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Royal Mail (RMG) has dealt a blow to embattled income investors by suspending its dividend for this financial year as it restructures in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Announcing the loss of 2,000 management jobs alongside its annual results, the listed postal operator said it will not pay a …

Royal Mail has closed its Barnsley delivery office for the second time in two days after more staff members tested positive for coronavirus. In addition to the Barnsley office, it has also closed the Cudworth and Grimethorpe offices as a precautionary measure, which will mean disruption to the town’s mail …

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across the UK is in place for the end of the week as forecasters predict possible flooding – bringing an end to the recent tropical heatwave. The warning is in place from 12pm on Friday, June 26, until 6am the following day. The Met …

Royal Mail postmen should not be sacked if they are caught urinating during rounds, a tribunal has suggested, after one worker was dismissed for relieving himself in a lay-by. Roo Rawal was fired for gross misconduct in 2017 after he was filmed allegedly urinating in a “very busy street” near his …

Royal Mail postmen should not be sacked if they’re caught urinating throughout rounds, a tribunal has ruled, after one employee was dismissed for relieving himself in a lay-by. Roo Rawal was fired for gross misconduct in 2017 after he was filmed allegedly urinating in a “very busy street” close to his …

Top City firm Alliance Bernstein has called for Royal Mail to be split up. At the moment Royal Mail has two arms, the UK Parcels, International and Letters division and General Logistics Systems (GLS) – a parcel delivery company based in Europe. Bernstein wants to see GLS sold, now that …

Postman sacked by Royal Mail for urinating on his round was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules after hearing ‘there is not a post person alive who has not had to’ Postman Roo Rawal was caught on film urinating in lay-by on his delivery round Veteran Royal Mail employee was dismissed for …

Extended opening hours are about to come into effect and changes to the handling of deliveries, Royal Mail has confirmed. Customer Service Points in local Royal Mail delivery offices will be increasing their opening hours on Saturdays, starting on Saturday (June 27). These Points will continue to be open on …

  Walkout by sorting office workers at Barnsley Royal Mail after coronavirus outbreak By Thomas Scripps 23 June 2020 Royal Mail workers at the central post sorting office in Barnsley, South Yorkshire walked out yesterday after colleagues tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of workers remained outside the building on Pitt …

Postal staff at Barnsley’s central Royal Mail sorting office have walked out amid suggestions colleagues have contracted coronavirus. Dozens of workers gathered around the entrance to the Pitt Street office and were there for several hours as union officials and staff negotiated with managers. Some said they had left the …