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YOU WONT BELIEVE: The royal mail - What They Never Told You

Royal Mail owner pushes back against criticisms that service has declined

Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský ‘deeply sorry’ for late letters but says Royal Mail is delivering a service ‘nobody else in Europe is doing’

The Guardian - UK

New stamps mark 50th anniversary of first commercial Concorde flights

The first commercial Concorde flights departed on January 21 1976.

Evening Standard

Letters to Santa represent ‘magic of Christmas’, Royal Mail elves say

Children have until December 10 to send their letters if they want to hear back from Santa ahead of Christmas.

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Rory McIlroy Career Grand Slam Celebrated With Royal Mail Postmark

Rory McIlroy's Masters win, which made him the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam, was celebrated with a special postmark by the Royal Mail

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First-class stamp price climbs to £1.70 in ‘blow to consumers’

Royal Mail has more than doubled the price of first-class stamps since 2020, when they cost 76p.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail to increase price of stamps again in ‘blow to consumers’

The price of first-class stamps has more than doubled since 2020, when they cost 76p

The Independent UK

"For those about to collect, we salute you": Royal Mail launch range of AC/DC postage stamps

Got money? Like stamps? Then you'll be delighted with the Royal Mail's vast range of AC/DC stamp products

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OPINION - Selling Royal Mail to a Czech billionaire marks a bleak day for Britain

We have long since got used to our corporate crown jewels being raided by foreign buyers: Roll-Royce Motors, Land Rover, Harrods, Heathrow, even Weetabix and Polos are all in the stewardship of overseas owners. Vital public services such as Thames Water are also not excluded from the list.

Evening Standard

Revealed: the business dealings of Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský

With the Czech billionaire on the verge of a £3.6bn takeover, the Guardian looks at his dealings in Russia and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail’s owner considering job cuts and price rises for stamps and parcels

International Distribution Services blames budget for adding £120m to annual costs through NICs increase

The Guardian - UK

“Saluting 60 years of rock rebellion.” The Who’s 60th anniversary to be celebrated by special Royal Mail stamps set

The Royal Mail is issuing 12 special stamps in honour of The Who’s formation in 1964

Louder

The sleepy village hit by a mystery poison pen letter scandal likened to TV drama Bridgerton

One resident of Shiptonthorpe in the East Riding of Yorkshire received a blank Christmas card that was simply filled with the word ‘c*nt’

The Independent UK

Voices: Should we be worried by the Russian business links of the man trying to buy Royal Mail?

With an interest in a pipeline for Russian gas, the Czech billionaire is now facing ministerial scrutiny. But that might be the least of the problems facing anyone running Britain’s postal service, writes Chris Blackhurst

The Independent UK

Postal vote fears as Londoners say they still haven't received ballots

The postal service said it is working with local authorities ‘to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible’

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

What will Royal Mail’s takeover mean for customers and postal workers?

The billionaire Daniel Křetínský, AKA the Czech Sphinx, is poised to buy the business – but what does he have planned?

Evening Standard

OPINION - It’s too expensive to send a letter — we should renationalise Royal Mail, not sell it abroad

The other day I got the shock of my life at the post office where I was sending a letter to Ireland to find the nice man on the counter was asking me for £2.50 for a stamp. Two. Pounds. Fifty. “What,” I said weakly. “Yep,” he said, plainly used…

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells: key disclosures from first day at Post Office Horizon inquiry

Former chief executive says she was ‘too trusting’ of subordinates and was advised to deny Fujitsu had remote access to terminals

The Independent UK

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’

‘I think you knew,’ the ex-Post Office boss was told by Canadian-born Moya Greene, who was in charge of the Royal Mail for eight years

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The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail urged to investigate claims of Chinese-made fake stamps

Minister says he will work with business to investigate, while China dismisses suggestion of state role as ‘absurd’

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

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

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

Evening Standard

Royal Mail could deliver post just three days a week under shock Ofcom proposals

Cost cutting options laid out by regulator could save the company up to £650 million a year

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak opposes potential end to Saturday post by Royal Mail

The Government previously rejected a request from the Royal Mail to halt Saturday deliveries

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