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The coronavirus pandemic could make Christmas 2020 slightly different, with the prospect of large festive meet-ups on hold. Surrey and the rest of England is in a second lockdown until at least December 2, meaning people are currently unable to deliver presents directly – as household mixing is banned. Posting …

Post boxes have been dug out of the ground and stolen from a village near Burton. A postman on their round noticed two of the post boxes were missing and the Royal Mail’s Burton delivery office reported it to Staffordshire Police. The first was situated on the soft verge next …

A postal worker stole money, vouchers and scratchcards from Christmas cards at a Gateshead sorting office during the Royal Mail’s busiest month of the year, a court heard. Keith Miller helped himself to postal packets over the “Christmas pressure period” in December 2019. The Newcastle grandad targeted festive greetings cards …

A disabled man has won a £14,000 compensation payout from Royal Mail for disability harassment in what he described as a “toxic work culture”. The case is the latest of a series of discrimination cases Royal Mail has lost. At a hearing at London Central employment tribunal earlier this month …

Residents in Coulby Newham have been encountering post issues with some claiming not to have seen any sign of a postie in a week. Those living in the area have said they’ve experienced a reduction in service for the past few days, with Royal Mail saying the issue could be …

Twelve Royal Mail workers have tested positive for coronavirus at the same sorting office. Extra resources have been put into Burslem Delivery Office, on Scotia Road, after staffing levels were hit by the positive cases and a number of their colleagues having to self-isolate. It comes as residents are complaining …

An expensive phone that I bought on eBay, and returned because it was faulty, has been lost in transit and, although everyone agrees I should get my money back, eBay, PayPal and Royal Mail are all refusing to take responsibility. I bought the LGG8s ThinQ mobile phone for £345.99. The …

Royal Mail has rejected Covid safety concerns over Christmas cards and has embarked on its largest ever festive recruitment campaign. An extra 33,000 temporary workers are being taken on to deliver presents and cards as the service gears up for a period made busier by coronavirus and online commerce. For …

Dad Chris Knapper has slammed Royal Mail’s customer service – after never receiving his daughter’s mobile phone. The 54-year-old had been waiting for the iphone 11 Pro Max to arrive after it was posted to his Dresden home from Cornwall so the screen could be repaired. But it never arrived …

A Royal Mail delivery office has been ‘intensively’ cleaned after one of its workers was struck down with coronavirus. The employee – who has not been named – is now recuperating at home following the positive coronavirus case at Cheadle Delivery Office, in Well Street. It is the latest Royal …