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The Royal Mail has warned customers of continued delays today because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Postcodes across the country are affected by problems caused by staff shortages due to Covid and self-isolation rules, according to the postal service. It has revealed issues in a total of 90 postcode areas …

Royal Mail has apologised amid a complaint that Covid related staff shortages ‘ruined’ an Exeter man’s birthday. Matthew Bedford was distraught when his birthday presents didn’t arrive on time, despite his parents paying for a next day delivery service. After spending last year’s birthday in lockdown, Matthew was excited to …

Be it statues, monuments, fountains or the like, Glasgow is full of interesting objects for history buffs to visit and appreciate. But one that you won’t perhaps find on any list of most interesting city objects is a humble postbox in the Hyndland area. It isn’t just any postbox however …

It sounds like the set-up to a joke, but a letter address to a ‘sexy wife’ managed to make its way to the Bishop of Worcester. The envelop read: “The Lord Bishop and his sexy wife, Worcester.” And remarkably, it was delivered to its intended recipient, John Inge, Bishop of …

She also recently founded Welfare for Healthcare, an initiative to support communities during the Covid pandemic. Ms Colston was as pleased as her husband to be addressed in such complimentary terms. “She thought it was very amusing and was happy for me to tweet it,” said Dr Inge. “I’m all …

A new home is expected to be unveiled for Nuneaton’s Royal Mail delivery office ‘in months’. There had been concerns that the plans to move the office as part of major regeneration plans for the Church Street area had hit a huge stumbling block. It was feared that talks between …

A man has shared his amazement online after a letter was delivered which he explained was like “seeing my life on an envelope”. Feargal Lynn, a musician from Co Antrim, was surprised when a small envelope was popped through his letterbox with ten lines of text on it, rather than …

Just last month during the Christmas period, Royal Mail warned of delays up and down the country. Now unfortunately, the postal company has shared a fresh update and it’s not good news. It said the firm is due to experience more issues as a result of coronavirus. The company operates …

A Scots postie delivered £5 of his own money to a young boy after spotting birthday balloons at the youngster’s home. Harry Newman was delighted when he found the £5 note on his doorstep on Friday morning alongside a birthday message from his postman. The five-year-old, from Linlithgow, West Lothian, …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1161/33516 Home   |   The Socialist 6 January 2022   |   Join the Socialist Party Subscribe   |   Donate   |   Audio  |   PDF  |   ebook Royal Mail managers intimidation post privatisation CWU, photo Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge) As we go to press, Communication Workers Union (CWU) members in …