Stamp prices are set to rise again next month as “the cost of delivering mail continues to increase”. Royal Mail has confirmed the cost of a First-Class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 from April 7, with the price of a Second-Class stamp increasing by 2p to 87p. Prices …
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The British asset management firm announced the change to Abrdn in 2021. · Iain Masterton The vowels are back. British asset management firm Abrdn (ABDN.L) announced this week that it is reinstating the Es in its name four years after it removed them in a rebranding exercise dubbed an “act …
Read More »Woman finds 1,000 undelivered Royal Mail letters in bin outside Dagenham home | News UK
Metro reporter Luke Alsford with some of the lost post that has now been handed back to Royal Mail (Picture: UKNIP) At least a thousand undelivered letters and packages have been discovered dumped in a bin in East London. A postal worker is believed to have left around 1,000 items …
Read More »Royal Mail cancels post to homes after horror dog attack on postman
Posties have stopped delivering to a section of Burnley Road in Ainsdale, Southport, after a Royal Mail worker was bitten by a dog, resulting in hospital treatment. The halt comes following two troubling encounters with the canine, with Royal Mail and the police confirming that a man was attacked last …
Read More »Postman attacked by dog as Royal Mail cancels deliveries to part of road
Deliveries have been suspended to one part of the road Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to a cul-de-sac on one Merseyside road Royal Mail deliveries have been suspended to homes in a cul-de-sac after a postman was attacked by a dog. Royal Mail confirmed it has stopped the delivery of …
Read More »Royal Mail takeover delayed by fears of Russian meddling in Romania
Royal Mail’s £3.6bn sale to the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is being held up by a political crisis in Romania caused by claims of Russian meddling. More than two months after the takeover was waved through by the British Government, Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group is still waiting for approval from …
Read More »ITV Britain’s Got Talent fans say same thing as Post Office scandal victims told ‘you’re going to win’
A choir made up of 39 victims of the Post Office scandal performed on the show, with Simon Cowell labelling them the winners The Hear Our Voice choir performing on Britain’s Got Talent(Image: ITV) Fans of Britain’s Got Talent were left reaching for the tissues as 39 victims of the …
Read More »Victim of Northumberland predatory postman still waiting for direct apology from Royal Mail
One of the victims of former postman Michael Stewart, 63, who was convicted of multiple sexual offences against women in Northumberland, says she is still waiting for a direct apology from Royal Mail. While the company issued a general statement apologising about Stewart’s “abhorrent” behaviour, one of the women affected …
Read More »Postal worker exposes underhand dismantling of the USO: “Royal Mail, Ofcom and the CWU are involved in a major cover-up”
The following report has been submitted by a postal worker in Northern Ireland in support of the campaign by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) to oppose the imposition of “USO reform pilots” at 37 delivery offices across Royal Mail between February and May. Terms of Reference for the pilots …
Read More »Live updates as police tape off North Staffordshire post office
Police have taped off a town centre post office after an ‘attempted burglary’. A sign has gone up in the window at Cheadle Post Office, based off Tape Street car park, to tell residents it’s currently shut. This morning and the facility has police tape outside as an investigation gets …
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