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News Archive
Electoral roll opt-out hits 40 per cent
19 December 2007 - The number of people opted-out of being on the edited electoral register has decreased by nearly three per cent.
Nearly 95 per cent of e-mail is spam
15 December 2007 - According to research by Barracuda Networks, junk e-mail accounted for 90 to 95 percent of all e-mail in 2007, up from an estimated five percent of e-mail in 2001.
Pensioner dies after falling victim to junk mail scams
2 December 2007 - An 83-year-old woman who couldn't afford to pay the heating bill after falling victim to junk mail scams has died of pneumonia.
Public has strong views on junk mail from charities
24 November 2007 – New research has found that the public has strong views on mailings they receive from charities.
Defra calls for MPS notification on all direct mail
10 November 2007 - Defra, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has urged the direct marketing industry to advertise the Mailing Preference Service (MPS) on all direct mail.
Stop Junk Mail starts Go Dutch petition
6 November 2007 - Stop Junk Mail has started a petition calling on the Prime Minister to introduce an easy and effective system for opting out of junk mail.
Artist creates junk mail sculpture
12 October 2007 - An artist from Tyneside is building a junk mail sculpture.
OFT stops South African prize draw scam
11 October 2007 - A South African prize draw promoter has given assurances to the OFT that it will no longer send misleading prize draw mailings to UK consumers.
Royal Mail to suspend junk mail deliveries in York
28 September 2007 - Householders across York and North Yorkshire will see a huge drop in the amount of junk mail posted through their letter boxes.
Junk e-mails overtake junk mail
22 August 2007 - A study by the Direct Marketing Association has found that for the first time commercial e-mails have overtaken traditional direct mail.
Postman dumped and burned junk mail
21 August 2007 - A postman from Rock Ferry has been found guilty of dumping and incinerating junk mail.
Postmen loose job over delayed junk mail
24 July 2007 - Royal Mail has won an appeal against two postmen who last year won an unfair dismissal claim after they had been sacked for not delivering junk mail on the day it was supposed to be delivered.
Leicester resident sets new junk mail record
23 July 2007 - A resident in Leicester has set a new junk mail record; by receiving no less than ten pieces of incorrectly addressed junk mail from a single company in less than two weeks time.
Royal Mail introduces green door to door scheme
17 July 2007 - Royal Mail has announced it will encourage businesses and organisations using its 'door to door scheme' to go green.
Wales looking to ban junk mail
1 July 2007 - Wales' Sustainability Minister Jane Davidson has today announced that the country is considering banning junk mail.
DMA: respect the environment
22 June 2007 - The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has urged marketers to consider their impact on the environment.
Postman sacked over junk mail row
16 June 2007 - A Nottinghamshire postman who refused to deliver junk mail has been sacked.
Postman suspended for letting junk mail pile up
12 June 2007 - A postman in Buron Joyce, Nottinghamshire, has been suspended for not delivering junk mail.
DMA unhappy with waste strategy
27 May 2007 - The Direct Marketing Association has said that the government's new waste strategy would be bad for the direct marketing industry, consumers and Royal Mail.
Government considers new measures to cut junk mail
25 May 2007 - The government yesterday announced its new waste strategy. The strategy includes ideas to cut junk mail.
Seniors strike back
23 May 2007 - Volunteers from Green Valley in the United States have started a 'Seniors Strike Back Program' to stop mail scams.
Warwickshire goes junk mail free
18 April 2007 - A campaign to stop junk mail has won the support of almost 25 per cent of households in Warwickshire.
Residents charged to pick up junk mail
14 April 2007 - Residents in Wolverhampton are being charged more than £1 to pick up a piece of junk mail - after it was sent with postage underpaid.
Councils across Dorset unite against junk mail
26 March 2007 - Councils across Dorset have joined forces to drastically reduce the amount of junk mail that is delivered in the county.
Less service, higher prices, more junk mail
28 February 2007 - Royal Mail wants to see an end to regulations covering franked letters and 'bulk business mail'.
Postwatch says Royal Mail should junk its scare tactics
6 February 2007 - Postwatch, the watchdog for postal services in the UK, has accused Royal Mail of using scare tactics to deter people from stopping junk mail.
East Sussex says no to junk mail
22 January 2007 - East Sussex County Council has decided to help people in the county to do something about the ever increasing amount of junk mail they receive... by offering 'no junk mail' stickers!
Local council puts stop to junk mail
16 January 2007 - Fylde Borough Council has been taking steps to get rid of the hundreds of pieces of unsolicited junk mail that comes through its doors every day.
York Councillor causes junk mail controversy
8 January 2007 - The Liberal Democrat controlled council in York has run into trouble after a resident complained about junk mail being shoved through his letterbox - by the party's deputy leader.
A year's worth of junk mail
6 January 2007 - A resident of Christchurch, New Zealand, has collected a year's worth of junk mail.
Consumers say postal services worse than banks
3 January 2007 - Consumers are more unhappy with postal services than with their banks, broadband providers and mobile phone companies.
For more news articles, please see our 2006 News Archive