Tag Archives: Royal Mail

The list of 28 severely affected areas, published on Monday, included 13 in or near London, as well as Leeds in West Yorkshire, Chelmsford in Essex, Widnes in Cheshire and Margate in Kent. But local leaders in other parts of the country have told The Telegraph their areas are suffering …

A Post Office in a Derbyshire village has closed for 10 days after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The branch in Nottingham Road, Borrowash, will remain shut for the rest of this week and is expected to reopen on Wednesday, January 20. A notice has been placed …

A thief attempted to steal a mailbag off a Royal Mail worker in Bedminster this afternoon (January 12). Police are searching the area following the attempted robbery, on Bedminster Parade, at about 5.30pm. The thug fled the area empty-handed after the incident. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “We’re …

Concerns have been raised over plans to close a Royal Mail sorting office in a Nottinghamshire town and its “potential knock-on effect” on the community. Councillors on Mansfield District Council have raised their fears after Royal Mail revealed plans to close the sorting office in Warsop. The sorting office, which …

A LORRY driver working night shifts through the pandemic “to ensure people are getting what they need” is fighting for his sight after his windscreen was smashed by a recycling bin filled large rocks hurled from an overpass. Fra McCaffrey (56) from the Whiterock area of west Belfast has undergone …

A major landmark building in Gloucester that has been transformed into luxury homes has come under new management. Principle Estate Management will take over the responsibility for The Post House – part of the Royal Mail’s former sorting centre operations around two miles east of the city centre. The building …

On Monday, Royal Mail confirmed that a number of staff who work at the delivery office in Lincoln are currently self-isolating, and said there had also been virus outbreaks in Daventry and Northampton. Last week, seven postmen in Horsham contracted the virus and have not been able to work, while …

Royal Mail have addressed online rumours of a mass Covid-19 outbreak at two of their Midlands sorting centres and one centre in Northampton. Posts online have claimed of a “huge outbreak” and that “40-50 employees gone into isolation” at sorting centres in Coventry, Rugby and Daventry. Concerns have been spreading …

Royal Mail was ordered to pay 229,161.86 pounds. London: A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion. Mathan Shunmugaraja had …

Plane tickets, an engagement ring and poker chips were among the bizarre items guests left behind at Travelodges in Bath last year. The chain has three hotels across the city and some pretty weird items have made their way into the lost-and-found box. A Jane Austen costume was among the …