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It’s the absolute epitome of a ‘picture-postcard’ village – the kind that adorned the chocolate box lids that gave the created the idea of the ‘chocolate box village’. And you will almost certainly recognise the village of Bibury, in the Cotswolds, even if you’ve never been there – it’s been …

Residents in Rugby say they are still waiting to receive Christmas cards because of huge postal delays affecting the area. A number of people living in the town said they were still receiving cards sent over the festive period, some sent from within Rugby itself. Royal Mail has apologised for …

A convenience store in Barwell has relaunched as a Tesco with a wider range of products. The former One Stop shop, on Moore Road, has been transformed into a Tesco Express after shutting down for the revamp in November last year. To celebrate the relaunch last week, a temporary balloon …

Frustrated Londoners are asking politicians to “fix the broken postal service” as it was found that a third of all UK postcodes affected by Royal Mail delays last Thursday were in London. Royal mail’s website reveals that London has been hit uniquely hard by “Covid-related” closures to post offices and …

Royal Mail has confirmed shortages in TEN postcodes this week – with homes warned they face delays for their parcels. Royal Mail confirmed: “Deliveries are operating as normal across most of the country today. We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week. “In …

Mail bosses see red after spate of POST BOX thefts spark fears crooks are stealing the iconic receptacles to sell at auctions Royal Mail boxes have been disappearing from villages in Suffolk and Norfolk   Nine historic post boxes have vanished from the areas since January 7 this year Detectives say …

Maybe it’s from our English forebears, whose Royal Mail Service was started in 1516, that our nation’s founders were inspired to establish the U.S. Post Office, which they did definitively by making sure it was part of our federal Constitution (Article II, Sec. 8, #7). Since then, the U.S. Postal …

A young mum was alarmed when her little boy found a knife seemingly dumped or even hidden in Cheltenham town centre. The 27-year-old was walking with her six-year-old son at the lower end of the High Street when the boy went behind one of the trees in Poole way. The …

Around a third of the UK’s 1,400 delivery offices have introduced geomapping technology to redraw postal routes, which has also “caused some problems,” explains Mark Baulch, assistant secretary at the Communication Workers’ Union, which represents almost 200,000 members. Those in charge are typically in an office, hundreds of miles away …

A regular Royal Mail customer has compared the postal service to that of a ‘third world country’ following delays in getting deliveries. Mike McCusker claims the service has been declining since before Christmas. After being struck down with Covid-19 on January 8, he was confined to his home as he …