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The Royal Mail are an invaluable service, especially over the busier periods such as Christmas. They are on the lookout for workers all-year-round but during the holidays there are often more opportunities available for those after part-time work. Every year the Royal Mail ask for seasonal mail sorters, whose job …

A warning has been issued by the Government to 24,000 people claiming Child Benefit, Working Tax Credits, Child Tax Credits and Guardian’s Allowance. HMRC says claimants of these benefits have less than one week left to provide new payment details before the November 30 deadline, or risk having payments temporarily …

The Government has set a deadline that could leave 24,000 people who claim Child benefit, Working Tax Credits, Child Tax Credits and Guardian’s Allowance out of pocket if they don’t act. HMRC has issued an urgent warning to claimants who use Post Office card accounts, that they will no longer …

The One Stop shop in Barwell is to close for several weeks while the store is converted into a Tesco Express. This means the Post Office within the store, on Moore Road, is also to shut while the works take place. The service is set to resume once the shop …

A woman was mortified after what was supposed to be a private gift for herself became the knowledge of her postie. Watch her explain what happened here (the video contains some strong language): Posting on TikTok, Jennifer Burch shared her embarrassment after being delivered a package her postman couldn’t seem …

A Midlands trio who plotted a ‘£100k-a-month’ mail order gun service smuggling US pistols and bullets into the UK have been jailed for a combined total of 35 years. Dashan Caines, aged 46 and of Sutton Coldfield, played a lesser role but was involved in an “efficient distribution network” which …

Three robbers stole a cash box from a Royal Mail van driver near Rugby. The gang raided the van while it was parked outside the Post Office in Main Street, Newbold on Avon, at around 12.45pm yesterday afternoon (November 25). The driver was not injured, but left “understandably shaken by …

A Stockton postman who was sacked for falling and injuring himself twice on his round, has lost an unfair dismissal claim against Royal Mail. Paul Duffy first tripped on a path and fractured his shoulder. Then, about three months later, he slipped on a sledge in a driveway and broke …

A postman who was sacked by Royal Mail after falling over twice at work because he wasn’t looking where he was going has lost an unfair dismissal claim. Paul Duffy fractured his shoulder after tripping on a path and just three months later, he broke his knee after slipping on a sledge …

Some Coatbridge residents have went up to two weeks without receiving any post following a Covid outbreak among Royal Mail staff. More than half of all postal workers in the area have been off through coronavirus at the same time, with other sickness absences also hitting staffing numbers. Royal Mail …