previous ones with the late Queen Elizabeth. The new 10-stamp set is a nod to His Majesty’s love of gardening and celebrates the nation’s favourite flowers. But unlike the old ones featuring the Queen’s silhouette facing left, Charles is turned …

The search for an operator to run a post office in Portishead is continuing – due to no one wanting to take on the job. The Post Office – the only one in the town – closed this in January after McColls in the High Street, where it was based, …