Mountains of post pile up outdoors in midwinter as Royal Mail centres fill up thanks to a strike backlog.
Images handed to the Mirror show cages full of undelivered post outside two mail centres this week - before today's fresh walkout by 115,000 posties even began.
Royal Mail insists the scenes are “typical for this time of year” and letters are only left outdoors for short periods when it is safe, hygienic and dry.