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Up to 6,000 loss-making post offices nationwide face being sold or axed as part of “secret plans”, a Midland post-mistress has claimed. Campaigners also claim bosses want to transform the scandal-hit Post Office service into a John Lewis-style ‘mutual’ company run by staff. Ex-postmistress Sally Stringer, who ran a post …

Drugs, guns and fake money are being sold to Scots via a Russian version of WhatsApp. Brazen criminals are using Telegram to peddle their wares to thousands of users in exchange for cryptocurrency and even iTunes vouchers, a Sunday Mail probe has uncovered. The social media site – set up …

An urgent warning has been issued to Royal Mail customers regarding a scam that could see them lose a lot of money. Fraudsters have set up fake chatbots that sign victims up for expensive subscription services without their knowledge, according to consumer watchdog Which?. As reported by Hull Live, scammers …

The nation’s posties are among the most trusted and well-liked of public professions, delivering our correspondences whatever the weather. Across Gloucestershire there is a mixture of jobs going at the Royal Mail, that could set you off down the county’s urban and rural roads – or fixing the vehicles that …

Bomb disposal teams have been called to a Scots Royal Mail depot after receiving reports of a suspicious package. Police, fire crews, ambulance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units rushed to the scene at the Western Delivery Office in Sighthill, Edinburgh at around 9.55am this morning. Experts are currently assessing …

Postman, 59, who was unfairly sacked for driving without a seatbelt and sticking his chewing gum on a customer’s gate lantern is awarded more than £17,000 in compensation A Royal Mail postman in Scotland won £17,000 in compensation for his firing He was sacked after lying about leaving chewing gum …

People in a Leicestershire village are to have access to postal services for the first time in seven months with the arrival of a weekly mobile Post Office. Barrow Upon Soar is to benefit from the new service, which covers a large number of rural communities across three neighbouring counties. …

Shares of Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG – Get Rating) have been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the eleven analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy …

Royal Mail is currently advertising for hundreds of jobs across the country. The roles available in and around Birmingham include delivery drivers, vehicle technicians and cleaners. While the positions are certainly not always easy, with a lot of physical exercise involved in some cases, they are certainly rewarding, allowing employees …

HSBC has today announced it will shut a number of its banks across the UK – including one branch in Cambridge. It is a move that will impact 400 members of staff at the firm. The bank has said the move will reflect a change in people’s banking habits as …