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What causes delivery delays?
Delivery delays can stem from various local issues, such as high staff sickness, as Royal Mail noted in the story. Other factors include severe weather, transport problems, or unexpected spikes in mail volume. These challenges require postal services to adjust their operations to manage the impact on customers.
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Royal Mail alerts customers 127 UK postcodes will experience delivery delaysThis explainer came from a news story
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