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

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

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

Lorry driver distracted by hands-free call when he killed RAF pilot is jailed for three years 

Malcolm Clarkson, 44, of Merseyside, was jailed three-and-a-half years at Warwick Crown Court (pictured outside court) A lorry driver who was distracted talking to his mother on a hands-free call when he killed a good-samaritan RAF pilot who had stopped to help an injured motorist has been jailed.  Malcolm Clarkson, 44, crashed his HGV into the back … Read more

Royal Mail worker suspended for telling OAP he was ‘too knackered’ to help when she fell in snow 

This is the ‘arrogant’ postman who claimed he was ‘too knackered’ to help a frail pensioner who fell in the snow. Thomas McCafferty has been suspended by the Royal Mail for refusing to assist Patricia Stewart, 72, when she lost her footing and fell down her icy front steps as she tried to collect a … Read more

Family of pensioner, 72, who was left lying in snow by Royal Mail postman demand he is sacked

Family of pensioner, 72, who was left lying in snow by Royal Mail postman because he was ‘knackered’ say he has STILL not been in touch to apologise and demand he is sacked Widow Patricia Stewart, 72, fell down her steps in Bainsford and asked for help Royal Mail postman, named locally as Thomas McCafferty, … Read more

Family of pensioner, 72, who was left lying in snow by Royal Mail postman demand he is sacked

Family of pensioner, 72, who was left lying in snow by Royal Mail postman because he was ‘knackered’ say he has STILL not been in touch to apologise and demand he is sacked Widow Patricia Stewart, 72, fell down her steps in Bainsford and asked for help Royal Mail postman, named locally as Thomas McCafferty, … Read more