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People working from home are facing “clear disruption” to internet services as thousands of BT workers vote this week to go on strike. As many as 45,000 engineers and call centre staff will decide whether to begin industrial action in as little as two weeks’ time. This makes up the …

Royal Mail has revealed images of a new set of “vibrantly illustrated” stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally. The eight stamps celebrate a march that took place from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in London in July 1972, which was the first to bear …

Teachers, binmen and postal workers have threatened to join railway workers on strike in a move that could cause chaos not seen since the 1970s, BirminghamLive reports. The rail strike over three days this week will cause travel difficulties for millions, and now teachers, binmen and posties have threatened to …

Thousands of Royal Mail workers will be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay. Staff at the privatised postal service could go on strike in the coming months impacting postal and parcel deliveries. Royal Mail yesterday (Wed) announced a two per cent pay rise for workers, back-dated to …

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 …