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A veteran Glasgow postman was sacked after he forged a customer’s signature and left her undelivered parcels in a rubbish bin – only for them to be thrown away before she got to them. Samuel Shirley told an employment tribunal he had an ‘agreement’ with the householder that he would …

Royal Mail has released its last posting dates for Christmas 2021 – warning of potential delays caused by a number of factors including Covid-19 restrictions. With the UK subject to covid restrictions last year meaning people could not visit their family and friends and drop off gifts, more packages were …

December is fast approaching and plans are well underway for Christmas. We’re all looking forward to spending time with family and friends this year after last year’s gatherings were curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic. If you are sending parcels and cards to your nearest and dearest by post, it is …

Royal Mail has announced the last posting dates for Christmas 2021 – and warned of potential delays caused by a number of factors including Covid restrictions. Last year saw more packages sent by post than usual because UK restrictions meant people couldn’t go out to visit family and friends to …

Major routes across Gloucestershire will be under the watchful eyes of mobile speed cameras over the next week. Officers will be monitoring the A40 Golden Valley where there has been a number of crashes over the past few months. Police will also be keeping an eye on the B4008 Bristol …

As the festive season starts to get into full swing you may have spotted your local postal workers popping around slightly earlier in the morning to cope with the busier time of year. But one mother has split opinion online after claiming it was “ridiculous” that her local postman was …

The middle of November means that it will be just around the time that children will want to write up their Christmas list and send it off to Father Christmas. Usually burnt in the fire, or hidden under the parents bed, it is near impossible that Father Christmas would have …

Patients in Lincoln can benefit from a new pharmacy which delivers prescriptions – for free – the following day. The recently opened Daytom Pharmacy in the Stirlin Business Park is an independent and delivery-only pharmacy, delivering prescriptions both locally and nationally. Offering a range of other services, it has been …

The boss of Royal Mail has told families that the HGV driver crisis and supply chain issues will not impact deliveries for Christmas. Simon Thompson, who was Ocado’s chief product officer before running the NHS Test and Trace app during the pandemic, said: ‘If you have a look at posting dates …

Boss Simon Thompson insists the pandemic has triggered “a structural shift”, turbocharging demand for parcels and accelerating the long-term decline in letters. Despite a mini-revival in recent months, letter deliveries are a fifth lower than before coronavirus erupted. Yet this is Royal Mail. For a company that has been bringing …