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, …
Read More »Villagers heard ‘loud bang’ as post box theft damages road and pavement
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail apologise after victim of pervert postman took her own life while on phone to management
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 …
Read More »Victim of pervert postman took her own life while on the phone to Royal Mail management
The Royal Mail has apologised after a woman took her own life while on the phone to management after she was one of five women to be sexually abused by a perverted postman 19:09, 19 Feb 2025Updated 19:12, 19 Feb 2025 Sick Michael Stewart(Image: PA) A woman tragically took her …
Read More »Victim of sex offender postman who attacked a string of women killed herself on the phone to Royal Mail after firm ‘did nothing’ – as he is finally jailed for six years
A woman who was left traumatised after being sexually assaulted by a postman killed herself while on the phone to Royal Mail, a court has heard. Carly Wealleans died at her home in Newbiggin, Northumberland, in March 2022 during a call with a manager at the postal service in which …
Read More »Ofcom’s “package of reforms”: a wrecking ball against the mail service and postal workers’ jobs and conditions
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 …
Read More »Police called in as thieves rip out post box from North Staffordshire village
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 …
Read More »Thousands of motorists told to ‘register your car’ now even if ‘exempt’ from new rule
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 …
Read More »Evri admits it will lose 22,000 UK parcels EVERY day
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 …
Read More »Northern Ireland Horizon scandal victims get £1.8 million
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 …
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