Royal mail warns of major delivery delays with 30 postcodes affected - see list

EARLIER TODAY, THE POSTAL GROUP REPORTED "SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION" TO MAIL CENTRES AFFECTING FOUR UK REGIONS ALONGSIDE ISSUES AFFECTING 14 OTHER LOCAL OFFICES 15:13, 07 Jan

2025Updated 15:43, 07 Jan 2025 Royal Mail has issued a warning as thousands of Brits could see delays to their deliveries today. The delays could affect customers in more than 30 UK

postcodes. Earlier today, the postal group reported "significant disruption" to mail centres affecting four UK regions. Royal Mail said that mail centres in Gatwick, London

Central, Manchester, Preston, and the South Midlands reported that not all mail was processed or despatched to schedule over the past weekend. In an update to its website, it said: "The

mail centres below reported not all mail was processed or despatched to schedule over the past weekend. As a result, some mail may be delivered later than planned." Royal Mail delivers

from Monday to Saturday, with first-class letters delivered one day after dispatch and second-class letters delivered two days after. However, sometimes the firm experiences delays. The

delays can consist of disruptions to its air, road, rail, or mail centre networks or local factors. _HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED DELAYS TO DELIVERIES TODAY? - LET US KNOW BY EMAILING:

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pension in April if you retired before this date Local issues have also disrupted almost a dozen Royal Mail delivery offices across the UK with 14 further postcodes affected. On its website,

Royal Mail says that sometimes factors, which include high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors, can temporarily impact deliveries. Article continues below It

explained: "In those cases, we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers. We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and

restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive." Some of the affected offices confirmed today are in Barrhead, Barrow In Furness, Glasgow and Huntington.

AFFECTED POSTCODE AREAS GATWICK, BN AND RH - Some mail posted in the BN and RH postcode areas due for delivery today in other parts of the UK may arrive later than planned. LONDON CENTRAL,

EC, N, W1 AND W - Some mail posted in the EC, N, W1 and WC postcode areas due for delivery today in other parts of the UK may arrive later than planned. MANCHESTER, BL, M 0L AND S - Some

mail posted in the BL, M, OL and SK postcode areas due for delivery today in other parts of the UK may arrive later than planned. PRESTON, BB, FY, LA AND PR - Some mail posted in the BB, FY,

LA and PR postcode areas due for delivery today in other parts of the UK may arrive later than planned. SOUTH MIDLAND, CV, LE, MK AND NN - Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for

delivery today in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas may arrive later than planned. Article continues below * Barrhead DO (G78) * Barrow In Furness DO (LA13 to LA17) * Bristol East DO

(BS5) * East Dulwich DO (SE22) * Glasgow G52 DO (G52 and G53) * Gosport DO (PO12 and PO13) * Huntingdon DO (PE26, PE28 and PE29) * Thornbury DO (BS35) * Wigton DO (CA7) READ MORE: Bouncy

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