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Communications regulator Ofcom has announced “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” governing the delivery of mail to 32 million addresses across the UK. Ofcom’s announcement is the foundation for a Royal Mail pilot scheme being rolled out at 37 delivery offices with the full support of the …

Thieves have hauled off a post box from the middle of a North Staffordshire village. The red box, on a black pole, had previously sat in Rudyard. Now it’s gone after being ripped out from its location near the mini-roundabout at the Camrose Hill and Rudyard Road junction. Today and …

Motorists have been given an “important” reminder to register their vehicles, even if they are exempt from tax. A vehicle’s tax bill may be £0, but the information is still required for administrative purposes, as stated by a leading energy provider. “If you’re an Octopus EV salary sacrifice or Intelligent …

By AYAAT YASSIN-KASSAB Published: 20:42 EST, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 00:09 EST, 19 February 2025 Dubbed Britain’s ‘worst’ courier, delivery company Evri has promptly admitted that it will lose eight million packages this year, despite only being two months in. Of initially missing parcels, some will eventually make their …

Three Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office IT scandal have been awarded £1.8 million in redress payments. More than 900 former sub-postmasters across the UK were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 because the Horizon computer system wrongly showed missing payments from their branch accounts. Convictions were quashed by …

‘I thought there was some kind of glitch,’ one user said Vinted users have taken to social media to share their frustrations (Image: Shared Content Unit) Vinted users say they have had to cancel orders over a feature on the app that has left them angry. The second-hand selling platform …

One thing is clear from the “USO reform” pilots being rolled out by Royal Mail at 37 delivery offices across the UK: they are being imposed behind workers’ backs in a joint enterprise by the Communication Workers Union, Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Labour government. The Universal Service Obligation …

A community Post Office has claimed they are under siege by a group of feral youths who have caused thousands in damage at their store. The staff at the Corstorphine Post Office branch have claimed they have had to contend with months of antisocial behaviour at the hands of a …

Issues have been reported with the Royal Mail site (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Royal Mail customers have been unable to see the status of their packages for hours due to ‘planned maintenance work’ on the delivery company’s website. According to DownDetector, users have been experiencing problems since last night …

A post office will open on Camberley high street, bringing back a branch to the town centre. Camberley’s Post Office at 51-53, GU15 3RB, closed on February 8, when the WHSmith store where the branch was based shut down. Its replacement on 3A High Street, GU15 3QU, will now re-open …