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’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 scraps all Saturday letter deliveries until further notice saying it is because of the coronavirus crisis By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 15:48 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 15:59 BST, 28 April 2020 Royal Mail will scrap all Saturday letter deliveries due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company will ‘temporarily’ cut back … 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 after wiping his nose People are calling for the postman to be fired after the doorbell footage was posted on social media … 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 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
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