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Royal Mail gets go ahead to axe second-class post on Saturdays

Deliveries will also alternate on weekdays to reflect changing behaviour of users but critics say regulator has let courier off the hook

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025

FTSE 100 share index hits record high; four people arrested over UK cyber-attacks – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares in London end the day at a new closing high

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025

Royal Mail given go-ahead to make changes to second-class post service

Ofcom added that it had also launched a review of the price of stamps

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

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Royal Mail given green light to scrap second-class post on Saturdays

The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second-class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

A first-class service by Royal Mail again

Brief letters: Addressless delivery | Oasis and Our Friends in the North | Measuring the heatwave | Green-ink teacher | Language gripes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

UK postal workers faced more than 2,000 dog attacks last year, Royal Mail reveals

Roughly 30,000 postal workers have been attacked by dogs in the last decade in Britain.

Euronews · Jul 1, 2025

Czech billionaire Kretinsky named chairman of Royal Mail after takeover

Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group closed its £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s owner earlier this month.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

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Dive-bombing seagulls behind Royal Mail delays, postal workers say

Seagulls in Liskeard, Cornwall, have become so aggressive that some postal workes have had to abandon their routes

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

Kudos to Royal Mail for a special delivery

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025

Postmaster whose father died in Air India crash faces battle with Royal Mail to save the family business

Umang Patel, who lost his father in a plane crash earlier this month, said Royal Mail’s decision to close a small delivery office could cost him his Post Office branch

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2025

Emma Gilthorpe resigns as Royal Mail chief executive after just a year

Move comes weeks after delivery company’s owner was sold for £3.6bn to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025

MP asks Government to deliver ban on low-level letterboxes in new Bill

Anneliese Midgley says letterboxes at the bottom of doors are responsible for injuries to postal workers, including the partial loss of fingers.

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Competition watchdog to investigate Evri merger with DHL’s UK parcel arm

CMA to decide whether deal will substantially lessen competition in delivery market

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025

Evri tie-up with DHL’s UK parcel arm being probed by competition watchdog

The CMA will look into whether the deal could ‘result in a substantial lessening of competition’ in the postal delivery sector.

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory

Royal Mail released images of the 10 new stamps on the 350th anniversary of the institution.

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

New Royal Mail owner appoints former minister Greg Hands as adviser

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s business EP Group, which bought the Royal Mail’s parent firm, appointed Mr Hands on Monday.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025

Ex-minister Greg Hands to advise Royal Mail buyer Daniel Křetínský

Former Tory MP will work with Czech billionaire’s EP Group in the UK and Germany

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

Family sue Royal Mail after delivery driver left in 'vegetative state' following 7.5 tonne lorry crash

Petar Mitev was struck by an HGV while on a zebra crossing at Royal Mail’s Jubilee Mail Centre in Feltham

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The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

Royal Mail faces Ofcom questions over missed delivery targets

Postal regulator launches investigation after almost a quarter of first-class mail arrives late

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025

Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again

Royal Mail chief operating officer Alistair Cochrane said its quality of service ‘is not yet where we want it to be’.

International Business Times UK · May 21, 2025

Royal Mail Hits Major EV Milestone as It Accelerates Towards Net-Zero by 2040

The commitment from the UK's premier postal service signals a growing shift into EV use in the country.

Evening Standard · May 14, 2025

New stamps celebrate CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia

The main set of eight stamps features pictures specially commissioned for Royal Mail by British illustrator Keith Robinson.

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

More than 50,000 children contact veterans through VE Mail

Together Coalition, which organises the VE Mail programme, said more than 1,300 schools and youth organisations had requested a letter from a veteran.

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Royal Mail owner’s £3.6bn takeover approved by shareholders

Investors holding 80% of the group’s share capital had approved the takeover by Wednesday afternoon, making the offer ‘unconditional’, EP announced.

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

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