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T here are just 100 days left to use Royal Mail stamps that don’t have barcodes on them, following the introduction of barcoded stamps in February. Royal Mail introduced the barcoded stamps earlier this year to improve security and efficiency as part of the company’s modernisation drive. As a result, …

Royal Mail staff will go on strike on Tuesday in a long-standing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will mount picket lines outside sorting and delivery offices across the country. Efforts to break the deadlock are continuing despite the ongoing industrial action. More strikes …

Royal Mail has issued a warning to all Brits that they only have 100 days left to use stamps without barcodes. By January 31, all stamps that feature just the Queen’s image will become unusable. People are being urged to use up all of their first and second class stamps …

 By Sarah Harris for the Daily Mail Militant lecturers yesterday threatened to bring every university in the UK ‘to a complete standstill’ with strikes in a bitter dispute over pensions and pay. More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities could walk out before Christmas, causing massive disruption to millions of …

Royal Mail workers will once again strike tomorrow (October 25) in the next phase of a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions. It is the latest scheduled day of industrial action by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Wales Online reports that efforts to break the deadlock are …

ROYAL Mail is urging people to check any stamps they have before they become invalid. It comes as the company is adding barcodes to regular stamps, leaving those without obsolete from February. After January 31, ‘non-barcoded stamps’ will no longer be able to be used for postage with people being …

‘Heartbroken’ customers have lost thousands of pounds after a kitchen company disappeared overnight. Sam Martin and Danielle Charlton were planning on having children next year, but now say those plans have been thrown into serious doubt after being left out of pocket. Eleanor and Bob Plant have a newborn baby …

Dubbed the UK’s ‘loneliest dog’, Lurcher Albie has finally found a home after spending almost 5 years in an RSPCA animal shelter. Albie was rescued just before Christmas in 2017 and remained in the charity’s care while the case progressed. Unfortunately, once Albie was available for rehoming, the world was …

Royal Mail blasted over plan to make old stamps useless in three months’ time – introducing new barcoded versions after Christmas Royal Mail will introduce new postage stamps with barcodes after Christmas  Current Postages stamps, without barcodes, need to be used by January 31 Critics say many people are unaware of …

The trade union bringing Britain’s postal and phone services to a standstill has put its multi million-pound headquarters up for sale as it digs in for a campaign of strike action this winter. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which is locked in bitter industrial disputes with Royal Mail and BT, …