Britain’s Royal Mail will celebrate The Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary with a new stamp series featuring scenes from the legendary band’s worldwide performances. Royal Mail said Tuesday it will issue a special set of 12 stamps “as a tribute to one of the most enduring rock groups of all time.” …
Read More »London performances feature on new Royal Mail Rolling Stones stamps
A special set of stamps is being issued to celebrate The Rolling Stones, Royal Mail has announced. The 12 stamps will be a tribute to the band, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, having been formed in London in 1962. Eight of the stamps will feature images from some …
Read More »Oxted hit by Royal Mail delays due to short staffing brought on by Covid isolation
Royal Mail deliveries are being delayed in one Surrey town because of short staffing partly due to high levels of sickness and Covid isolation. For most of the country, deliveries are operating as normal but Oxted is one of a number of areas across the UK being hit by delays …
Read More »Covid: Londoners miss crucial NHS and bank letters due to Royal Mail delays
Londoners are missing out important medical and bank documents because they say there are delays in getting Royal Mail post delivered. Some Merton residents have reportedly not received any mail for weeks at a time. The leader of Merton Council, Councillor Mark Allison, said he has written to Royal Mail …
Read More »Posting a PCR test: Where to find a Royal Mail Priority Postbox in Birmingham
If you think you may have coronavirus and are taking a PCR test at home because you have symptoms, you may want to know how to post this so you get your result. The Government and Royal Mail have a partnership in order to speed up the process of sending …
Read More »People in Somerset town say they have had no post since Christmas
Mail deliveries are being disrupted in parts of Weston-super-Mare – due to a shortage of postal staff due to covid. People living on the Weston Villages development have been complaining they have not received regular mail since Christmas. Some say they have only received mail on a couple of days, …
Read More »Leicester area is one of 90 postcodes affected by delays announced today by the Royal Mail
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail sorry after Covid staff shortages ‘ruined’ Exeter man’s birthday
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 …
Read More »The rare Glasgow postbox that prompts history buffs to head to Hyndland
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail successfully delivers bizarre letter to Bishop of Worcester – and it’s hilarious
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 …
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