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

Postwoman breaks down in tears and says ‘it was a joke’ after backlash over TikTok video

A Royal Mail postwoman broke down in tears this afternoon amid a backlash over a TikTok video in which she bragged that she only waited two seconds for people to answer the door before leaving – and insisting: ‘It was a joke.’ Welsh postwoman Laura Orgill, 26, posted the original video showing herself shoving a … Read more

Royal Mail postie brags about waiting two SECONDS for people to answer the door

A Royal Mail poster girl has sparked backlash with a TikTok video bragging about only waiting two seconds for people to answer the door before leaving. Welsh postwoman Laura Orgill, 26, posted the video showing herself shoving a ‘we missed you’ leaflet through someone’s letterbox just seconds after knocking on her rounds in south Wales. The video – … Read more

Royal Mail to offer timed parcel delivery for an extra charge

Never miss a parcel! (but it’ll cost you): Royal Mail launches service for people to book a specific time slot for letters and packages to compete with rivals Amazon, DPD and Hermes The Royal Mail is planning a new tiered service offering timed deliveries  The cheapest option will allow the Royal Mail to determine the … Read more

Ticket to write! Royal Mail releases 12 stamps to honour ex-Beatle’s Sir Paul McCartney’s career

Ticket to write! Royal Mail releases 12 stamps to honour ex-Beatle’s Sir Paul McCartney’s career Stamp set features a selection of eight LPs defining Sir Paul McCartney’s career  Photographs spanning three decades of Sir Paul in the recording studio Royal Mail collaborated closely with the singer/songwriter on the collection Sir Paul is the most successful … Read more

Britain’s rudest postman is caught on doorbell camera during SECOND foul-mouthed rant in a week

Pushing the envelope! Britain’s rudest postman is caught on doorbell camera during SECOND foul-mouthed rant in a week after finding homeowners away as he tries to deliver parcels Royal Mail postie was filmed last week calling house in Walsall a ‘f*****g s***hole’  Is heard complaining in new video about homeowners who are ‘never f*****g in’  … 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

Now you can collect stamps… and barcodes! Move by Royal Mail to improve efficiency

Royal Mail will add barcodes to stamps to improve efficiency sparking fears it is the beginning of the end for traditional design featuring the Queen A pilot by Royal Mail will add barcodes to second-class stamps from March 23 Move is arguably the biggest change to post since Penny Black stamp in 1840 First barcodes … Read more

Royal Mail is to launch a Sunday delivery service

Royal Mail is to launch a Sunday delivery service as customers now expect seven-day post amid online boom Royal Mail said it hoped to ‘usher in a new era’ of seven-day-a-week deliveries Revenues soared by £900million to £8.6billion in the past year, it revealed It delivered 496 parcels in the last three months of 2020 … Read more

Student reveals homemade cake sent to her by her mother was half eaten on arrival

Student left baffled after Black Forest cake sent by her mother by Royal Mail when she was feeling ill arrived HALF EATEN Tamara Johnson’s mother sent her a homemade Black Forest chocolate cake  But the cake was half-eaten on delivery and came in a Royal Mail damaged bag    Some said it looked like it had … Read more