1516: King Henry VIII establishes first postal service in Britain 1830: Royal Mail starts using the railway to move post 1838: Introduction of the first Travelling Post Offices, also known as ...

Twelve suspects were put on trial in April 1964. More than a decade later, several of them talked to the BBC about the ...

Notice has already been given to end five mail train services by the end July between Swansea and London, Warrington and London, Norwich and London and Doncaster and London. Royal Mail forecast it ...

Royal Mail told a grieving mother her son’s ashes were worthless after they were lost in the post. Post officials refused to give the distraught mum the maximum £20 compensation payout, saying the ...

This is an important Monopoly board because it is all part of history. In 1963, a Royal Mail train was held up in Buckinghamshire and £2.5 million was stolen. The train robbers went to a ...

Tom MacInnes, director of policy at Citizens Advice, said: "Royal Mail's unfair price hikes are making post less affordable, ...

First-class post may no longer be delivered within three days without increasing prices for customers, Royal Mail warned yesterday. The group also claimed that the watering down of delivery ...