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Patients let down by an out-of-touch NHS

Letters: Readers highlight inefficiencies in the health service’s outdated mode of communication

The Guardian - UK

Working for the Royal Mail sounded like an ideal job. But I discovered it’s falling apart, just like its vans

My year there was marked by crumbling depots, staff constantly leaving and impossible targets. This once-great institution is on its knees, says former postie Gareth Roberts

The Guardian - UK

Plans for Royal Mail delivery cuts could risk patient safety, NHS leaders warn

Head of NHS Providers says proposed reduction of second-class deliveries to two days a week would be ‘extremely unhelpful’

The Guardian - UK

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Plans to cut Royal Mail deliveries ‘could worsen patient safety risks’

The chief executives of Healthwatch England, National Voices, The Patients Association and NHS Providers have ‘raised direct concerns’.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail owner proposes second-class post deliveries every other weekday

IDS says it could cut nearly 1,000 jobs and save £300m a year while maintaining Monday-to-Saturday first-class service

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail proposes cut to second class post in order to save first class deliveries

The cost cutting plans would save up to £300million a year

Evening Standard

Drop a midweek post day instead of Saturdays, greetings card firms urge

Trade body says stopping Royal Mail letter service on a Tuesday or Wednesday would be far less damaging

The Guardian - UK

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Celebrity neighbors and a £70m post scandal: Beaconsfield mansion goes under the hammer for £2.75 million

A house at the centre of a Royal Mail fraud case is up for auction in the village where Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne live

Evening Standard

Royal Mail names senior Heathrow executive as next boss

Emma Gilthorpe is tasked with turning company around and takes up newly created CEO role in May

The Guardian - UK

Is Royal Mail parcel tracking down? Customers report IT error

Royal Mail is investigating an IT issue with its website and tracking service

Evening Standard

Best wall mounted letter boxes that look great and keep your post safe

Designs with our stamp of approval

Evening Standard

32 moments that showcase King Charles's playful sense of humour

From meetings with pop stars to amusing fashion mishaps, the King is known for his playful sense of humour

Woman & Home

‘Don’t make panicked cuts’: proposed Royal Mail shake-up worries businesses

Card retailers and publishers voice concerns over changes that could lead to as few as three letter delivery days a week

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Cost of first-class stamp to rise again to £1.35, says Royal Mail

Fourth increase in two years will also apply to second class when new prices come into effect on 2 April

WhatToWatch

Royal Mail Panorama special to air on BBC One tonight

A Royal Mail Panorama special investigates the UK's postal service.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail sued by delivery drivers in ‘Uber-style’ gig economy legal case

Parcelforce couriers have gone to court for the right to be classed as workers rather than self-employed owner drivers

International Business Times

'World's Most Harmful': What Is The LockBit Cybercrime Gang?

An international law enforcement operation has taken down dozens of servers and disrupted LockBit, "the world's most harmful cyber crime group" according to British authorities.

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Evening Standard

10 homes for sale on London's most romantic roads, from South Kensington to South Woodford

Rude street names are a dying breed thanks to campaigning residents, but a Love Lane, Darling Row or Rose Avenue could be a catch this Valentine’s Day

The Guardian - UK

Guardian announces appointment of Pooja Bagga as chief information officer

Pooja Bagga joins the Guardian from Royal Mail Group where she has been leading IT initiatives since 2017.

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail delivers for its shareholders, but not for us

Letters: Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s piece on the slow demise of the postal service

The Guardian - UK

Government to discuss handing ownership of Post Office to its operators

Post office operators’ union calls meeting after miscarriage of justice that saw more than 700 branch managers prosecuted

The Guardian - UK

So this is how the Royal Mail ends: killed by lying politicians, lousy managers and ruthless moneymen

The decline of this great institution is a story in microcosm of how so many aspects of British life have been degraded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Stop mithering, Owen, and let us enjoy watching the Tory Death Star explode

Brief letters: Marching to victory | Delivery delays | Fresh from the oven | A communist plot | Michelle Mone quote

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail is failing to deliver any service at all

Letters: Privatisation, overseen by the coalition government, is to blame, writes Colin Montgomery. Plus letters from Ruth Brandon, David Hague and John Barstow

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