Thousands face Christmas delivery delays as Royal Mail confirms major disruptions due to staffing issues

Royal Mail has issued an urgent Christmas warning as postal operations across 58 postcodes throughout the UK face major disruption in the run-up to the festive season.

The mail giant has revealed that multiple local sorting offices across the nation are struggling to deliver normal service standards due to "high levels of sick absence, resourcing issues and other local factors".

While Royal Mail remains committed to its six-day weekly delivery promise , it has admitted that in certain troubled areas, this benchmark will "temporarily not be possible".

Households in the affected zones have been warned to brace for possible delays to both letters and packages during one of the busies

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