Royal Mail has announced plans to ban traditional stamps as they’re set to be replaced by a new barcode stamp system. The postal service could also charge people up to £3.50 to receive their post after the ban. Any parcels or letters with traditional stamps on them after the ban …
Read More »‘Hundreds’ of people get no post since November after row
People living in blocks of flats have not received any post since November because of a row over an entry fob. It has led to missed hospital appointments, and online orders not being delivered as thousands of items of post stack up in the sorting office. The issue affects residents …
Read More »Royal Mail axing traditional stamps – and you may have to pay to receive post
People will be charged up to £3.50 to get their post when Royal Mail bans the use of traditional stamps. The postal service is introducing barcoded stamps next January and says it will not deliver letters and parcels bearing the old ones. They will be left at sorting offices with …
Read More »Bloke ‘livid’ after catching postman dump ‘fragile’ parcel over fence on camera
A man was left ‘disgusted’ after he saw a postman pushing his fragile parcel over a high gate on his home security camera. Michael Hamill, who lives in Harehills, Leeds with his wife Sara Shepherd believed the delivery bloke’s actions chipped the ‘irreplaceable’ ashtray inside. But the couple were left …
Read More »Postman caught on CCTV dropping parcel marked fragile over wall
A postman has been caught on CCTV dropping a parcel over a man’s wall – even though the package was clearly marked as fragile. The £100 antiques inside, bought from eBay, have been left damaged and devalued. Michael Hamill said he was ‘disgusted’ by the actions of the delivery man …
Read More »London Postmen Stumble Around in a Daze After Accidentally Eating Hash Brownies
Opening an unclaimed package with no return address resulted in a fleet of postmen working for the Royal Mail getting really high on Wednesday morning. The incident happened in Clapham, South London, where a bunch of postmen are being said to have accidentally eaten brownies laced with cannabis and then …
Read More »Royal Mail marks Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with new set of stamps marking her 70 years on the throne
Eight new stamps celebrating the Queen’s dedication to service have been issued by the Royal Mail to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. The new set features photographs of the monarch throughout the decades of her reign, illustrating the different facets of her official duties, from Trooping the Colour and walkabouts …
Read More »Royal Mail postman can barely stand up after ‘accidentally eating weed brownies’
The longest mail round ever… In a video you can’t help but chuckle at it, a Royal Mail postman has to be picked up from his round after he can barely stand up – let alone walk – after accidentally eating weed brownies. The clip itself was originally posted on …
Read More »Royal Mail unveils new stamps with QR barcodes to allow people to watch videos and send messages
Britain’s postal service the Royal Mail announced on Tuesday that special barcodes will be added to its ordinary stamps, to improve mail processing but also allow people to send animated videos and messages to be sent to recipients. A pattern similar to a QR code will appear next to the …
Read More »‘The Royal Mail is not your drug dealer’ – Post Office staff sniff out suspect parcel
Post Office workers caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from a parcel which they discovered was packed with cannabis. The smelly substance was detected by staff at the Swadlincote branch of the Post Office, near Ashby, earlier this week when sorting through packages for delivery. The parcel, which had …
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