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The following report has been submitted by a postal worker in Northern Ireland in support of the campaign by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) to oppose the imposition of “USO reform pilots” at 37 delivery offices across Royal Mail between February and May. Terms of Reference for the pilots …

Police have taped off a town centre post office after an ‘attempted burglary’. A sign has gone up in the window at Cheadle Post Office, based off Tape Street car park, to tell residents it’s currently shut. This morning and the facility has police tape outside as an investigation gets …

Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials are continuing their imposition of Universal Service Obligation (USO) pilots at 37 targeted delivery offices across the UK. They are waging a massive PR campaign to conceal the implications of the pilot scheme. A CWU Live online event last week hosted by Novara Media’s Michael Walker, …

Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, has reportedly initiated a takeover bid for defence group Chemring. The news was first reported by Sky News’ Mark Kleinman, who stated that Bain has submitted at least one proposal to acquire the FTSE 250 group, which is utilised by …

All four workers were offered compensation in what has been deemed “a damning criticism of Royal Mail management.” Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office where the workers were dismissed(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo) Four postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Prenton were unfairly dismissed in a row over …

A popular village postman known for wearing his trademark shorts whatever the weather has retired after more than 40 years in the job. Eddie Whitaker, who was the postie for Marchington village and its surrounding area, was given a special surprise send-off by locals. Well over a hundred of his …

Several Leicestershire post offices could lose nearly half their profits if Royal Mail proceeds with controversial plans to remove their sorting offices, a county councillor has warned. The proposed changes in Groby and Ratby would see mail sorting operations moved to Meridian at Fosse Park. Under the new proposals, mail …

The manner in which officials described Michael Stewart, a 63-year-old postman from Northumberland who has been jailed for six and a half years after committing a string of sexual assaults against women during his rounds, was depressingly familiar. Judge Robert Spragg, who presided over Stewart’s trial at Newcastle crown court, …

Families heard a ‘loud bang’ as a post box was stolen from their village. And the theft in the centre of Rudyard has damaged the road and pavement. Now police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which took place at around 10.40pm on Monday. StokeonTrentLive had previously reported how …

Royal Mail have apologised after a woman who was sexually abused by a perverted postman took her own life while on the phone to management about the incidents. Sex attacker Michael Stewart was jailed for six-and-a-half years at Newcastle Crown Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting five women while …