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The Royal Mail has issued an urgent warning to all service users that if old stamps are used from tomorrow (Monday, July 31) then it’ll cost you £1.10. This is because the Royal Mail has added barcodes to its regular stamps, making its old ones out of date. The deadline …

Anyone still with an old-style stamp has only until tomorrow to use it, says Royal Mail. The traditional stamps will no longer be accepted after July 31 as the postal service completes the transition to the larger barcoded stamps which have been in circulation some time. But those who find …

Only two more days to use old barcoded stamps before they become invalid – as alcohol prices also set to rise on Tuesday in double whammy hit Stamps without barcodes will no longer be valid from tomorrow People who are stuck with now-useless stamps can exchange them for free By …

A Royal Mail lorry driver who fell asleep at the wheel and killed a grandfather has told a court he suffers from a ‘severe’ sleep condition. Stefan-Alexandru Bloj told jurors that since his 44-tonne HGV ploughed into the back of David Sullivan’s Citroen on a motorway he has been diagnosed …

Royal Mail customers have been given a three-day deadline. People have until July 31 to “use up or swap out” their non-barcoded definitive stamps. After that date, an item with a non-barcoded stamp would be treated as if there is insufficient postage. Any item that has insufficient postage is subject …

Dear reader, You’re adamant that your watch was stolen, but Royal Mail seemed to be insinuating that your lazy packaging efforts might have caused the watch to fall out of its own accord and become lost somewhere within its vast system.  I asked you for pictures of the opened package, as …

This August will see many changes to people’s lives through a variety of new rules, regulations and other alterations. There is a Bank Holiday which will mean changes to the date people will receive benefits payments and people will also see the continued support from the government’s energy price guarantee, …

A warning has been issued to everyone in the UK with unused first and second class stamps. Royal Mail introduced a new barcode on the back of stamps in 2022. These allow the stamps to be traced. But, since the introduction, customers have still been able to use non-barcoded first …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday to discuss the lessons of the year-long dispute at Royal Mail. It was the first Zoom meeting held since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) pushed through its pro-company agreement in a ballot ending on July 11. A report was given on the …

A Royal Mail lorry driver on his first ever nightshift fell asleep at the wheel and killed a grandfather after using his breaks to watch videos on his phone, a court has heard. Stefan-Alexandru Bloj’s 44-tonne lorry ploughed into the back of David Sullivan’s Citroen van at a roundabout near …