It’s the last post for Royal Mail monopoly: Post Office bosses are in talks to handle Amazon and Hermes parcels for the first time The Post Office signed its first non-exclusive deal with the Royal Mail on Friday The move frees it from a centuries-old agreement and could lead to lucrative partnerships The Post Office … Read more
Now that’s air mail! Christmas gift touches down at remote lighthouse marking the Royal Mail’s first ever delivery by drone Royal Mail has made the UK’s first drone package delivery on a Scottish island Postal group said it was first step in its drone programme to serve rural locations The item sent on the Isle … Read more
Royal Mail meltdown: Customers face Christmas delivery mayhem with long delays blamed on social distancing and ‘exceptionally high volumes’ of post Royal Mail acknowledged delays due to ‘exceptionally high volumes’ It also blamed social distancing rules in local mail centres and delivery offices Online orders are expected to be up by more than 50 per … Read more
Royal Mail tells shoppers not to leave present-buying to the last minute amid fears of a ‘mad postal panic’ that could delay deliveries Royal Mail has warned present-givers to ‘Shop Early, Send Early for Christmas’ Unprecedented demand is predicted by experts who urge shoppers to post now The Royal Mail has seen a 34 per … Read more
Cost of first class stamps rises 9 pence to 85p Royal Mail announced price of a first-class stamp will go up by 9p to 85p But the price of second-class stamps will rise by only 1p to 66p from January The huge increase is being blamed on Covid-19 and a fall in the number of … Read more
Royal Mail would save up to £225 million a year cutting letter deliveries from six to five days a week, and still meet the needs of most residential and smaller business customers, an Ofcom report has found. The study by the communications regulator indicated that delivering letters on Monday to Friday would reflect postal users’ ‘reasonable … Read more
Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing from the Post Office branch she ran. Protesting her innocence throughout her nine-day trial at Guildford Crown Court in 2010, the sub-postmistress from Surrey said she couldn’t explain how £74,609 had gone ‘missing’ from her West Byfleet branch. … Read more
Duchess of Cornwall WILL watch the new series of The Crown with a ‘glass of wine’ and won’t be ‘fussed’ by how she’s portrayed, friend tells Vanity Fair Duchess of Cornwall, 72, will be watching new series of The Crown, friend claims Camilla is portrayed by actress Emerald Fennell in the hit Netflix show Series … Read more
Royal Mail boss hints that Saturday post could be scrapped because it is no longer ‘economic’ to deliver letters six days a week Royal Mail boss says delivering letters six days a week is no longer ‘economic’ Chairman Keith Williams says changes are needed to reflect customer habits During the first five months of this … Read more
A grandfather-of-nine faced having to put down his pet dachshund and five pugs today after they surrounded a postman and nipped at his legs – leaving him scarred for life. Allen Parkinson, 75, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was hauled into court after the six dogs escaped through his open French doors and set upon the mailman … Read more