Royal Mail has revealed a list of areas hit with postal delivery delays due to COVID-19. The list is composed of 28 areas where post might be late due to its workforce being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Widnes is one of the areas named on the list, specifically the …
Read More »Failing Royal Mail is surely doomed to be eaten by the likes of Amazon
It takes talent for a parcel-delivery company not to prosper during the current conditions, when online shopping for non-essentials is the only sort of shopping allowed. Still, the Royal Mail is making a pretty good fist of it. The world seems to be full of delivery vans, yet the former …
Read More »Two Somerset areas in Royal Mail black spot receiving limited deliveries due to Covid
Two Somerset areas are on a list of places which are receiving limited delivery services due to Covid. In a service update today (Tuesday, January 12) the Royal Mail has compiled a collection of 26 areas across England, in which deliveries are ‘likely to be limited’. The service said that …
Read More »The 8 Kent postcodes on Royal Mail’s ‘COVID blacklist’
Eight postcode areas in Kent are experiencing a limited Royal Mail delivery service due to coronavirus. People living in parts of Margate and Ashford are likely to face significant delays receiving their post. Royal Mail today confirmed that Margate postcodes CT7 to CT9 as well as Ashford postcodes TN23 to …
Read More »Royal Mail publishes list of 21 places in England where post is delayed due to coronavirus
Royal Mail has published a list of 21 places in England where the post is being delayed due to coronavirus with one postal area in Cheshire affected. The company said: “Every single parcel and letter is important to us. “Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some …
Read More »Royal Mail Covid ‘blackspots’ putting lives at risk, MPs warn
The list of 28 severely affected areas, published on Monday, included 13 in or near London, as well as Leeds in West Yorkshire, Chelmsford in Essex, Widnes in Cheshire and Margate in Kent. But local leaders in other parts of the country have told The Telegraph their areas are suffering …
Read More »Derbyshire Post Office closes as staff member tests positive for Covid-19
A Post Office in a Derbyshire village has closed for 10 days after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The branch in Nottingham Road, Borrowash, will remain shut for the rest of this week and is expected to reopen on Wednesday, January 20. A notice has been placed …
Read More »Attempted robbery from Royal Mail worker prompts police search in Bedminster
A thief attempted to steal a mailbag off a Royal Mail worker in Bedminster this afternoon (January 12). Police are searching the area following the attempted robbery, on Bedminster Parade, at about 5.30pm. The thug fled the area empty-handed after the incident. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “We’re …
Read More »Concerns over plans to close Royal Mail sorting office in Nottinghamshire parish
Concerns have been raised over plans to close a Royal Mail sorting office in a Nottinghamshire town and its “potential knock-on effect” on the community. Councillors on Mansfield District Council have raised their fears after Royal Mail revealed plans to close the sorting office in Warsop. The sorting office, which …
Read More »West Belfast ‘hero’ lorry driver Fra McCaffrey fighting for sight after overpass attack
A LORRY driver working night shifts through the pandemic “to ensure people are getting what they need” is fighting for his sight after his windscreen was smashed by a recycling bin filled large rocks hurled from an overpass. Fra McCaffrey (56) from the Whiterock area of west Belfast has undergone …
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