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The bizarre closure of Royal Mail postboxes in a Cornish village has been branded “daft” and “inconvenient”. A Marazion business owner contacted Royal Mail about the unusual closure of a postbox after a metal telecomms pole was installed nearby – only for another to close days later because snails keep …

Last week the World Socialist Web Site wrote to Charles Falconer, a partner at law firm Gibson Dunn, requesting information about the legal review he is heading into the sacking and suspension of hundreds of union reps and other postal workers during the Royal Mail dispute. The Falconer Review was …

Six workers remain sacked from Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for taking their legally entitled tea breaks at two local pubs. Their treatment is part of a wave of company victimisations, with reports confirming that Royal Mail is targeting workers to enforce …

We live in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK. So getting out and about in our countryside, whilst also enjoying plenty of exercise, working for the Royal Mail is a relatively attractive proposition. The popularity and convenience of online shopping isn’t fading – our posties are being …

A council has apologised to around 100 taxpayers – after an A500 blunder left some of them out of pocket. Cheshire East Council sent the letter regarding its desire to turn the entire stretch of the A500 between the M6 roundabout at Barthomley and the Weston roundabout into a dual-carriageway …

Do you have information about workplace victimisations? Are you a sacked or suspended worker or rep? Get in touch and join the campaign using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. A mass campaign must be launched mobilising Royal Mail’s entire workforce for the reinstatement of all colleagues victimised, …

Given that there are no signs of online shopping slowing down any time soon – our posties are being kept busier than ever. Delivering our packages and letters, Royal Mail staff were rightly classed as key workers during the pandemic and gave some businesses the lifeline to keep going without …

A set of special stamps are being issued to celebrate 65 years of Paddington Bear. ADVERTISEMENT The marmalade-loving Peruvian bear will feature on six postal stamps taken from Ivor Wood’s cartoons, which were originally published in the London Evening News in the late 1970s as the character became a star …

Royal Mail customers can take advantage of a big change in delivery options. The new service will be available to those people who use the Royal Mail App. The new service means customers can now set up a safe place delivery preference in the Royal Mail app for all future …

The trial involving a £70m fraud against Royal Mail has come to an abrupt end after a dramatic change of plea. It involved an alleged fraud carried out over more than a decade by connected mailing and logistics businesses, with the perpetrators accused of manipulating docket spreadsheets on the …