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A village postman has compared the last 10 months to the run up to Christmas trying to keep up with the demand caused by Covid-19. While most people can only dream of having Christmas every day, this is the reality faced by Welsh postie Nathan Thompson and his fellow postal …

An Edinburgh man has criticised Royal Mail after being left waiting over a month for his parcel. The customer, who wished not to be named, had ordered a Christmas present for his wife on December 4 from Rochdale, England. However, weeks later, the man told Edinburgh Live that he is …

You don’t become Dawn French’s go-to recording studio by accident but a Plymouth business can boast of being just that after the TV star chose it twice in a year. Since 1998 Fresh Air studios has been recording the voices of the famous and the familiar at its Stonehouse base …

Some residents in Essex have been waiting for their post and deliveries ‘for weeks’ due to Covid-19 delays. A number of residents living in Grays in Thurrock have reported not receiving their letters and packages for up to two weeks. Royal Mail explained that the increase in Christmas shopping and …

The year has been dominated by one thing alone and it’s not surprising most our biggest stories were about the pandemic. But other things did happen and these are some of the most-viewed stories on LeicestershireLive this year that didn’t involve lockdowns, coronavirus or the resulting economic meltdown. Among the …

A major change is coming into place for anybody sending parcels to the EU, the Post Office has confirmed. The move will affect anyone who sends packages to friends and family members to member states on the continent, the Mirror reports. Parcels will now be refused if they do not …

A family has been forced to leave their home after toilet water leaking into their kitchen led to their four-year-old daughter being hospitalised. The Harrow family of six were left unable to cook in the house and had to survive on food vouchers from Morrisons and takeaway meals because of …

The Post Office has confirmed some major changes for anyone sending parcels to friends and family in the EU. Packages will now be required to go through a new procedure before being sent to EU countries. Unless they have the correct customs declaration documentation attached to them, they will be …

New rules for sending parcels abroad from the UK have come into force today, requiring senders to complete a customs form. Notices in Post Offices across the country have been warning the new measures, concerning ‘all items containing gifts and goods being sent abroad, including to the EU’, will be …

CCTV footage reveals the moment a Hermes delivery driver drops off a package and then runs off with a Royal Mail parcel that was left on a customer’s doorstep- Hermes confirmed that the driver will no longer be working for them while police have launched an investigation.  Sharon Wilson, 72, from Bilborough, …