The Royal Mail has declined to distribute the current edition of The Drum magazine because a swear word appears prominently on the front page.
Delivery of the latest edition will now be delayed while the packaging is changed to ensure that the word "fuck" is not visible.
The cover highlights a competition the magazine ran for readers to design a World Cup poster. Based on one of the entries from designer Steve Price it said: "Fuck it football is shit. When is Downton back on."
Editor Gordon Young said: "Oh for fuck's sake. This magazine is a subscription only business-to-business title with a tightly defined readership. The sort of language our readers come across day-to-day is probably not dissimilar to the sort of language used in a Royal Mail sorting office and I reckon it is unlikely they will be offended...
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "All mailings we handle must comply with our general terms and conditions and must not include offensive, obscene or threatening language."
Press Gazette - via Melon Farmers.
In an heroic act of self-sacrifice, Fagburn has decided to boycott watching any World Cup matches as a protest against something or other.
And finally, now for some good news...
Postmen at a Royal Mail branch are set to defy bosses by refusing to deliver copies of The Sun newspaper.
The posties at the Skelmersdale office will walk out this week after managers said there was no option but deliver it.
The paper, which remains controversial over its coverage of the Hillsborough tragedy, approached Royal Mail to deliver 22m copies across England as part of a World Cup promotion campaign.
The Sun said it would not deliver copies in Liverpool. But some areas of Merseyside – such as Wirral – have the Chester postcode, while Southport has the Preston postcode and Skem shares the Wigan postcode...
In an heroic act of self-sacrifice, Fagburn has decided to boycott watching any World Cup matches as a protest against something or other.
And finally, now for some good news...
Postmen at a Royal Mail branch are set to defy bosses by refusing to deliver copies of The Sun newspaper.
The posties at the Skelmersdale office will walk out this week after managers said there was no option but deliver it.
The paper, which remains controversial over its coverage of the Hillsborough tragedy, approached Royal Mail to deliver 22m copies across England as part of a World Cup promotion campaign.
The Sun said it would not deliver copies in Liverpool. But some areas of Merseyside – such as Wirral – have the Chester postcode, while Southport has the Preston postcode and Skem shares the Wigan postcode...
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