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Britain’s postal service the Royal Mail announced on Tuesday that special barcodes will be added to its ordinary stamps, to improve mail processing but also allow people to send animated videos and messages to be sent to recipients. A pattern similar to a QR code will appear next to the …

Post Office workers caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from a parcel which they discovered was packed with cannabis. The smelly substance was detected by staff at the Swadlincote branch of the Post Office, near Ashby, earlier this week when sorting through packages for delivery. The parcel, which had …

Postman Pot! Royal Mail launch probe into video showing delirious looking Clapham posties staggering in street after ‘accidentally eating HASH BROWNIES’ they were unable to deliver to address Postmen stagger after they were said to have accidentally eaten hash brownies One postman can be heard telling colleagues that he consumed ‘four’ …

A Royal Mail worker who was seen taking photos up a schoolgirl’s skirt in a supermarket was handed a community order. Benjamin Harrison, 39, was spotted by staff at the Co-op store in Poynton leaning over and putting his phone near the child. After checking CCTV footage, they saw him …

Royal Mail has “reinvented” its stamps, following a trial of new designs. Instead of just the Queen’s head in the top right hand corner of a letter, a special barcode strip has been added to the side, making it possible for people to watch videos, messages and other information. Each …

Royal Mail is making huge changes to everyday stamps to include a new bar code. The new design was trialled over the past couple of months and features a special barcode strip that makes it possible for people to use their phones to see videos, messages and other information. By …

The humble postage stamp is going digital. The Royal Mail has announced barcodes being added to stamps will allow recipients of letters to watch videos or read messages composed by the sender. They could be greetings or birthday wishes. Read More Related Articles The move was announced after a successful …

Stamps are set to go digital with a new ‘barcode’ feature, the Royal Mail has announced. Barcodes are being added to stamps, which will allow recipients of letters to watch videos or read messages composed by the sender. They could be greetings or birthday wishes. The move comes following a …

Royal Mail has made a huge change to its stamps – with barcodes to be added so that people can send video messages. The special barcodes will modernise traditional stamps and make it possible to track and trace letters and provide smartphone links to videos. Customers can scan the barcodes …

The firm is encouraging customers to use up their existing stamps but they will be able to swap any old ones with the new barcoded versions from March 31 via a Freepost address. The announcement follows a successful national trial last year. At the time, Mr Landon compared the change …