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Royal Mail will stop all Saturday letter deliveries until further notice due to the coronavirus pandemic. The firm will ‘temporarily’ cut back its services from this weekend as the country continues to grapple the deadly bug. People will face waiting up to two days for their letters as the post already does not come on … Read more
Queen breaks with centuries of tradition to send Maundy money by Royal Mail instead of handing it out personally to this year’s 188 recipients including the world’s oldest bell-ringer, aged 101 Money is sent by the monarch to elderly each year the day before Good Friday The recipients are always over 70 and currently all … Read more
Royal Mail postman wipes his nose with his hand and then repeatedly touches someone’s front door as he delivers letter during coronavirus lockdown A Royal Mail postman was filmed touching a front door in East London after wiping his nose People are calling for the postman to be fired after the doorbell footage was posted … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Royal Mail postal workers have been ordered to leave parcels on customers’ doorsteps to keep a ‘safe distance’ from homeowners as the coronavirus crisis intensifies. Postman and father-of one Ethan Gordon, from Boston, Lincolnshire, took to Facebook to outline the instructions to customers ‘for their safety and all posties alike’. It comes as Britain’s coronavirus death … Read more
Royal Mail deliveries under threat as union leaders urge workers to call in sick rather than risk contracting coronavirus while postmen say slam lack of protective equipment Postal workers unhappy with delivering ‘pointless junk mail’ during lockdown Soaring absence rates could lead to ‘reductions in services’ Union workers encourage staff to call in sick rather … Read more
A factory worker stockpiled weapons and supplies including 14 exploding Kinder Eggs at his home to prepare for an apocalypse, a court heard. Daniel Magee, 39, had spent 20 years collecting items including knives, body armour, camouflage clothing, and smoke pellets. He was arrested after two parcels, ordered from China, were intercepted at Royal Mail’s … Read more
Britons complain of post arriving up to a week late during coronavirus crisis… while Royal Mail increases price of 1st and 2nd class stamps Coronavirus sickness has had a devastating effect on the postal service Postmen and women have been ordered not to hand any letters over in person But people up and down UK … Read more