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Flooding and heavy rainfall in the North East earlier this week prevented UK Mail from delivering to customers in some areas.

The parcel delivery firm was unable to deliver to customers in some areas of Teeside and Newcastle on Tuesday (25 September), as flooding and road closures disrupted the network from operating normally on Monday night (25 September).

A statement on UK Mail’s website on Tuesday said: “These severe weather conditions and road closures have resulted in overnight delays in the UK Mail network and therefore some consignments in these areas will not be delivered today.”

Drivers in the North East were severely disrupted by the weather, which saw a 40 mile stretch of  the A1 flooded, between junction 49 (Dishforth) and junction 60 (Bradbury).

“We are doing everything we can to try and keep routes on the strategic road network open but this is hampered by the large volume of water flooding off fields and local roads adjacent to the trunk road network,” said Chris Holeshouse at the Highways Agency.

UK Mail has not reported any further disruptions to the service.

Flooding and heavy rainfall in the North East last week prevented UK Mail from delivering to customers in some areas.The parcel delivery firm was unable to deliver to customers in some areas of Teeside and Newcastle on Tuesday (25 September), as flooding and road closures disrupted the network from operating normally on Monday night (25 September).A statement on UK Mail’s website on Tuesday said: “These severe weather conditions and road closures have resulted in overnight delays in the UK Mail network and therefore some consignments in these areas will not be delivered today.”Drivers in the North East were severely disrupted by the weather, which saw a 40 mile stretch of  the A1 flooded, between junction 49 (Dishforth) and junction 60 (Bradbury). “We are doing everything we can to try and keep routes on the strategic road network open but this is hampered by the large volume of water flooding off fields and local roads adjacent to the trunk road network,” said Chris Holeshouse at the Highways Agency.

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