The Royal Mail has explained two letters can never appear next to each other in a UK postcode. The mail service created the postcode system to maintain a database of deliverable addresses. The ...

Postcodes are a clever thing. First used in Norwich in 1959, they help the Royal Mail to get mail around the country as quickly as possible by identifying where an item is going. A combination of ...

Consumers have been warned about a scam which sends out fake letters which claim that recipients have won thousands of pounds on the People’s Postcode Lottery. The aim is to get people to give their ...

Scammers have been targeting households by claiming they have won on the People's Postcode Lottery. The scam involves homeowners receiving a letter saying they have been randomly selected to win money ...

Once a mere tool to help the mechanical sorting of mail, postcodes now deliver a powerful message. A postcode could mean a difference of thousands of pounds to the price of a house and the social ...

Sir, – Recent letters have highlighted complications to our forthcoming postcode system. Sir, – Pat McArdle (September 17th) is correct in stating that “at least we are catching up with the rest of ...

I recently queried a simple tax matter by writing snail-mail to HMRC Newcastle and received a reply from a named official that raised more questions. But the only address on the HMRC letterhead was ...

Postcodes are a clever thing. First used in Norwich in 1959, they help the Royal Mail to get mail around the country as quickly as possible by identifying where an item is going. A combination of ...