Royal Mail plans to stamp out Saturday letter deliveries and signed-for parcels

Royal Mail is plotting to axe Saturday letter deliveries and signed-for parcels in bid to modernise and push through cost savings The Royal Mail’s new UK boss is looking at changes as part of a six-month review It comes as postal service is looking to modernise and making big cost savings Decision to scrap Saturday … Read more

Shoppers fear personal details could be stolen as hundreds of ‘lost’ parcels are auctioned on eBay

Online shoppers fear their personal details could be stolen as hundreds of ‘lost’ Royal Mail and Hermes parcels are being auctioned off by mystery sellers on eBay. Sellers have been making up to £140 per bundle of undelivered items which include electrical items and jewellery. The listings have snaps of the parcels, with some saying … Read more

Hermes pays retailers compensation as computer glitch marked parcels as undelivered

Hermes pays retailers ‘hundreds of pounds’ in compensation after they missed out on processing fee because computer glitch marked parcels as undelivered Courier firm pays 35p to businesses for every packages successfully processed But computer issues saw scores of parcels not logged correctly in the system This meant retailers missed out on substantial sums of … Read more

Shocking moment Amazon driver lets himself into woman’s house to deliver parcels

Shocking moment Amazon driver lets himself into woman’s house to deliver parcels ‘and then claims the boxes knocked the door handle open’ Lisa Metcalfe had been at home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on Saturday The Amazon delivery driver unexpectedly stepped through her front door The 39-year-old said she confronted the man who claimed it was an … Read more

Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival after a record-breaking Christmas

Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival: Record-breaking Christmas puts the postal service on track for a profits bonanza By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 February 2021 Royal Mail shares soared after a record-breaking Christmas put the postal service on track for a profits … Read more

Man caught on CCTV telling CHILD to steal parcels from outside homes

Moment porch pirate is caught on CCTV ‘telling CHILD to steal parcels from outside people’s homes’ Videos were filmed in a street in Hounslow, West London, on Wednesday Man was seen appearing to direct a small boy to take packages Footage was shared online and has been watched more than 66,000 times  By Harry Howard … Read more

Porch pirate ‘father’ caught on CCTV telling CHILD to steal parcels from outside homes

Moment porch pirate is caught on CCTV ‘telling CHILD to steal parcels from outside people’s homes’ Videos were filmed in a street in Hounslow, West London, on Wednesday Man was seen appearing to direct a small boy to take packages Footage was shared online and has been watched more than 66,000 times  By Harry Howard … Read more

Reckless DPD driver launches parcels from his van into another vehicle during shift

Shocking moment reckless DPD driver launches parcels from his van into another vehicle after he ‘broke down’ during shift Footage shows the courier manhandling packages n Southampton, Hampshire  Vans parked back to back with their doors so parcels could be thrown between  Facebook users responded to video posted on January 8, calling it ‘ridiculous’  By … Read more

Villagers help truck drivers stuck on the M20 in Kent by lowering food parcels from motorway bridge

Kent villagers are helping feed stranded truck drivers lined up along the motorway by lowering bags of food to them from bridges.  They are using rope and shopping bags to deliver goods including beans, fruit and sweets to stranded lorry drivers waiting for Covid tests. Hundreds of hauliers are lined on the M20 as part … Read more