Royal Mail have advised that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday at its Bristol and Medway Mail Processing Centres. Customers should expect delays to mail in the following areas:

• Bristol Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas.
• Medway Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the CT, DA, ME and TN postcode areas.

In addition to the above we are still seeing long delays to mail in all areas due to the backlog caused by the recent postal strikes. Customers should expect the delivery pf mail to take longer than usual at this time.

We are still seeing long delays to mail in most areas due to the backlog caused by the recent strike actions. Customers should expect items to take longer than normal to arrive.

In addition to the above Royal Mail has advised that the following Mail Centres did not process all mail to schedule yesterday and customers should expect delays in the following areas:

• Chester Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the CH, LL and SY postcode areas.
• Northern Ireland Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK, due for delivery today in the BT postcode area.
• Cardiff Mail Centre: Some mail posted in the CF, LD and NP postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Medway Mail Centre: Some mail posted in the CT, DA, ME and TN postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

Following the announcement that HM the Queen's state funeral will be marked as a Bank Holiday, Royal Mail services will be suspended on the day of the funeral, Monday 19 September.

Any Mail received after our 1pm cut-off time for tracked mail and 3pm for all other mail on Friday the 16th of September will be processed on the next available working day Tuesday the 20th of September.

Customers should be aware that we are currently seeing delays to mail in all areas due to the knock-on effects of the postal strikes. Please allow extra time for your item to be delivered whilst Royal Mail workers, work to clear the backlog of mail in the system.

Royal Mail workers will be on strike on Thursday the 8th and Friday the 9th of September. During this time there will be no mail delivery or mail collections. We will continue to process all mail as normal, however no mail will enter the postal system until normal service resumes on Monday the 12th of September.

We will also be removing the Special Delivery service during this time as we cannot next day delivery during the postal strikes.

In addition to the above as we will not receive a mail delivery, no mail will received for our mailbox customers during this time.

Customers should expect delays in the week after the strikes as Royal Mail workers work to clear the backlog.

Royal Mail have advised that several of its Mail Processing Centres reported that not all mail was processed to schedule yesterday. The following areas are currently affected:

• Bristol Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the BA, BS, GL and TA postcode areas.
• Cardiff Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the CF, LD and NP postcode areas.
• Edinburgh Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the DD, EH, FK, KY, PH and TD postcode areas.
• Exeter Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the EX and TQ postcode areas.
• Gatwick Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the BN and RH postcode areas.
• Leeds Mail Centre: Some mail posted on Thursday in the BD, HD, HG, HX, LS, WF and YO postcode areas, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.
• Medway Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the CT, DA ME and TN postcode areas.
• Nottingham Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the DE and NG postcode areas.
• South Midlands Mail Centre: Some mail posted in other parts of the UK on Thursday, due for delivery today in the CV, LE, MK and NN postcode areas. Also, some mail posted in these postcode areas on Thursday, due for delivery today in other parts of the UK.

We are currently experiencing delays to all mail due to the recent strike action. Customers should allow extra time for mail to arrive for items posted in the run up, during and after strike days as these items are likely to be subject to delay.

We have removed Special Delivery as an option during the current strike action as we are currently unable to guarantee this as a next day service. We will reinstate this option once the service returns to normal.