Nuneaton mail delivery office closed after lorry crash

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A mail delivery office has been closed after a lorry reversed into the building.



The Nuneaton Royal Mail office on Church Street is shut until further notice and there will be no deliveries in Nuneaton for at least a day.

A spokesperson said "a vehicle reversing into the loading area damaged a small section of the ceiling".

The company is investigating whether the ceiling's asbestos coating could have been disturbed as a result.

Royal Mail has apologised to customers and asked that people do not try to collect parcels.

A statement added: "Clearly this incident is something which we are treating with utmost urgency and our priority is the health and safety of our colleagues and all our customers."

The delivery office is temporarily relocating to the former Parcelforce depot at Ibstock Road in Coventry.

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Mystery over when office will re-open



ROYAL mail bosses say they cannot say when Nuneaton's sorting office will re-open again.

It has been almost a month since the Church Street-based office was forced to close following fears about an asbestos outbreak.

Despite being given the all-clear from experts, after air tests taken at the site came back negative, the shutters still remain shut on the building.

Several unconfirmed reports have been made to the News about the future of the local facility. One rumour suggests that the sorting office will not open until March.

Another claim is that the sorting office will not actually re-open again.

The News contacted Royal Mail to see if any of the rumours are true.

A spokesperson said: "I can't comment on a re-opening timescale at the moment."

In the meantime, people who have undelivered post still have to travel to the office at Ibstock Road in Coventry. It is understood that talks are still on-going in relation to potentially providing a more local collection office.

Nuneaton MP Marcus Jones says he is still persuing bosses on it.