Royal Mail announces 2,000 job cuts to slash costs by £130m next year after group’s profits tumble amid coronavirus crisis By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:26 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 07:33 BST, 25 June 2020 Around 2,000 jobs are being cut at Royal Mail as the group announced a management overhaul to … Read more
Leaving their stamp on the UK: How the Romans impacted British culture is recorded in latest Royal Mail collection A series of stamps celebrating Romans in Britain were launched by Royal Mail The collection of eight stamp designs show Roman artefacts and architecture Dover Lighthouse, Bignor mosaic and Hadrian’s Wall are among locations used By James Ayles … Read more
Postman, 40, is killed on the job when his Royal Mail van rolls down steep bank 40-year-old died on The Downs Road, Isle of Wight, on Saturday morning Police were called at 7.38am after receiving reports of a single vehicle collision Hampshire Police are appealing for more information or dashcam footage By Sam Baker For … Read more
Royal Mail BANS deliveries to problem street after a 52-year-old postwoman is SHOT in the face with an airgun while on duty Bosses said all future deliveries to Spring Bank Rise in Keighley are suspended The postwoman was blasted in the face by a powerful airgun earlier this week The 52-year-old was rushed to hospital … Read more
Royal Mail’s chief executive Rico Back quit today after two years in charge marked by battles with unions over efforts to restructure the postal service. In a surprise departure, the 66-year-old German businessman has agreed with the board to step down with immediate effect and will leave the company on August 15. Hamburg-born Mr Back … 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 after wiping his nose People are calling for the postman to be fired after the doorbell footage was posted on social media … 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
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