You could at one point pay in any cheque at any bank or Post Office for a small fee- can you still do that? I would prefer to do that from now as we have been charged a lot of money as a result of cheques not getting there for weeks ; from the papers today it seems a bit of a pandemic with a lot of expensive implications for people.

I have to say whatever the shortcomings of RM and the unions I would still not want to rely on private companies for deliveries as despite all our local postmen/women seem to enjoy their job and providing a great service with a smile. And if we buy things from Amazon the chances are they'll deliver at 7am when we are still at home. We are still waiting for two weeks now for a HDNL package to arrive from Amazon and its been a real headache, not least of all having to deal with the lies about them trying to deliver even though we were in and they clearly didn't. Internet shopping doesn't seem what it used to be - its too much hassle - does anyone else think that? Only Citylink uniquely seem to try a few neighbours doors before giving up and Next seem more flexible and willing to please.