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Martin Lewis and his team have issued a clarification for all those who are using stamps. Royal Mail announced in February last year it would be scrapping everyday stamps that feature a profile of the Queen’s head from January 31 in favour of barcoded versions. However, this deadline has now …

Last week, UK’s Royal Mail claimed that it was hit by an unspecified “cyber incident”. The British mail service was unable to dispatch items to overseas destinations due to this incident. Now, Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has confirmed that the “ongoing disruption” at the UK postal service has been …

Post Office staff may join Royal Mail colleagues in going on strike over pay dispute Post Office workers strike threatens to engulf post system in further crisis Action short of strikes already under way and could escalate into a full walkout There is also severe disruption at privately-run Royal Mail …

Royal Mail has issued a warning as it investigated a cyber attack. The postal service has warned customers not to post items overseas after it said it was experiencing “severe disruption” to its international export services and is temporarily unable to dispatch items overseas. However, Royal Mail did not provide …

Royal Mail has issued an apology to customers in Northern Ireland who have still not received Christmas cards and gifts due to the backlog. Some customers have reported that they are still receiving Christmas cards and presents that were posted over a month ago while others waiting for orders say …

R oyal Mail is continuing to ask customers to refrain from posting items to overseas destinations while it investigates a cyber attack. The company said it was experiencing “severe disruption” to its international export services and is temporarily unable to dispatch items overseas. But it did not provide any updates …

Royal Mail customers are being warned not to send items abroad “until further notice” after a cyber attack. The postal giant said it continues to experience “severe service disruption” following the incident, but has not provided any further details on the issue. A Royal Mail statement said: “To support faster …

If you thought the strike actions by nurses, ambulance staff, rail and bus workers were behind us, then think again. After a month of December which saw an unprecedented number of industrial actions many public sector workers from paramedics to nurses – the first such industrial action in decades – …

‘More than 100 Royal Mail engineers are still trying to find a work around’ after cyber attack disabled software for outbound parcels wreaking havoc on post destined for overseas The cyber attack has caused havoc at the Worldwide Distribution Centre It is understood that the postal service is unable to …

Cyber disruptions to the UK’s Royal Mail service, first reported on Wednesday as a “cyber incident,” has now been identified as a ransomware attack, linked to the Russian-affiliated LockBit gang, Computing wrote today. LockBit encryptor found in use. The Telegraph broke the news of the confirmed ransomware attack yesterday, with …