Residents in Newport will see Royal Mail deliveries taking longer than before after the company decided to change the routes for postmen.

A subpostmaster at a village post office has had his contract terminated by Royal Mail bosses – throwing the future of the service in south Shropshire into doubt.

More than 50 temporary employees at the Royal Mail sorting office in Shrewsbury in the run-up to Christmas were not paid for a week’s work, it was claimed this afternoon.

Campaigners have demanded face-to-face talks with Royal Mail bosses after the business refused their requests to drop the Shrewsbury reference from postal addresses in Wem.

Campaigners in Wem have lost their battle to have Shrewsbury removed from the town’s postal addresses, it was revealed today.

Campaigners fighting to protect the future of Shropshire’s post offices held a demonstration in Wellington to raise awareness of a bill which they claim could kill off the service.

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The Royal Mail sorting office in Newport will close on January 17 next year and the operation will be transferred to Telford, it was revealed today.

The post office network across Shropshire is safe from future closures, it was claimed today.

Tens of thousands of postal workers today “solidly supported” a fresh strike, crippling mail deliveries across the UK in the latest wave of walkouts to hit the Royal Mail.

A total of 35 million items of post have been delayed by this week’s postal strikes, the Royal Mail said today.

Hundreds of Shropshire postal workers took part in a fresh wave of strikes today after the collapse of talks aimed at resolving the bitter mail dispute.

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Postal deliveries in Ellesmere are “worse than ever” with claims of late services and misdirected post in the wake of the town’s delivery office closing its doors, a meeting has heard.

Crucial talks aimed at averting fresh postal strikes will be held today as a new study revealed the cost of the dispute to industry.

The Severn Valley Railway received a royal visitor to deliver two new assets, while Shropshire’s postal workers began the first day of strike action. See the video here.

A Shropshire MP today warned a national postal strike would be catastrophic for both customers and Royal Mail workers as last-ditch talks aimed at preventing this week’s crippling action got under way.

Last-ditch talks are being held to try and avoid a postal strike as unions look to challenge Royal Mail’s planned Christmas recruitment drive. See the video here.

A Ludlow man today accused the Royal Mail of spoiling his job hunting chances after his CV and application was damaged and returned in the post.

Royal Mail bosses will assure Ellesmere residents they will still get first class service when the town’s delivery office closes next month.

Workers at two Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices destined for closure next month will hold further talks with union representatives this week.

Civic leaders in Ellesmere campaigning against the proposed closure of a Royal Mail delivery office in the town are urging the firm’s bosses to rethink the move.

Angry staff at Ellesmere’s Royal Mail delivery office have vowed to fight plans to close the centre.

Employees at two Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices which are facing the axe will hold crunch talks with union leaders next week.

Shropshire’s postal service was dealt a double blow today as Royal Mail announced it is to axe district sorting offices in two county towns.