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A postman is being investigated after apparently branding a customer a highly offensive slur in a delivery note – over a ‘misguided grudge as he thought it was her dog that bit him’. Suzannah Ashton was stunned when she spotted the foul-mouthed surname a Royal Mail postie appeared to enter …

Royal Mail is launching a new set of stamps featuring images of some of the most popular breeds of cat in the UK. The eight stamps show the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Cats shown on the stamps are Siamese, tabby, ginger, British Shorthair, Maine Coon, black …

Postboxes in Oxfordshire were boarded up after congestion caused by road closures to create low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) meant postmen could no longer meet collection times. Royal Mail was forced to reduce services in Cowley and East Oxford after traffic was funnelled onto main roads making journey times markedly longer. …

An explosion in deadly dog bite attacks has led to top level Government talks to try to stop the “national crisis”. Already this year, six people have been mauled to death by dogs, double the amount from last year. Four were children under three. A pandemic boom in pet ownership …

WARNING: Contains distressing images A woman says her daughter was left in tears after a postman appeared to kick their dog while delivering a parcel to them. Footage from the woman’s video doorbell shows the Royal Mail worker at the door of her Greater Manchester home, which was opened by …

Royal Mail wants to add 50 more drones to its fleet of 500 over the next three years in order to create added ‘postal drone routes’. The UK postal service has partnered up with drone company Windracers with plans to further reduce Royal Mail’s carbon emissions while improving reliability to …

Traditionally, there is only one colour for Royal Mail post boxes. In cities, towns and villages across the UK they stand out in that traditional deep red colour. And while some were painted gold after Team GB triumphs in the London 2012 Olympics, one village has seen the police called …

She helped pave the way for the Allied victory in European skies, at the same time blazing a trail for women’s rights and equal pay. But Maureen Dunlop – one of a pioneering group of women pilots who flew fighter and bomber aircraft during the Second World War – took …

Dubbed the biggest privatisation since Royal Mail, Channel 4 will go up for sale ahead of the next general election, the Government has announced. The decision, which was confirmed on Monday, came as concerns about Channel 4’s finances were exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. Now, a foreign owner could step …

Royal Mail is opening a stamp swap scheme allowing customers to switch their old stamps for the equivalent value of new barcoded ones. It is moving to barcoded stamps as part of a modernisation drive, with added security features and new services. Non-barcoded stamps will remain valid to use until …