Postal workers say recent revision in working practices has added to difficulties facing service
Royal Mail has said it is facing high levels of sickness that mean almost double the number of employees are absent than in 2018, before Covid-19 was identified.
The postal service said deliveries were operating as normal across most of the country but that a small number of local offices may not be able to deliver six days a week at present. The Royal Mail online service update identified 21 offices out of 1,200 that were experiencing delays.
