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Royal Mail given go ahead to slash second class deliveries to just three a week

Ofcom gives all clear to historic reduction in postal deliveries to save money for Royal Mail’s loss making letters service

Evening Standard

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

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

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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

Kudos to Royal Mail for a special delivery

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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

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The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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

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

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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